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Why you should drink tomato juice: how much per day and how to do it right
01.04.2024 08:59
Tomato juice is good for health. This is not just empty words or a marketing ploy.
But to benefit from it, you need to not only drink juice without salt, but also know how much and when you can drink this juice.
Tomatoes, from which tomato juice is prepared, are 90% water. Accordingly, this juice is considered dietary. It is full of vitamins A, C, B6, PP, K, Mg, organic acids and pectin substances. It promotes the release of the hormone of joy - serotonin, therefore it helps to relieve tension and stress. The red color indicates the presence of lycopene in tomatoes - a natural dye with antioxidant properties, - biologist Irina Lyalina told Izvestia.
Despite the fact that some vitamins are destroyed during juice preparation, the content of beneficial lycopene increases.
What is useful?
Tomato juice helps to maintain youth, reduces the risk of developing cardiovascular diseases, reduces the level of bad cholesterol and the risk of blood clots, and is a means of preventing cancer.
It is a choleretic and anti-inflammatory agent, which makes the juice useful for low stomach acidity, as well as for diseases of the duodenum.
The juice is useful for diabetics, those losing weight, and pregnant women.
Contraindications
Its use is considered undesirable for nursing women due to the risk of developing an allergy in the child.
How much can you drink?
You can drink no more than two glasses of juice per day. You should take it 30 minutes before or after meals.
Earlier we talked about why you should drink coffee with butter .
