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  • Healthy Habits: Tomatoes – Versatile fruit packed with seeds, health benefits

    Dr Megan Johnson McCullough, Special to the Village News|Updated Oct 18, 2024

    Tomatoes are a popular home-grown fruit that most people think are vegetables because of the way they can be prepared/cooked. They originated in South America and have now been produced in many shapes, colors, flavors, and subtypes. There are several dietary benefits tomatoes provide, so this versatile fruit is consumed by many. A raw tomato (about 100 grams) has about 20 calories. Tomatoes are mainly composed of water (up to 95%), and the remaining 5% is carbohydrates and...

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