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University Researchers Imitate Heirloom Tomato Taste

27 Aug

tomato taste

Researchers at the University of Florida are cultivating tomatoes that taste like sweet, juicy heirloom tomatoes that will be suitable for mass production and supermarket sales. According to Prof. Harry Klee of the University’s Horticultural Sciences Department, the reason most supermarket tomatoes taste bland and lack flavour is simply because farmers are paid to produce […]

Tomatoes Lower Depressive Symptoms

27 Dec

Tomatoes Lower Depressive Symptoms

A team of Chinese and Japanese scientists has discovered that people eating tomatoes regularly are less likely to suffer from depression than those who eat tomatoes less than once a week. The research team led by Kaijun Niu from Tianjin Medical University in China published its findings in the Journal of Affective Disorders recently. They […]