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1. Water Melon:

2. 1. Water Melon
 It is a fresh fruit that destacated by their sweetness and red colour. This food
count with lots of benefits for our body that not everybody know.
 Referring to their size, we must say that it is si heavy (3 – 10 kg). Exist more
than 50 water melon varieties, that differs depending on colour, skin, seed
form…
 Water melon has their origin in Africa, but nowadays grow in America and
Europe too..

3. 2. Water Melon: Content
Referring to the content, per each 100g of water melon:
 It has around 90% of water. It is usually followed by people who want to loose
weight. It is the most aquoeus fruit.
 Their caloric value are 20,5 kcal approximately.
 0,5 g of fiber.
 4,5 g of carbohydrates.
 Not contain too much lipids and proteins.
 Antirust: Antioxidantes: Lycopene and beta carotene.
 They are rich in minerals like: potassium, magnessium, calcium and iron.
 They are rich in group A vitamin, and in les proportion in groups: C, B1, B2, B3, B5, B6
and acid folic.

4. 3. Water Melon: Benefits and
properties
Water melon counts with lots of benefits as:
 It is healthy for cardiovascular system.
 Has got diuretic and hidratant properties due to their high content in
water..
 Can prevent infections due to their high content in A vitamin.
 Doctors recommend eating water melon after doing exercise, due to they
are rich in potassium.
 Have depurative properties due to their high content in fiber.
 Antirust effect due to a substance called lycopene.

5. 3. Water Melon:
Recommendations
Some recommendations for water melon ingest are:
 Before choosing water melon, you should touch it to know their sound.
 Water melon must not have spots or scars in their skin.
 Water melon should be as mature as possible.
 Water melon can be conservated during 2 or 3 weeks.
 We must not put water melon to extreme conditions.
 It is advisable to eat fruits and vegetables because as shown by various
studies, by providing antioxidants to the body, the risk of cardiovascular
disease and some cancers are reduced.

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