Today's Healthy Harvest 👩🏻‍🌾

✨ Just harvested these healthy beauties before the squirrels could snatch them!

Tomatoes & cucumbers are both refreshing and offer significant nutritional benefits that can support both women’s and men’s health.

Tomatoes

🍅 Are rich in lycopene, a carotenoid with antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties that help lower the risk of chronic diseases (cancer, cardiovascular disease, neurodegeneration).

🍅 Are great sources of other antioxidants such as vitamin C, vitamin E, vitamin A, folate, potassium, fiber, and phenolic compounds, contributing to immune health, skin integrity, and cellular repair

🍅 Have been shown to assist in blood pressure regulation, cholesterol control, improved blood circulation, and reduction of inflammation, aiding in overall cardiovascular health.

🍅 Supports digestive function and aids in the prevention of constipation

🍅 May provide protective effects against metabolic syndrome and obesity

From available literature we know that lycopene intake is associated with lower cancer risk, especially prostate cancer in men and breast cancer in women. (Happy to share the literature in a DM with any other research enthusiasts out there!)

Cucumbers

🥒 Are composed of 96% water, therefore, they aid in hydration and are very low in calories, making them an excellent food for weight management.

🥒 Contain vitamin K (higher than tomatoes), which is important for bone health and blood clotting.

🥒 Provide antioxidants, such as cucurbitacins, flavonoids, and phenolic acids, which have anti-inflammatory, anti-carcinogenic, and anti-diabetic properties.

🥒 Show potential for blood pressure & cholesterol reduction

🥒 Have been used traditionally for supporting skin health and for their cooling, tonic, and detoxifying effects.