The Fruit of Vegetables: Can Tomato Juice Remove Dark Spots? Is It Better Raw or Cooked?

Tomato, also known as the tomato (Solanum lycopersicum), is a fairly common vegetable in China. Because it is rich in antioxidants, it has excellent beauty effects on the skin, so many people like to eat it. So can tomato juice remove dark spots? How is it effective for removing spots? Is it better raw or cooked?

1. Can tomato juice remove dark spots?

To be precise, once dark spots have formed, it is very difficult to completely remove them with topical products, including tomatoes. However, drinking a glass of tomato juice every day or regularly eating tomatoes has a fairly good effect on removing spots. This is because tomatoes are rich in glutathione, and glutathione can inhibit melanin, thereby lightening or eliminating deposited pigment. Eating tomatoes can also be beautifying. Tomatoes contain carotene and lycopene, which help smooth out wrinkles and make the skin delicate and smooth. Regularly eating tomatoes also makes dark circles under the eyes less likely to appear, and makes the skin less likely to be sunburned.

2. How do you use tomatoes to remove spots?

1. Tomato and glycerin mask

Materials: fresh tomato, one spoonful of glycerin.

Method: Juice the tomato, discard the pulp and keep the juice, add one spoonful of glycerin and mix. Soak a sheet mask in the tomato juice, apply it to the face, remove it when the mask dries, then rinse clean.

Effect: It can make the skin fair and tender, lighten dark spots, and is especially good for skincare and beauty for dry skin types.

2. Tomato and honey mask

Materials: half a tomato, an appropriate amount of honey.

Method: Wash the tomato and put it in a juicer, blend it into a paste, add an appropriate amount of honey and stir until evenly mixed. Use a brush to apply it evenly to the face, then rinse off with clean water after 20 minutes. It is recommended to do this 1-2 times per week.

Effect: Suitable for oily skin and acne-prone skin. It can effectively remove greasiness, fade acne scars, and make the skin fair and fine.

3. Tomato and sugar mask

Materials: tomato, an appropriate amount of sugar.

Method: Mash the tomato into a sauce-like consistency, add an appropriate amount of sugar and stir, apply it to the face for about fifteen minutes, then rinse clean with warm water.

Effect: It can lighten freckles.

4. Tomato juice mask

Materials: fresh tomato.

Method: Juice the tomato, discard the pulp and keep the juice. Soak a sheet mask in the tomato juice, apply it to the face, remove it when the mask dries, then rinse clean.

Effect: It can effectively make the skin fair, tender, and rosy, and lighten dark spots and freckles on the face.

3. Is it better to eat tomatoes raw or cooked?

It depends on the situation. Compared with ordinary vegetables, tomatoes are rich in natural antioxidants. In addition to vitamin C, they also contain lycopene. Everyone is very familiar with vitamin C; it can prevent colds and treat scurvy. Lycopene is a natural pigment that turns tomatoes red. Its effect in the human body is similar to that of carotene, and it is a very strong antioxidant.

Compared with eating raw tomatoes, heated tomatoes can further increase the concentration of the antioxidant lycopene. This is because high temperature destroys the cell walls of tomato cells, thereby increasing the release of antioxidants such as lycopene. In addition, during the cooking process of tomatoes, vegetable oils such as peanut oil and salad oil are often used, and these oils will help tomatoes naturally release fat-soluble antioxidants such as lycopene, giving full play to their antioxidant effect.

Of course, every advantage has its disadvantage. After heating, the vitamin C in tomatoes is lost, but the content of lycopene and other antioxidants in tomatoes rises noticeably. Therefore, cooked tomatoes have a higher overall nutritional value than raw tomatoes. In addition, tomato skin contains a large amount of lycopene, so when eating them, it is best not to discard the skin.

So if you lack vitamin C, choose to eat them raw; if you want to improve your body's antioxidant capacity, choose to eat them cooked. Antioxidant effects are closely related to fighting and preventing cancer. The best way to eat them is to alternate between raw and cooked, paying attention to both. Beauty-loving women should note that not only tomatoes but also other fruits must be chosen fresh and not spoiled when eaten raw, and before eating they must be washed clean, using clean knives.