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Tomatoes, do you cook them or eat them raw?
Posted by:
greenman
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Date: September 17, 2006 08:07PM Cooking tomatoes increases lycopene so do raw foodists cook them? Re: Tomatoes, do you cook them or eat them raw?
Posted by:
Lillianswan
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Date: September 17, 2006 08:38PM No I like them raw. Re: Tomatoes, do you cook them or eat them raw?
Posted by:
Mama Cass
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Date: September 17, 2006 08:44PM i'm not sure how it works with tomatoes. i know with spinach, there are some "supernutrients" that can become toxic in high doses, but that are not overly accessable when raw. so i can't help but think tomatoes are better raw, even if that one nutrient is less accessable.
i eat a lot of raw tomatoes. Re: Tomatoes, do you cook them or eat them raw?
Posted by:
Anonymous User
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Date: September 17, 2006 08:57PM Blending and juicing tomatoes increases assimilation of lycopene.
There is more lycopene found in freshly juiced or blended raw tomatoes than there is in cooked tomatoes Re: Tomatoes, do you cook them or eat them raw?
Posted by:
Bryan
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Date: September 17, 2006 10:58PM Lycopene is found in watermelons, and it doesn't require cooking for the body to assimilate it.
[www.ars.usda.gov] Re: Tomatoes, do you cook them or eat them raw?
Posted by:
ryandvan
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Date: September 18, 2006 12:57AM You also have to remember that tomotoes are also very high in Vitamin C, which is destoyed by heat . . . Re: Tomatoes, do you cook them or eat them raw?
Posted by:
greenman
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Date: September 18, 2006 03:27PM I guess tomato paste is good for you then.. Re: Tomatoes, do you cook them or eat them raw?
Posted by:
Yogamama
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Date: September 18, 2006 03:43PM We pick them from our bacyyard and eat them raw! Yummy. But like Brian said, watermelon is even higher in lycopenes, and you don't have to cook it. Re: Tomatoes, do you cook them or eat them raw?
Posted by:
rawmark
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Date: September 18, 2006 06:42PM Since this is a raw site I would imagine that no one is cooking tomatoes. Marcos Go Vegan for your life, your health, the planet and, most importantly, the animals that we share this wonderful world with! Sorry, only registered users may post in this forum.
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