Tomatoes are in fact a low GI vegetable and they score 15 on the glycemic index. Those are following either the South Beach or GI diet will definitely need to get as many of these into their daily meals as possible.

There is no doubt that tomatoes are good for you in a number of ways and so you should try your best to add them into meals when you are trying to lose weight or just stay healthy.

On a list of low GI foods, they are fairly close to the top and offer a lot of nutritional value.