Small tomato, also known as cherry tomato, is a member of the tomato family. Its fruit is as small as a cherry, hence the name. The ancestor of the widely planted tomato with large fruit shape belongs to cherry tomato type. Most cherry tomatoes are plum blossom-shaped and pear-shaped. Ripe fruits are often bright red, pink, orange or yellow. There are pink, orange or yellow. The transverse diameter of fruit is about 2 cm, and the weight of single fruit is 10 ~ 20g. Because sugar and other nutrients are slightly higher than large fruit-shaped tomatoes, it tastes good and has higher edible value. Compared with tomato with large fruit shape, cherry tomato has strong growth potential and strong fruiting ability, and one ear can bear fruit 10-20. Therefore, in view of the characteristics of cherry tomato's fertilizer intolerance, it should be properly controlled in cultivation to prevent it from growing wildly. Cherry tomatoes have the same size, bright color, no cracking and good taste. They are suitable for raw food and are often used as decorative vegetables. Tomatoes like large fruits are not suitable for eating on an empty stomach, because tomato fruits contain a lot of pectin, gossypol and other ingredients, which are easy to form insoluble lumps with gastric acid, causing gastric dilatation and severe pain. Traditional medicine believes that tomatoes are slightly cold, sweet and sour, and have the functions of invigorating stomach, promoting digestion, promoting fluid production to quench thirst, clearing away heat and cooling blood, tonifying kidney and promoting diuresis. Modern research has found that the vitamin C content of cherry tomatoes is slightly higher than that of large-fruit tomatoes, but it is not high on the whole. But because fruit contains a lot of organic acids, it can protect vitamin C very well. Experiments show that the preservation rate of vitamin C is as high as 93% when tomatoes are peeled, cut into pieces and fried in oil for 3-4 minutes. Considering that the color pigment lycopene in fruits belongs to carotenoids, in order to facilitate the use of lycopene by human body, it is best to fry it with vegetable oil. Like tomatoes, olives are inedible. Because the immature fruit contains lycopene, it will cause poisoning.
A) The content of vitamin PP in cherry tomatoes ranks first among fruits and vegetables. The role of vitamin PP is to protect the skin, maintain the normal secretion of gastric juice, promote the production of red blood cells, and also have an auxiliary treatment effect on liver diseases.
B) The content of vitamin C in cherry tomatoes is 10 times that of watermelon. Because the organic acids in cherry tomatoes can protect vitamin C from being destroyed or less during cooking, it has a preventive effect on many cancers.
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It must be known that cherry tomatoes should not be eaten on an empty stomach, which is easy to cause stomach problems. It's best to eat after meals.