 Hi guys, this is dr. Ahmet Ergen. I'm an endocrinologist today. We are talking about tomato now tomato is something that a lot of you guys love and You're just wondering are there carbs in it? Are there secret or hidden carbs in tomato? Let's talk about it So guys basically Tomatoes are not high in carbs. So one medium tomato will be around five grams of carbs so question You brought a tomato from the market and the tomato is broken. What do you do with that tomato? How do you fix a broken tomato? Yes Well, use a tomato paste Well, since we said that let's talk about tomato paste. Well tomato paste is not like tomato, right? So it is a little different because it is concentrated. It's like Drinking orange juice versus eating orange. There's a little difference there, right? So when you squeeze the juice out of orange, you're ripping it off the fiber And then you end up with more sugar and less fiber and that is a problem, right? Same thing with tomato paste. It is more concentrated So if you're using a lot of tomato paste on your food or tomato or ketchup or whatever that can definitely Increase the amount of carbs that you're eating. So you have to be careful about that So question. What do you call a tomato that sells identifies itself as a carrot? anybody Yeah, that's called a transplant guys so another thing you have to be careful about is ketchup so Ketchup is something that if you're making at home, that's great and that's delicious But if you are buying ketchup from outside, make sure you look at the intrusion label So an intrusion label you may be surprised to see that the one Tablespoon of ketchup is around five grams of carbs Now how many of you just eat one tablespoon of ketchup? What do you do with the ketchup? Take in your hand and then just you know blend it in a lot of ketchup, right? People love ketchup. I mean, I love ketchup So but you have to be careful because that can really cause problem Now if you want to measure your ketchup do that one tablespoon is five grams and you can easily Go overboard, you know, let's say you're eating vegetables and you want to have some more taste to it And you add a lot of ketchup that can catch up with you So make sure that you guys are paying attention to that now quick story for you Papa tomato mama tomato and the baby tomato are walking on the street Now the baby tomato starts to lag behind because the poor thing is tired Now the Papa tomato gets very angry and he goes and squeezes the baby tomato and says ketchup All right, so I guess you can keep the don't get squeezed part because my wife says that worked out So anyways, so guys tomato is very versatile, right? So it's actually a fruit as you know, but knowing is something but the wisdom is not putting that fruit in your fruit salad All right, make sure guys the tomato is you know is in your diet I actually love my tomatoes at my breakfast believe or not One of my favorite thing to do is eating some feta cheese or Turkish cheese, whatever you call it some white cheese it's okay if you like the full fat as long as it's not excessive and you can eat that cheese with Tomatoes and cucumbers especially events in season they taste really good and I think they are overall low carbs So here you go. You have a great breakfast with some eggs That way it is more savory than sweet and you're not loaded with carbs Again since tomatoes are filling you can use your tomatoes in your salads Definitely, it's a great taste Now tomatoes are really rich in potassium calcium and phosphorus as well So if you have a blood pressure problem having more tomato in your diet will definitely help because the Less sodium and more potassium especially from vegetables and tomato in your diet will definitely Help your blood pressure as well. So guys remember if you like this video or the other videos We have make sure you share give a thumbs up and give a like we'll like you. We love you. We'll see you in the next video