tomato is a fruit.
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Exactly. The first sentence distracted me from reading the rest of the article. If the nutritionist didn’t know that, I am not sure I can trust the rest of what they have to say.
That is the writer’s interpretation of what the nutritionist said. The actual report is probably available online if you search. He might have used the word “produce” instead of “vegetable” before proceeding to mention tomatoes, apricots, watermelon.
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Exactly. The first sentence distracted me from reading the rest of the article. If the nutritionist didn’t know that, I am not sure I can trust the rest of what they have to say.
A "botanical" fruit is not necessarily a "culinary" one, and a "culinary" fruit is not necessarily a "botanical" one. The Tomato Distinction is never even consistently made by its followers--only rarely do people mention cucumbers and peppers, even more rarely do people mention different uses of the word "fruit," and no one ever seriously says things for any other category, like "lettuce is leaves, not a vegetable" or "a beet is a root, not a vegetable."
So it is that wben I find the insistence that "the tomato is actually a fruit," I find myself distracted in similar fashion.