Tomato  is one of the healthiest salad foods. It is the a major source of dietary lycopene, a carotene antioxidant that fights heart disease  and may prevent prostate cancer. Tomatoes also have an anticoagulant effect because  of the salicylates the contain. They also contain  other antioxidant including vitamin C, quercetin and lutein.

No matter how you eat them, they are a great source of lycopene, which helps reduce the onset of various cancers, including prostate. Ketchup sauce contain even more amounts of lycopene than fresh tomatoes.

Tomatoes are low in calories but high in potassium and contain useful amount of fibre.

One medium tomato contains nearly a quarter of the day’s recommended intake of vitamin C for adults

The more red and ripe the tomato is, the more its content of lycopene.

100 g of tomato contains

• 18  Kcalories
• 0.2 g fat
• 0.9 protein
• 3.9 g carbohydrate
• 1.2 g fibre
• 12.7 mg vitamin C
• 237 mg potassium
• 2573 mcg lycopene
• 123 mcg  Lutein/Zeaxanthin