During a cold season all want to uraznoobrazit the menu some summer product. For such purposes fruit and berries usually undertake. Also big juicy watermelons appear among them. Let's look narrowly at these striped fruits more attentively.
Structure of watermelon
If to take a 100-gram piece of a sweet tykvina, then it contains the following substances:
- amino acids (as not - and replaceable); first on average 0.17 g, whereas replaceable connections as glycine or alanine already 0.5-0.6 g;
- ascorbic acid — 7 mg;
- nicotinic acid — 0.3 mg;
- niatsin, it is B3 vitamin — 0.2 mg;
- beta carotene — 0.1 mg;
- line B vitamins with indexes 1, 2, 6 and 9 in a total dose of 0.2 mg.
The main thing from minerals potassium in number of 110 mg on the same weight is considered. Sodium, calcium and magnesium are presented in smaller doses: 12-16 mg. Phosphorus (7 mg) fixes this sheaf. Gland the microcell part — it is assigned to 1 mg here.
Important! 5-6 kg are considered as optimum weight. Weightier giants with high probability contain pesticides and nitrates which their growth accelerated.
Caloric content and nutrition value
Watermelon belongs to low-calorie products — norm the indicator in 25-27 kcal on 100 g is considered.
It is a little proteins with fats: 0.7 and 0.1 g. It is more carbohydrates — 5.8 g. But nevertheless to them it is far to water which 92-92.5 g contain. The rest is the share of ashes and food fibers like cellulose (them approximately equally — 0.4 g). Organic acids — benzene, salicylic and others, in the general concentration of 0.1 g close a row.
Also carry pumpkin, cowberry, broccoli, a celery, strawberry, grapefruit, a lime to low-calorie products.
In what advantage
Except the pleasant refreshing taste, fresh watermelons have also the mass of useful properties. Are distinguished from them:
- normalization of a blood-groove and decrease in level of cholesterol;
- hypotonic and vasodilating effects;
- reduction of risk of heart troubles (especially heart attacks with strokes);
- improvement of work of a brain and nervous system;
- the beneficial influence on functions of a stomach and intestinal ways — at consumption of pulp decreases acidity, the vermicular movement of intestinal walls improves;
- regulation of a metabolism and conclusion of toxins from an organism;
- strong diuretic effect;
- the ability to fight against cancer cells is a merit of enzyme of lycopene;
- improvement of sight.
Whether you know? Watermelon came to us from South Africa. The territory of the Republic of South Africa, Botswana and certain provinces of neighboring states is considered primary area of a plant.
Oil from a watermelon semyanok stands alone: at moderate consumption it normalizes work of a prostate and softly removes inflammation in so delicate area.
Application
It is no wonder that so useful fruits are widely used in various spheres. We learn in what.
In medicine
Doctors approve use of watermelons in fight against inflammatory diseases of a liver, polytypic gastritises and stones in kidneys, a bladder and mochetochnik.
Watermelon is considered one of the most useful products for kidneys.
Among other diseases which this product is capable to overcome the hypertension, rheumatism and arthritis, gout and obesity appear. Watermelon surely joins in a diet if it is necessary to restore normal production of blood, to improve intestinal microflora or to increase sensitivity to insulin.
As prophylactic, it is eaten for prevention of cancer complications in a stomach and a gullet in general, lungs and a liver, a neck of the uterus or a prostate.
In cosmetology
Pulp and juice from a fruit and also a crust are powerful natural antiseptics. They smooth to a term and rejuvenate it, clarify and level tone of skin. As well as any fresh натурпродукт, remove irritation and fight against various types of inflammations and eels, irrespective of cover type.
Use watermelon and for hair care — so universal remedy perfectly strengthens follicles, without causing at the same time irritation of head skin. Result — strong and brilliant curls.
Important! The mask for a hair shine becomes very simply: several pieces of pulp rub in gruel and add 1 tsp of sweet almonds. Having mixed them up to the integral weight, the received structure is applied on all length of hair, having taken at the same time and radical sites. 20 minutes — and means are washed away by warm water with insignificant impurity of shampoo.
All these properties are actively applied in production of lotions and tonics, creams and shampoos: as a part of many of them it is possible to see the extract taken from large berry. Along with house mixes they become a basis for masks, lotions and often undertake for the strengthening rinsings.
In dietology
Many have heard a lot about a special water-melon diet at which intake of ripe pulp is combined with the use of products from rye flour.
Such composition allows to clean a GIT from slags and harmful microflora, having replaced them with valuable food fibers. It is ideal option for those who fight against excess weight — fresh fruits prolong feeling of saturation (that is unplanned having a snack is minimized).
It is possible to get rid of excess weight by means of various diets. Not to do much harm to the health, it is necessary to define whether the diet what signs of incorrectly chosen diet and what diets it is better not to adhere suits you.
More sparing, and therefore mass option of a diet — periodic fasting days. The power supply circuit remains to the same, but does not become only accepted. Practicing such approach, it is possible to restore noticeably health, without refusing at the same time habitual food.
