Nutritionist, Candidate of Medical Sciences Elena Solomatina explained how to check tomatoes for
According to the expert, the tomato should be cut into two parts, and if the plant was fertilized with nitrates, there will be hard yellow veins inside the fruit.
Nitrates are dangerous because they are converted in the bodynitrosamine is a carcinogen. Also, nitrates become nitrites in the body - substances that disrupt cellular respiration, due to which a person may develop hypoxia.
Solomatina advised to pay attention toripeness of tomatoes, due to the fact that unripe fruits contain poison - solanine. In addition, it is better not to eat tomatoes for people with diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, due to the content of oxalic acid in the fruits, which has a destructive effect on the mucous membrane. And everyone has their own consumption rate of tomatoes, but usually no more than three fruits a day are accepted.
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