Caloric content of salted tomatoes and other healthy properties

In Russia, tomatoes appeared a long time ago - in the distant 18th century. Their homeland is considered South America, even now there you can find wild forms of this plant. No matter how they are called, tomatoes or tomatoes, they have firmly entered our life and it is now difficult to imagine a festive table on which there are no fresh or salted tomatoes. Salted tomatoes are especially coveted in the winter season, when there is an acute shortage of vitamins in the diet. Canned tomatoes, however, like fresh ones, are good because they can be consumed even by people who stick to diets. Caloric content of salted tomatoes is only 20 kilocalories per 100 grams of these wonderful vegetables.

Tomatoes are used not only for salads and salting for the winter. There are a lot of dishes, cooking is simply impossible without a tomato. Various tomato sauces, ketchup, tomato juice and much more. For example, can you imagine a traditional borscht cooked without a tomato or a dish of pasta without tomato sauce? Fresh and salted tomatoes have become an integral part of our diet. The only drawback of tomatoes is allergenicity, people with food allergies are forced to restrict or completely refuse to eat tomatoes.

The beautiful half of humanity often asks the question: "How many calories are in salted tomatoes and fresh ones?" As a rule, the caloric content of salted tomatoes and fresh ones is the same, except for pickled tomatoes. In addition to the fact that tomatoes contain a lot of nutrients for the body, they are also an excellent dietary product, using which you certainly will not gain excess weight. Depending on the type of tomato and method of preservation, in some cases, the calorie content of salted tomatoes is even lower than fresh ones. Therefore, if you follow your figure and are a supporter of a healthy diet, fresh and salted tomatoes must be present in your diet.

The process of harvesting a tomato for the winter is very simple and even the beginning mistress will cope with this task. For pickling, it is best to use tomatoes grown outdoors and without using fertilizers, because they contain the maximum amount of vitamins, such as A, B, C and E. In addition to vitamins, tomatoes are rich in potassium, magnesium, iron, calcium, phosphorus And copper. And also tomatoes can boast of very rare cobalt, zinc and nickel. The presence of essential oils in the tomato composition, a large number of different bio-substances and organic acids, allows using them for the prevention of many diseases. In addition, canned tomatoes contain lactic acid, which favorably affects the microflora of the stomach and improves the digestibility of food. And as already mentioned, supplements this very positive picture, low calorie salted tomato.

By the way, when tomatoes only appeared in Russia, they were grown as an ornamental plant, because it was believed that its fruits are poisonous. There were even cases when tomatoes were tried to poison someone, but as a rule all these attempts were doomed to failure. But, in part, this statement also contains some truth, since the unripened tomatoes contain a small amount of solanine. Solanine is a poisonous substance, so it is not recommended to eat fresh green tomatoes. But canning green tomatoes at the same time is possible, because during the preparation, the concentration of solanine decreases to acceptable. Therefore, pickled and salted green tomatoes will not cause any harm to your health.

Scientists have proven that red tomatoes contribute to increasing the production of the hormone of happiness and, as a result, improve the mood. Even in cosmetology, tomatoes are used, their useful properties are used in the preparation of various creams, lotions and face masks.