Watermelon is the perfect way to answer the rising mercury.
To match the scorching heat, most summer fruits help you cool down and glow from within. Take watermelon, for instance. It can do wonders to your health and your skin.
Watermelons are good for you:
Watermelons are good for antioxidants that help fight free radicals. And while that battle is on, the fibre toxins are scrubbed out of your system, leaving you literally glowing with health.
In order to wow your skin naturally in summer, treat yourself with watermelon five days a week. Do take it with your breakfast, it will help you protect from heat. Thus fruit is excellent in summers as it has about 90% of water in it. And this is what makes it best rehydrating agent for your skin. Even a bowl of watermelon every morning is just enough to start your day off with close to no-fat, high fibre goodness that is rich in vitamins A and C and reasonable quantities of iron. That makes it excellent for all round health, although it does have a bit of sugar.
Choosing the right watermelon:
I am sure when you must read the heading above you would have felt it so nonsense, so let me explain you the sense here. It is easy to pick one, when the fruit is well in season. So in order to choose the right fruit choose the one free of cracks, bruises or soft spots. A heavy watermelon promises to be juicy. Look for the dark green variety. It should ideally be dull, rather than shiny and the underbelly should have a pale yellow color. A spot of yellow on one side is good; since that assures you that it has been ripened naturally and has yellowed where it touched the hot ground. There should be a melon-like smell or fragrance. Next you can also test its sound by hitting against it and if it sounds hollow its worth eating as its sweet.
Always avoid very hard watermelons as they are not ripe and besides they are acidic not desirable for health. Try carrying your own clean bag to store the watermelon.
The right bite:
Watermelons are best eaten in bite sizes. If you do not like them that way then you can crush them into a smoothie and enjoy a tempting drink.
Beauty aid:
Do not throw the pulp away. It is an aid to your skin beauty. The pulp when mixed with little of gram flour works as an excellent natural scrub.
It can also be used as a pack that helps your skin glow and radiate.
Some facts about this watery fruit:
• It is fat free
• It contains very low sodium
• Cholesterol free
• It an excellent source of vitamin A
• It is high in vitamin C
• It is also considered as a vegetable and hence is often related to cucumber and pumpkins.
• Over 1200 varieties of watermelons are grown worldwide.
• In ancient times travelers used it as a source of transportable water.
• Its origin is believed to be in Egypt.