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By: Natalie Hull-Deichsel
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Tomatoes should not be missing from a healthy diet.
The versatile vegetable not only lowers high cholesterol, it can also help with weight loss.
Tomatoes are a real superfood for anyone who wants to lose weight healthily.
Find out here why tomatoes are particularly good for weight loss and how you can integrate the red vegetables into your diet to lose weight healthily.
Lose weight: eat tomatoes regularly
Tomatoes should not be missing from the menu as part of a healthy and balanced diet.
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Tomatoes are extremely low in calories and are mostly water, making them an ideal choice for weight loss.
Despite their low calorie content, tomatoes are rich in important nutrients such as vitamin C, potassium and antioxidants, which promote health and provide the body with energy.
The high fiber content of tomatoes helps create long-lasting satiety and control appetite, which can prevent overeating.
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Tomatoes also contain the phytochemical lycopene, which has been proven to stimulate metabolism and promote fat burning.
Losing weight with tomatoes should be less about a one-sided diet that only relies on tomatoes with the aim of losing weight in a short period of time.
So-called crash diets can be more associated with the so-called “yo-yo effect” and can even increase the risk of colic caused by gallstones.
Tomatoes promote health and protect against illness
Tomatoes - whether fresh or canned - can increase the level of healthy HDL cholesterol in the blood and, thanks to their red pigment lycopene, prevent harmful LDL cholesterol from being stored in the walls of the blood vessels.
Tomatoes are rich in the antioxidant glutathione, which positively supports liver function and thus also helps heal fatty liver disease.
In addition, secondary plant substances such as carotenoids contained in tomatoes
can reduce the risk of cardiovascular and cancer diseases.
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Losing weight with tomatoes: tips and recipes
Due to their versatility, tomatoes can be easily incorporated into various dishes, be it as an ingredient in salads, sauces, soups or even as a snack in the form of cherry tomatoes.
Recipe for homemade tomato juice
Ingredients:
1 kg ripe tomatoes
1 stick of celery
1/2 cucumber
Juice of a lemon
Salt and pepper to taste
Preparation:
Wash tomatoes, quarter them and remove the stems.
Roughly chop the celery and cucumber.
Put all ingredients in a blender and process into juice.
Season with lemon juice, salt and pepper as needed.
Enjoy this refreshing and healthy tomato juice as an invigorating start to the day or as a light snack!
Try different recipes with tomatoes and enjoy the diverse health benefits of this delicious vegetable on the way to your desired weight.
A homemade tomato sauce or soup made from freshly harvested, ripe tomatoes is particularly suitable because the substances lycopene and carotenoids stored in the plant fibers are best activated by gentle heating, according to the ESSEN WISSEN portal of the Eildermann Foundation.
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