Eating raw tomatoes in the morning gives your body access to their nutrients before digestive competition from other foods reduces absorption efficiency.
The stomach is at its lowest pH in the morning, which improves the breakdown of cell walls in raw tomatoes and releases more lycopene, vitamin C, and potassium into the bloodstream.
Lycopene is the most studied compound in tomatoes. It is a carotenoid pigment that gives tomatoes their red color and acts as one of the most powerful antioxidants in the human diet.