The doctor compared the benefits of tomatoes and cucumbers

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The doctor explained the great benefits of tomatoes compared to cucumbers by the presence of the unique antioxidant lycopene. The general practitioner and gastroenterologist recommended giving preference to tomatoes if you have to choose between these vegetables and cucumbers.

According to the doctor, tomatoes are “clearly more useful” and at the same time cheaper than cucumbers. The doctor noted that cucumbers do not contain any specific nutrients that cannot be obtained from other vegetables.

But tomatoes have a number of beneficial properties and such a unique antioxidant as lycopene. No other vegetable has such a substance. Lycopene is important for the human body in the prevention of oncology and atherosclerosis.

In addition, in winter and early spring, when it is not yet the season, you can buy even pale tomatoes, they still contain this antioxidant.

I recommend buying tomatoes, he howled. — They are clearly healthier and, fortunately, now they are even cheaper. What is a cucumber? It is very good for those who are losing weight, because it creates a good feeling of satiety and contains extremely few calories. Therefore, you can eat a lot of it to suppress your appetite. But cucumbers do not contain any specific substances that we could not get from other less expensive products.