Did You know that watermelon is summer’s most popular vegetable. It is part of the cucumber, pumpkin, and squash family. The watermelon is also a fruit. Call it what you will, the average American eats 15 pounds of watermelon a year. These juicy favorites are 92 percent water.
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Other Health Benefits of Watermelon:
- Watermelon is a natural diuretic which helps increase the flow of urine,
but does not strain the kidneys (unlike alcohol and caffeine).
Watermelons helps the liver process ammonia (waste from protein
digestion) which eases strain on the kidneys while getting rid of excess
fluids.
- Watermelons have an alkaline-forming effect in the body when fully ripe.
Eating lots of alkaline-forming foods (fresh, ripe, fruit and
vegetables) can help reduce your risk of developing disease and illness
caused by a high-acid diet (namely, meat, eggs and dairy).
- Watermelon is a wonderful source of beta-carotene (that rich red hue of
watermelon = beta carotene) which is converted in the body to vitamin A.
It helps produce the pigments in the retina of the eye and protects
against age-related macular degeneration as well as prevents night
blindness. Vitamin A also maintains healthy skin, teeth, skeletal and
soft tissue, and mucus membranes.
- The vitamin C content in watermelon is astoundingly high. Vitamin C is great at improving our immune system by maintaining the redox integrity of cells and thereby protecting them from reactive oxygen species (which damages our cells and DNA). The role of vitamin C in healing wounds has also been observed in numerous studies because it is essential to the formation of new connective tissue.
The citrulline in watermelon has been shown to reduce the accumulation of fat in our fat cells. Citrulline is an amino acid which converts into arginine with help from the kidneys. When our bodies absorb citrulline it can take the step of converting into arginine if so required. Citrulline, when consumed, has the ability to (through a series of steps) block the activity of TNAP (tissue-nonspecific alkaline phosphatase) which makes our fat cells create less fat, and thus helps prevent over-accumulation of body fat.
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