By Merritt Rosen
With the Academy Awards coming up this Sunday, all eyes will be on Hollywood’s hottest duos…Brad and Angelina, Tom and Katie. But there’s a far more powerful couple heating things up in the kitchen: Tomatoes and Extra Virgin Olive Oil. Apart, these two SuperFoods protect, energize, and satiate; together, they amplify each other’s already extraordinary benefits.
Low in calories and high in fiber, tomatoes are a great source of caretenoids, which in addition to their incredible anticarcinogenic and immune-enhancing properties, help maintain radiant, picture-perfect skin. Tomatoes are one of the primary plant-based dietary sources of beta-carotene, an extraordinary carotenoid with the ability to be converted into active vitamin A. A crucial component for healthy bone and reproductive development, vitamin A also helps maintain skin’s youthful appearance by increasing cell synthesis and turnover, and stimulating collagen production.
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