As the majority of directories, tomato - plant of the family Solanaceae.In Latin, the name of the culture of sound - Solánum lycopérsicum.Cultivated tomato as a vegetable crop, and its fruit is often called tomatoes.The type of the fruit - berries.Does this mean that the tomato - a berry?
Today, thanks to the fact that the tomato has valuable nutritional and dietary properties, a variety of grades, and high responsiveness to the right care at the cultivation, it is one of the most popular crops on the planet.Tomatoes grow in the open field, good fruit and they are under the film, in glass and plastic greenhouses.Often you can see, this plant in the balconies and loggias, and sometimes on the windowsill in the room.
In using this culture, we almost never think, tomato - berry or vegetable?But the issue was even the cause of the trial.So, back in 1893 the US Supreme Court issued a ruling, according to which the tomato was considered a vegetable.Perhaps the reason for this decision was in the economic plane.After the import of vegetables, unlike fruit subject to customs duties.But be that as it may, the decision was made on the grounds that the tomato is usually eaten at a second meat or fish.
That is, this culture is not a dessert, which sets it apart from the fruit.
But the assertion that the tomato - berry, not stopped.They have been confirmed on the official level relatively recently - in 2001.
authorities then ordered the EU to consider the tomato fruit.
But ordinary people in European countries, and we have, it is still mostly considered a tomato a vegetable.
However, on tomato - a berry, or vegetable, its properties do not become less useful.Lycopene - a unique natural substance, which contain large amounts of tomatoes, is simply miraculous properties.Due to this matter, the use of tomatoes in food reduces blood cholesterol concentration and reduced blood pressure.Lycopene in large quantities are also actively fights against obesity and the formation of blood clots.
very useful to feast on tomatoes men of middle age.Indeed, if the body is not sufficient in their lycopene risk of heart attack or stroke shift increases three-fold.The anti-tumor effect, prevents the division of cancer cells, it prevents the development of cancer, is also credited with tomatoes.Berry tomato, incidentally, is one of the few crops that do not lose their useful properties when exposed to high temperatures.Moreover, the amount of lycopene in tomatoes when cooking or frying is increased by half.According to scientists from the Cancer Center in Memphis, if every day to eat fresh or cooked tomatoes can significantly reduce the risk of skin cancer (melanoma) and prostate cancer and get rid of some cardiovascular diseases.
But still, tomato - is a berry?Never mind.The main thing is that the tomato - is tasty and healthy.
