Eating cherries and tomatoes can help you

It is a scientific fact that most people do not eat healthy. Not only is the average person’s diet missing critical vitamins and minerals, but to make matters worse, their diet often contains a distinct lack of antioxidants, - natural substances which can prevent what are called in English, "free radicals" from forming in your body.

Cherries and Tomatoes are full of powerful antioxidants and can help with circulation problems | foto: Michal Rychtařík

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If your DNA gets damaged by free radicals, this damage can cause cell mutations, leading to cancer.

Therefore, it is not enough just to eat the right amount of calories each day, it is the quality of those calories which also counts.

Cherries and tomatoes are two fruits which help protect DNA from damage.

Cherries
Cherries are a rich source of flavonoids, which are extremely powerful antioxidants. The flavonoids in cherries are so strong, that they can even help prevent things like arthritis and swelling of your joints.

A person who makes a point to drink or consume about 225-250 grams per day of cherries will not only reduce the chances of getting arthritis and inflammation and gout, but the actual levels of uric acid which cause gout can also be lowered. Cherries are also very good for your digestive tract.

Those Tomatoes
Unless you are specifically allergic to tomatoes, it is very important that they always be a regular part of your diet.

Tomatoes are rich in Vitamins A and C, calcium, phosphorous, potassium and sodium.

Tomatoes are also loaded with very powerful antioxidants. The magic ingredient in tomatoes which makes them so effective is the antioxidant lypocene.

Caution About Tomatoes
While tomatoes are unquestionably good for you, remember NOT to eat too many of them each day. As with everything in life, use moderation.

If you eat more than four tomatoes every day, it can start to interfere with your body’s natural ability to absorb calcium, which your bones and teeth need a healthy supply of.

Joke of the Day: About Chickens

Recently, Metropolitni Expres asked several famous people from history the question: "WHY did the chicken cross the road?" Here are some of the answers we received.

Moses: “God said to the chicken ‘Thou shall cross thy road’ so the chicken did it, and everyone then rejoiced in celebration.”

FBI Agent Fox Mulder from the TV series “The X-Files”: “How many more chickens have to cross the road and get observed by people before you believe?”

Bill Gates: “We just shipped Microsoft Chicken 2007. It not only crosses the road, but it now also lays eggs once it gets there.”

Martin Luther King: “I dream of a day when every chicken can cross the road without any other underlying issues called into question.”

Key Article Words in English

arthritis = artritida
gout = dna
digestive tract = zažívací ústrojí
calcium = vápník
phosphorus = fosfor
potassium = draslík
sodium = sodík
lycopene = lykopen
rejoicing = jásavý
before you believe = dříve než uvěříš
lay eggs = snášet vejce
underlying = základový/zásadní
called into question = vzaté v potaz

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