Someone told me that eating tomato seeds is not good, so he removes them before eating....any thoughts?

Answer 1

Diverticulitis
Hey they really can! Seeds could get hung in your colon. So can pepper, nuts, corn or any small type of seed.
http://www.gicare.com/pated/egn0299.htm#seeds

Answer 2

Not good as in bad tasting or not good for you? Some chefs remove the seeds because they change the taste of the tomato flesh.

Answer 3

Even if that is true, tomato seeds have very tough shells and they never get digested by the stomach acids. Therefore, they are passed unaffected out of the digestive track.

Hence, your body never gets exposed to whatever is in them.

Don't believe all what you hear and half what you see.

Good Luck!

Answer 4

Maybe he thinks a tomato plant will grow inside your tummy, but the worst thing I can think of is either they have a high concentration of niacin in them or that they are not digestible. Neither of which will hurt you unless you ate a barrel of them.

I'm 99% sure they are not BAD for you.

Answer 5

When I was little I was told that if you eat watermelon seeds then watermelons will start growing out of your ears.

Answer 6

Maybe he thinks a tomato plant will grow out of his lil belly or his ears or something.

Answer 7

for normal people they're fine. but some people cant digest the seeds. my aunt has to do that because they'll make her really sick.

Answer 8

lol what an idiot, the seeds will grow a tree inside you i tinkd it will still need land. lolll it's a false statement

Answer 9

no seeds are good for you especially if you have Diverticulosis or Diverticulitis which are colon conditions

Answer 10

This boils down to somebody with way too much time on his hands and way too big an imagination!