The main advantages of TERi Tomato pastetomato paste – improving the taste and appearance of dishes by making them sour and staining in red. As a result, the food becomes more appetizing, produces a pleasant aroma, which contributes to the development of digestive juices, which improve its absorption.
Tomato paste contains the same vitamins as tomatoes. Ascorbic acid is concentrated most of all in it (45 ml per 100 g, which covers the daily need of the body for vitamin by 50%). It is a powerful antioxidant that stimulates the immune system, helps to cope with pathogenic foreign microorganisms that penetrate into the tissues and organs from the environment with food. Ascorbic acid prevents a wide range of diseases, ranging from influenza, SARS, colds and ending with oncology.
The effectiveness of vitamin C increases in the presence of beta-carotene and tocopherol, which are concentrated in tomato paste and increase its antioxidant properties. Thiamine speeds up metabolism, improves carbohydrate metabolism, helps reduce body weight. Niacin helps hormone production, normalizes the level of bad cholesterol. In addition, the composition of tomato paste is lycopene (160 mg per 100 g), exhibiting antioxidant activity. Carotenoid pigment reduces oxidative stress, protects DNA, slows down the development of atherosclerosis, prevents on cogenesis, improves the functioning of the heart muscle, normalizes blood pressure. Lycopene reduces the risk of developing tumors of the stomach, lungs and prostate, ischemic and eye diseases, peroxidation processes in the tissues (lens).