Now is the right time to include watermelon in your daily diet. Don’t miss the opportunity! Because watermelon, apart from being delicious, fresh and calorie-free, is also extremely healthy and antioxidant.
It protects, due to the lycopene it contains, from oxidative stress, hypertension, cancer, metastases, tumors, cholesterol, diabetes and macular degeneration.
It is also rich in magnesium, potassium, carotenoids vitamin A, vitamin C and vitamin B6.
What does this mean? Watermelon, among other things, is good for your eyesight, hair and skin.
Watermelon is a species of ivy-like flowering plant in the cauliflower family, native to South Africa. In particular, we see it for the first time in hieroglyphics of Ancient Egypt, where it was food for the gods. In the 10th century it began to be cultivated in China and later appeared in Europe.
The well-known watermelon has more than 1100 varieties and comes in red, yellow and orange shades. We are most familiar with the watermelon with the red inside, which is the sweetest in terms of taste, compared to the others.
“I’m hungry, I’ll eat a watermelon” we say jokingly, not knowing that essentially any fruit is about , like one and ¼ cups of watermelon. For those who count calories, 100 grams of watermelon has only 30 calories and is a fruit that is particularly diuretic, since 92% of it is water, 7.55% carbohydrates, of which 6.2% are sugars and 0.4% dietary fibre.
Try eating watermelon for a snack or even a full dinner, with some cheese or in your salad.
Use your imagination and create recipes with watermelon…. You will not miss..!!!
