Telegraph: A new contender fights it’s way through the familiar super-food line-up – the humble tomato.
Pomegranates, pumpkin seeds, green tea, goji berries and beetroot have all jostled for position at the top of the superfood tree but it is the simple tomato that has high levels of beta-carotene (an antioxidant), antioxidant flavonoids and vitamin E, both of which are essential for heart health, and are a good source of potassium.
One medium-size tomato provides 50 per cent of vitamin C RDA, and they are high in dietary fibre and have a low glycaemic index.
Tomatoes are also the richest source of lycopene – the pigment that gives them their deep red colour. A single lycopene molecule can neutralise 13 free radicals – that’s twice power of beta-carotene, another powerful antioxidant.
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