Vegetables are a very important part of our diets. I love vegetables, my Jenny Craig dieting wife eats most of the cities broccoli and my kids even like vegetables.
There has been a real run on the healthiness of vegetables lately, first we had an outbreak of ecoli in spinach. Just after, I think a day after spinach was ok to eat there was a problem with lettuce that has since subsided, and now there is an FDA warning of salmonella in tomatoes. This latest warning of salmonella is ok by me just because I really do not like tomatoes but you know what? There are so many good reasons though to eat tomatoes they are a true wonder food.
Tomatoes have been shown to be good for your prostate and have been shown in research to reduce the chance of prostate cancer
Lycopene may also help seniors to remain active and lycopene is contained in tomatoes
Vitamin K, found in tomatoes is good for your bones.
Tomatoes are also a great source of vitamin C and contains other antioxidants as well
Some studies show that tomatoes are good for preventing an helping cataracts
Enough good reasons for me to eat tomatoes. Lets hope that the salmonella ban is a short one.
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