Eat Watermelon Every Day This Summer
Watermelons have a good history like apples. They come from the Kalahari Desert in southern Africa. There natives grind the seeds for bread. Watermelons go way back to the ancient Egyptians where the watermelons spread through the world.
These melons are 90% distilled water and are considered a diuretic. You will be heading to the bathroom many times, so eat them during the day so you don’t have to get up at night. When you eat watermelon buy the watermelon with seeds. The seedless type is not as nutritious as the seed type. You can also eat the seeds instead of spitting them out. Just chew them good.
Lycopene in watermelon
Surprisingly watermelon is high in a chemical called lycopene. Lycopene is also found in tomatoes and tomato products. This chemical is an antioxidant, which has been shown to lessen the risk of cancer, heart disease and other diseases. If you’re a male, lycopene is necessary for you to minimize your chances of getting prostate cancer. Remember, that lycopene is the chemical that gives the inside of the watermelon its red color.
Free radicals are constantly being created in each of your cells when oxygen and nutrients reaction in the cells to create the energy you need to run your body. If you eat watermelon, you will have lycopene there in your cells to neutralize these free radicals that cause disease and cause you to age prematurely. When you eat a good slice of watermelon, you give yourself 15 mg of lycopene.
Nutrients in watermelon
The other benefit of eating watermelon is it is a good source of vitamin B6, pyridoxine, and it
helps in the reaction of breaking down protein into specific amino acids. In addition it assists in creating cells that create blood hemoglobin. Watermelon is also a good source of vitamin C, A, and potassium.
Eat watermelon from 8am to noon time to help you clean out your channels of elimination. Watermelon digests with an hour and assists in pushing stagnant matter out of your colon. When you eat watermelon only eat it with other melons like cantaloupe. Do not mix them with other fruits because they require different digestion conditions in your stomach.
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