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**Tomatoes ** Tomatoes are in the peak of their season.

This week we celebrate red ripe tomatoes as one of the [|World's Healthiest Foods]. Nothing adds flavor to your favorite salad or sandwich like a juicy, red, vine-ripened tomato. Tomatoes are now available year-round, but they have the best flavor, highest nutritional value and are the least expensive from July through September when they are in the peak of their season.

Nutritional Value One cup of tomatoes contains 57% of the daily value (DV) for vitamin C, 22% DV for vitamin A and 11% DV for potassium. But that's not all tomatoes are also a great source of carotenoid phytonutrients, such as beta-carotene and lycopene. And all of this for only 38 calories! ** Broccoli ** This week we celebrate broccoli as one of the [|World's Healthiest Foods]. Broccoli's unique flavor and incredible nutritional value have made it one of the most popular vegetables in the United States. Scientific evidence regarding the nutritional value of broccoli continues to mount, providing us with more and more reasons to encourage including it as a regular part of your Healthiest Way of Eating.   Nutritional Value Like other cruciferousvegetables (such as cabbage and kale), broccoli contains unique health-promoting sulfur-containing compounds and a wealth of vitamins, minerals and dietary fiber. Broccoli provides 206 % of the daily value for vitamin C, 46% DV for vitamin A, 24% DV for folate, and 19% DV for dietary fiber. And one cup of cooked broccoli contains only 44 calories!

Source: Mateljan, George, ed. "Food of the Week." __The World's Healthiest Foods__. 2 Sept. 2008. The George Mateljan Foundation. 4 Sept. 2008 [|http://whfoods.org]