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[[Image:Tomato seller.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Tomatoes being sold at Borough Market, London]] | [[Image:Tomato seller.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Tomatoes being sold at Borough Market, London]] | ||
[[Image:Tomatoes.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Tomatoes (close up)]] | [[Image:Tomatoes.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Tomatoes (close up)]] | ||
'''Tomatoes''' are now eaten freely throughout the world, and their consumption is believed to benefit the heart among other things. Lycopene, one of nature's most powerful [[antioxidants]], is present in tomatoes. | '''Tomatoes''' are now eaten freely throughout the world, and their consumption is believed to benefit the heart among other things. Lycopene, one of nature's most powerful [[antioxidants]], is present in tomatoes. | ||
Though it is botanically a berry, a subset of fruit, the tomato is nutritionally categorized as a vegetable. Since "vegetable" is not a botanical term, there is no contradiction in a plant part being a fruit botanically while still being considered a vegetable. | Though it is botanically a berry, a subset of fruit, the tomato is nutritionally categorized as a vegetable. Since "vegetable" is not a botanical term, there is no contradiction in a plant part being a fruit botanically while still being considered a vegetable. | ||
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