Hello friends. How's your week going? This week we'll look at something quite common and also interesting. We will be discussing about tomatoes. Yes tomatoes and what we stand to gain when we consume that plant. Enjoy! History of the Tomato Plant. The tomato is believed to have originated from the South Americas from where it was taken by people to other parts of the world. Tomato belongs to a family of plants known as the Nightshades which are believed to be very toxic to humans. As a result when tomatoes was first introduced in Europe it was not widely accepted, in fact in the USA and Germany it was way into the 20th century before it became accepted and added to their cuisines. Today tomato is a globally accepted vegetable and present in almost all kinds of dishes we prepare. Nutritional Contents of Tomato. The tomato fruit, which is what we consume when ripe is red in colour, though there are variations. The color of this fruit is as a result of the