In cookery
All know that watermelon — quite independent dish which is perfectly satisfying thirst. It is the best of all to start such meal 1-2 hours later after the main meal, trying not to combine a myakotka with other fruit.
Many hostesses salt and pickle small fruits entirely, or preserve weighty pieces.
Whether you know? In Ancient Egypt, watermelons kept within tombs of Pharaohs (possibly as a food source in a travel on a next world).
In the food industry the syrup seized from pulp and also a crust which after processing turns into candied fruits or additive for preparation of fruit jelly is used.
Whether it is possible
Having convinced of advantage of watermelons, many are interested and whether there are categories of people which are better to refraining or approaching their use extremely accurately. Yes, there are also such.
To pregnant women
Gynecologists and obstetricians note the mass of curative effects which will be very useful for future mother and her kid. Among those — fight against symptoms of iron deficiency anemia and locks, strengthening of nervous system and replenishment of a vitamin stock. With a careful eye to these properties the doctors recommend to women in labor to eat from 2-3 pieces to 700-800 g of such product a day. The concrete figure makes a reservation with the doctor. By itself, the fruit has to be fresh and whole. It is possible to distinguish it on slightly non-uniform color of pulp (at the content of nitrates it will be monophonic and too smooth on a cut).
Not to provoke at the woman in situation the strengthened gas generation, watermelons in such cases eat separately and only a vprikuska with white loaf. At the same time it is better to observe a measure and not to eat for the night, otherwise the diuretic effect can be shown.
Important! At ripe watermelon a tail always dry. The small yellow spot on one side will be only in plus (it means that the fruit ripened under natural conditions, reaching standard directly in the field).
But there are also nuances in the form of contraindications. The women in labor predisposed to indigestions and colitis unambiguously should refuse reception of this sweet. The same concerns also women for whom stable violations in work of urinogenital highways are diagnosed.
To children
The delicacy which is so loved by many children demands from parents of knowledge of some moments connected with its use. Generally they come down to age restrictions: watermelons are prohibited to babies till 1 year. The first tests can be carried out in an interval between 1-2 years of life, giving to the baby a small piece of pulp without sunflower seeds. Having seen that the product is normally accepted by an organism, the dose is brought at most to 50 g a day.
From 2 to 3 years it is doubled (100 g). 150 g are already norm for the tot of 3-5 years.
Of course, to children yield the most qualitative fruits which several times are washed up under flowing water. It is better to buy them in the middle of August: earlier copies are for certain stuffed with nitrates.
Learn how to choose ripe and tasty watermelon.
Only pulp without semyanok is useful to the child of preschool age. Before pleasing dityo, surely rind (it is capable to absorb too harmful impurity with which city air is so rich). It is desirable that the bought fruit the first was tried by parents: if later a couple of hours the stomach of the adult works normally, so for the child it will be safe too. If there are suspicions of diseases of kidneys or urinary channels, watermelons are excluded from the kids menu.
To the feeding mothers
During breastfeeding, striped yum-yum affects an organism of the woman as well as in anticipation of childbirth.
It is better to coordinate acceptable doses and frequency of the uses with the observing doctor.
Whether you know? The first such fruits got to our regions in the 13-14th centuries — they were brought by Tatars. The western Europe got acquainted with them thanks to crusaders who brought tykvina from the Middle Eastern campaigns.
It is connected with the fact that useful, apparently, watermelon in large numbers turns into a source of troubles: from insignificant reddening of skin at mother to system diathesis or even poisoning at the kid. To avoid it, pulp is eaten only 1.5-2 hours later after meal when the organism is a little unloaded. If to take a habitual portion right after a lunch, at the child the strengthened gas generation fraught with appearance of gripes can begin.
Also the type of watermelon is extremely important: it has to be whole. Attentively examine purchase regarding lack of cracks and cuts — they become the reason of start of various infections. Unripe or too early tykvina should be put aside too (the best time for purchase is necessary on the end of August — the beginning of September).
Women at whom symptoms of diseases of gastrointestinal and urinary channels, diabetes and existence of stones in kidneys are observed cannot eat a product.
Contraindications and harm
Juicy yum-yum, as well as other gifts of the earth, is good if to use it moderately. However, there are also direct contraindications.
Important! Intake of tasty pulp is incompatible with heavy feeling in a stomach.
Reception of any parts of a fruit is forbidden the people suffering from:
- diabetes of any form;
- presence at kidneys of old or too large stones;
- ponos and chronic colitis;
- stable violations of outflow of urine;
- prostate adenomas;
- atherosclerosis on an aggravation phase.
The accuracy should be observed and that who has a lowered pressure — having eaten a large number of pulp, they risk to bring down it to a dangerous lower limit. Overeating at any age is fraught with diarrhea whereas emergence of emetic desires is considered more rare side effect.
Now you it is aware, than tasty watermelons and who needs to be on the lookout are useful, starting a meal with their participation. We hope, our readers will listen to these councils, and the sweet myakotka will be a valuable bonus to the habitual menu. Health and cheerfulness all!