The benefits of eating watermelon in summer and the precautions for eating watermelon

Watermelon is often the first fruit in summer. So what are the benefits of eating watermelon in summer? Let me tell you today:

Two red fruits are the best choice for health preservation in summer

Cherry: Fresh cherries are bright in color and rich in texture. They are particularly high in iron content, up to 6-8 mg per 100 grams, and have the effects of promoting hemoglobin regeneration and preventing cancer.

Watermelon: Watermelon juice also contains a variety of important chemical components that are beneficial to health and beauty. These nutrients in watermelon are easily absorbed by the skin and have good effects on moisturizing, nourishing, sun-protecting and whitening facial skin.

In the hot and humid summer, eating a few pieces of watermelon can quench your thirst and relieve the heat. No wonder people call it the "king of fruits". Watermelon is rich in vitamins, proteins, iron, calcium, potassium, phosphorus, magnesium, zinc and other minerals as well as glutamic acid, arginine, fructose, etc. It is a rare good fruit. Eating half a watermelon a day can help cool down, relieve heat and resist aging.

Watermelon rind is also a treasure

When eating watermelon, the rind is often thrown away, causing great waste and environmental pollution. In fact, watermelon rind is a kind of food with medicinal properties, which is beneficial to people and harmless. It should be used as a dish, which is beneficial to health and environmental protection.

The Chinese medicine name of watermelon rind is also called: Watermelon Green, Watermelon Green Cloth, Watermelon Green. It is cool in nature, sweet in taste, and non-toxic. It enters the spleen and stomach meridians. Functions and indications: clearing away heat and relieving fever, quenching thirst, and promoting urination; treating summer heat and thirst, oliguria, edema, and mouth and tongue sores. "Essential Medicinal Dosages" wrote: Watermelon rind "can relieve heat between the skin." In summer, the human yang energy dissipates outward with the climate. If it is retained between the skin, it will cause the body to heat up. Watermelon rind can just absorb this heat and return it to the kidney, playing a role in collecting yang and hiding it. "Modern Practical Chinese Medicine" wrote: Watermelon rind "is a diuretic. It can treat edema caused by kidney inflammation, diabetes, jaundice, and can relieve alcohol poisoning."

Watermelon rind is delicious when used in soup. Remove the hard skin from the outside of the watermelon rind and cut it into strips. Heat oil in a pot and simmer the chopped green onion until it turns brown, then add water and put the watermelon strips into the pot. You can add some dried shrimp or dried shrimp skins to taste, adjust the saltiness, add a little sugar, simmer over low heat until the watermelon strips become soft, and add a small amount of starch to thicken. When serving, add a little green onion, chopped garlic and coriander and you can eat it. It tastes fresh and delicious.

Eating watermelon rind in the hot summer is good for the body and the environment; it is a delicious treat and can also help protect the environment. Doing good things like this is good for society.

Watermelon should not be eaten after being refrigerated

Many people do not eat watermelon immediately after buying it, but put it in the refrigerator before eating to keep it cool. However, eating cold watermelon for a long time will damage the spleen and stomach.

Watermelon is cold in nature and sweet in taste. After a watermelon is cut and refrigerated for a long time, a film forms on the surface of the pulp. The cold air is absorbed by the pulp, and the moisture in the pulp often forms ice crystals. Doctors believe that when people bite "icy" watermelon, the salivary glands in the mouth, the taste nerves of the tongue and the periodontal nerves are almost paralyzed due to the cold stimulation, making it difficult to "taste" the sweetness and attractive "sand" taste of the watermelon. At the same time, it also irritates the throat, causing adverse reactions such as pharyngitis or toothache.