The Health Benefits of Tomatoes

In the 18 thirties, a doctor named john cook bennett started making claims about tomatoes and their supposed health benefits in cure properties. In 18 forty two he was excommunicated by joseph smith himself after some kind of ambiguous scandal involving alleged sexual impropriety. And so there was this whole tomato for health craze that caught on big in the teen thirties and continued into the 18 forties. It contributed significantly to the popularization and normalization of atoes in the united states.