Tomato has the scientific name called Solanum Lycopersicum. It is an edible berry or fruit that is usually red when it is ripe and ready for consumption, it can also be used in making other things or cooking even when it is unripe. It has Vitamin, potassium, Vitamin B, Vitamin E, and some other nutrients. It is majorly consumed by humans and animals. It is usually used in cooking, like; soup, stew, jollof rice, and so on. In a case where humans want to consume food, it is needed as a supplement. It can be grown in nursery pots before it is transferred to the field for raising into an adult plant. Tomatoes have a lot of benefits on our society, humans, and also animals.
The benefit of tomatoes cannot be overemphasized or overlooked in our daily activities, our environment, and also in human health. The followings are the benefits of tomatoes to human health and the environment.
● Tomatoes serve as supplements and supply the human body with other needed nutrients and substances, like; Vitamin B, Vitamin E, Potassium. Vitamin B helps the body in maintaining good health and well-being, Vitamin B has direct access to cell metabolism, energy functions, and brain levels, it prevents infections into the human body i.e. strengthens the antibodies to fight against the diseases that attack and affect the body, it aids the growth and the development of red blood cells. Vitamin E provides health and fresh skin and eyes, and it also promotes the immunity of the human body, which is the ability of the body to fight against diseases. Potassium is a major mineral supplement to the body which helps to maintain the balancing of fluids in the body, nerve signals or signs, and Muscle contraction and relaxation.
● Tomatoes are richly supplied with antioxidants which help to eject free radicals out of the body of the human. Tomatoes can be raised in nursery pots before it is transferred to the field, because it would help to raise and nurture them, to provide its benefits to humans and their immediate environment.
There are a lot of other benefits of tomatoes to human health, our immediate society, and so on. A note must be taken that Tomatoes should be raised from nursery pots to avoid the wastage of the tomatoes seed, and also to prevent the stunted or termination of the lives of the tomatoes, there are rules and regulations to be followed and there are pre-planting operations and also post-planting operations that must be carried out when planting tomatoes.
