Benefits of watermelon seeds. Class of watermelon as a fruit.
Contents
- Why is a watermelon called a berry?
- Watermelon or melon is more useful?
- Is it possible to eat water melon seeds?
- Seeds of watermelon useful properties
- What happens if you eat a watermelon?
- What happens if you weld a watermelon?
- Why does not the watermelon sink in the water?
- How to wash a watermelon?
- Video: what is the use of watermelon?
Summer is the time of vegetables, fruits, greens, berries. Nature manifests itself as abundant as possible, gives us health and strength for daily activities.
Perhaps, it is difficult to find a person who is indifferent to watermelon not because of the doctor's prohibitions.
Let's talk about all this in more detail in the article, continuing our talks about watermelons
Why watermelon is called a berry?
slices of juicy watermelon Contrary to popular belief that watermelon is a fruit, it is not.
Look at Wikipedia pages and you will find that fruit is called edible juicy fruit, grown from a flower on a tree or a bush.
The same encyclopedia defines the meaning of "berry" as a delicate, sufficiently firm fruit, having a juicy pulp and a multitude of seeds in a dense peel. However, the science of botany asserts this. And from this point of view, watermelon is a berry.
Diving further, you will find a classification of fruits, among which there are pumpkins. They are also categorized as:
- melon
- cucumbers
- zucchini
The same botanists note that all of the above fruits and watermelon are berry-like tykvins and form a separate class.
Watermelon or melon is more useful?
cut watermelon and melon Speaking about the benefits of well-known melons, it should be noted that it is huge in both watermelon and melon.
Both of them:
- purify our body of toxins, toxins
- promote the release of sand from the kidneys
- help to return the face skin radiance. For example, melon pulp masks are effective for acne.
- contains useful substances, which are still more in the melon.
Watermelon is especially valuable for:
- slimy people who have decided to reduce their weight
- leading a healthy lifestyle and practicing fasting days for
- all whosuffers from constipation
- treatment of diseases of the digestive system, for example, colitis
- people suffering from excessive amounts of bad cholesterol
Melon is also unique in its effect on the human body because:
- contains many natural sugars that cause a sense of happiness in one who regrets it
- is able to prolong youth codes and the whole organism due to the rich composition of valuable elements, for example, vitamins C, group B, organic acids
The only differences when using these melons:
- melon can not bemixed with other food
- it should be eaten only in the morning between the main meals
- it is contraindicated in women during lactation, as well as people with diseases of sahny diabetes, ulcers, weight gain
- watermelon can be eaten on an empty stomach, melon - no
Can I have a bone watermelon?
handful of watermelon seeds on a sheet of paper Unequivocally yes, if you are not pregnant, you do not have the inborn pathologies of synthesis of citrulline - a specific amino acid, and also when you are sure of the fruit grown on clean soil.
Useful qualities of watermelon seeds appear from the moment they are chewed with teeth. If you just swallow them while consuming the pulp of watermelon, they will fly unnoticed by your digestive system.
Watermelon Seeds useful properties
Useful properties are hidden in a unique chemical composition. So in the seeds of watermelon there are:
- vitamins PP, A, C, group B
- iron, which is responsible for the hematopoiesis
- zinc, helping to preserve the beauty of the skin, hair and ensuring the smooth functioning of the nervous system
- natural protein involved in the structure of muscle tissues
- amino acids,among which arginine is especially valuable. It helps the work of the heart, the preservation of its health
- magnesium, which regulates blood pressure, carbohydrate metabolism and sugar level
- other minerals - potassium, manganese, sodium, phosphorus, the amount of which in 100 g of seeds is enough to meet the daily needs of the human body
- cellulose and foodfibers that are responsible for the normalization of the digestive organs, the removal of toxins and toxins from the body
- fats that give caloric value to the product, but its index is low
What happens if the overeatwatermelon?
the girl with pleasure eats a slice of a water-melon The moderate consumption of a water-melon to the healthy person brings only advantage. Enough 300 grams of aromatic pulp to taste and taste, and the stomach does not overflow.
Maximum limiting the daily dose of watermelon or completely abandon it should be if you were diagnosed with:
- stone kidney disease
- gastritis, pancreatitis, digestive ulcers
- cholecystitis
- pregnancy, especially the third trimester
- diabetes
Because of the excessive consumption of watermelon you:
- fill the stomach with a watery flesh and feel satiety. However, your daily requirement for different vitamins, minerals and trace elements is not satisfied
- provokes stretching walls of the stomach
- creates an increased pressure in this organ, which in turn restrains the boundaries of other
Thickened watermelon snack is dangerous:
- diarrhea
- weakness
- nausea
- bad mood
- excessive gasification
- excessive breathing
- heart palpitations
- edema
- in extreme cases by the failure of the
kidneys What will happen ifto weld a watermelon?
squares of boiled watermelon on a plate Would you like to experiment with the taste and appearance of watermelon? Then cook it whole.
As a result of this preparation, you will receive a watermelon that:
- has a soft rind
- increased in size, that is, absorbed part of the water in which the
- was cooked has a specific smell
- lost its original taste due to the welded pulp
In the open spaces of the Runet you will find differentAnswers to this question, for example, that you get:
- compote
- jam
- spoiled product
However, there is an opinion if you weld a peeled green peel in a sweet watermelon juice and then dry it, then get ittsya candied.
Why does not watermelon sink in water?
watermelon floats in a natural pond Watermelon is a watery porous substance, besides the most delicious part of it.
When the watermelon was ripped off ahead of time, it will behave in the water like this:
- will float a little on the surface
- will gradually go to the bottom
The ripe fruit behaves differently. He always drifts on the surface of the water. This watermelon is mostly immersed in it, but only a small part of it looks.
The reason lies in its flesh. Having bubbles of air, it is by its density less than the density of water. Therefore, a ripe watermelon drifts on the surface and does not sink.
How to wash a watermelon?
little girl eats a slice of a washed watermelon You need to wash a watermelon no matter where you bought it.
To do this, use:
- soap
- brush
- water
Turn the fruit, brush thoroughly with a soap solution over its entire surface.
If you plan to feed watermelon children, then wash it twice with soap.
So, we examined the benefits of watermelon and melon, found out that both of these squash are useful for our health.
Enjoy the warm season and taste of sweet juicy watermelons in August and September!
Stay healthy!