Antioxidants are known to protect the body from the action of free radicals, which are substantially reactive molecules that can cause serious damage to the body through a process called oxidation.
A lot of research has been carried out to ensure that taking antioxidant supplements can prevent diseases such as atherosclerosis and cancer, and from these studies it has been concluded that the best way to take advantage of the benefits they can offer us is through consumption of vegetables and fruits. So, you may wonder what the cherry tomato has to do with all this, because this fruit, besides being beautiful and rich, has lycopene, a powerful antioxidant and anti-carcinogen that helps fight the attacks of free radicals.
It is more, to this small fruit it is attributed great contributions in advances with some types of cancer, like the cervical, pancreas and prostate. Likewise, in countries like Italy and the United States, it has good results in stomach cancer, as they have found in several studies that the enzymes of this fruit block the development of cancer cells in the stomach and dissolve its malignant characteristics.
Not satisfied with these great benefits, the cherry tomato also protects our immune system and helps us to stay younger, since the consumption of lycopene causes our skin to be protected by receiving the sun's rays, the main cause of premature aging today. day.
So friends that with all these benefits we must increase our consumption of tomatoes, especially the cherry, which is also easy to grow, and one of my previous post talk about it and other of its benefits.
So eat more delicious tomatoes ...
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