The magical ingredient of Lycopene works best if the tomato is cooked or processed. Try your tomatoes sun dried and roasted, in soups, sauces, puree’s and homemade ketchup. Eating fresh tomatoes will still give you great benefits but cooking really ramps up the best bits.

Lycopene is also proven to slow down the ageing of cells, making tomatoes a fabulous anti-ageing ingredient. 

One medium (80g) tomato has roughly 15kcal, 14mg if vitamin C and 19mcg of folate.

Remember to

Choose a ripe fruit – The redder and riper the tomato the more Lycopene it contains. They are choc full of vitamins and minerals too.

Eat your tomatoes with healthy fats – Lycopene is fat soluble so eating your tomatoes with a drizzle of olive oil or avocado will help you absorb the good stuff.