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Wednesday, May 23, 2018

Tomato sauce is good for your gut: Cooked is healthier than raw for gut bacteria

Cooked tomato sauce boosts the levels of healthy bacteria in the gut, according to research.

Spanish scientists found that tomatoes have a better probiotic effect in the gut when fried into a sauce, rather than when eaten raw.

Although a healthy bacteria in the gut prevents some antioxidants being absorbed from tomato sauce, the sauce boosts the effectiveness of that same bacteria.

The researchers say this makes cooked tomato sauce better for gut health than raw tomatoes, because the cooking process preserves the important chemical which gives tomatoes their red colour.

Understanding how both cooking and digestion affect the health benefits of food would help manufacturers make health-boosting foods, the researchers say.

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3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Well the Spanish have a better gut than I do. Tomato sauce gives me acid reflux, but I can eat tomato's without any problem! Leave it to the Spaniards, those lucky buggers!!!!!

Anonymous said...

9:07 you and me both.

Anonymous said...

If you add a tsp or 2 of sugar when cooking tomato sauce you won't experience indigestion which plagues a lot of people.