How to choose a melon

How to choose a melon? I believe many friends still don't know. Let me introduce this issue to you below. I hope you will like it.

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Summer is the season for eating fruits and melons, and the sweet and fragrant melon is an indispensable fruit in this season. Melon is also called sweet melon, and the species with a stronger aroma is also called cantaloupe. Melon is rich in malic acid, glucose, amino acids, vitamin C, etc. According to measurements, compared with watermelon, melon has less water and protein content, but the content of aromatic substances, minerals, sugar and vitamin C is significantly higher than that of watermelon. Eating melon in summer can relieve heat and thirst, and is also beneficial to the human heart, liver and intestinal system.

How to choose a melon

There are many kinds of melons on the market. The fruits are spherical, oval, long and cylindrical in shape. The ripe peels are white, green, yellow or netted. The cantaloupe people often talk about is a kind of melon. Now it mostly refers to ornamental melons, which have a strong aroma but not a very good taste. Zhang Xian said that from the ecological characteristics, there are two types of melons: thick-skinned melons and thin-skinned melons. "Generally speaking, thick-skinned melons have a higher sugar content than thin-skinned melons, and they taste crisper and sweeter. Because the melon skin is thick, it contains richer nutrients." When choosing melons, waxy yellow with some stripes is better; if you pull the melon stem with your hand and the root stem falls off naturally, leaving a small pit, it means that the melon is naturally ripe; melons with a strong aroma at the big head are better.

Melon is especially suitable for people who suffer from heat and thirst, mouth and nose sores, and heatstroke in summer. However, people with weak constitution, cold spleen and stomach, abdominal distension and diarrhea, and diabetes should eat less melon.

Health Benefits of Melon

(1) Clearing away summer heat and quenching thirst. Muskmelon contains a large amount of carbohydrates, citric acid, carotene, and vitamins B and C, and is rich in water. It can clear away summer heat, promote the production of body fluids, quench thirst, and relieve restlessness.

(2) Helps kidney patients absorb nutrients. Muskmelon contains invertase, which can convert insoluble protein into soluble protein, which can help kidney patients absorb nutrients and is beneficial to kidney patients. [Meishijie]

(3) Protect the liver: Cucurbitacin B contained in melon stems can significantly increase experimental liver glycogen accumulation and alleviate chronic liver damage, thereby preventing fatty degeneration of hepatocytes and inhibiting fibrosis.