5 Health Benefits of Tomatoes

5 Health Benefits of Tomatoes Tomatoes are often considered a vegetable, though  really  they're  a  citrus  . Tomatoes are an incredibly versatile food.  they're  delicious eaten raw, in salads or on sandwiches, and  combat  an exquisite  sweetness when cooked. Their high acid content makes them  an ideal  food for canning. Tomatoes are such  a crucial  a part of  the American diet that it's hard to believe that they were once considered toxic. It wasn't until the mid 1800's that they became a staple food  within the  U.S. One medium whole tomato contains around 22 calories, 0 grams of fat, 5 grams of carbohydrates, 1 gram of dietary fiber, 1 gram of protein and 6 milligrams of sodium. It also provides 40 percent of the recommended daily allowance of  vitamin C  , 20 percent of the RDA of  vitamin A  , 2 percent of the RDA of iron, and 1 percent of the RDA of calcium. Here are...