每天两顿西红柿有益身体健康

Possible menus include a glass of tomato juice with breakfast and a salad later or tomato soup for lunch and pasta with a tomato sauce for dinner.

比如，早餐可以喝杯番茄汁，之后吃份沙拉或者午餐喝点西红柿汤，晚餐吃番茄酱通心粉。

To test the fruit's ability to protect the skin, ten volunteers were asked to eat five tablespoons of tomato paste mixed with olive oil every day for three months.

为了检验西红柿的护肤功效，研究人员让十位志愿者连续三个月每天食用五汤匙拌有橄榄油的西红柿酱。

Another ten had a daily dose of olive oil - minus the tomato paste.

另外十名志愿者只吃橄榄油，不吃西红柿酱。

Tests using ultra-violet lamps showed the tomato-eaters were a third better protected against sunburn at the end of the study than at the start, the British Society for Investigative Dermatology's annual conference heard.

使用紫外线灯的检测结果显示，吃西红柿酱的那组研究对象的皮肤防晒能力在研究结束时比开始时增强了三分之一。该研究结果在英国皮肤病学研究学会的年度研讨会上公布。

Other tests suggested the tomato-based diet had boosted production of collagen, the protein that keeps skin supple.

其他一些测试表明，含有西红柿的食物能够促进人体内胶原质的产生，胶原质是一种能够保持皮肤柔滑细腻的蛋白质。

If that were not enough, the fruit also protects our mitochondria - the elements of cells which turn the food we eat into energy.

如果这些功效还不足以说明问题，西红柿还可以保护我们体内的线粒体。线粒体是一种能够把我们摄入的食物转化为能量的细胞因子。