Log on for a byte	hungryzone
Reviews of restaurants in India

| Home | HB Blog | Recipes & Health Tips | Videos

Recipe and Health Articles

Featured recipe from

Caramel

Golden Snaps Cookie

A golden and delicious cookie. Easy to cook and fun to modify with toppings of any choice.
»Read more

Search Recipes by Ingredient: Ex. curd

Submit your own recipe

Browse recipe by tags

Benefits of Watermelon

X

Benefits of Watermelon

Watermelon is the one of the best source of the carotenoid antioxidant lycopene.

Benefits of Water Melon

1.Watermelon is not only great on a hot summer day, this delectable thirst-quencher may also help quench the inflammation that contributes to conditions like asthma, atherosclerosis, diabetes, colon cancer, and arthritis.

2.Watermelon is an excellent source of vitamin C and a very good source of vitamin A

3.Watermelon is also a very concentrated source of the carotenoid, lycopene. Well known for being abundant in tomatoes and particularly well absorbed from cooked tomato products containing a little fat such as olive oil, lycopene is also present in high amounts in watermelon

4.Water melon has a trace of fat no cholestrol and has 90% water in it.

Nutritional Information

Serving: 152.00 gms
Amount Per Serving
Calories	49
vitamin C	14.59 mg
vitamin A	556.32 IU
vitamin B6 (pyridoxine)	0.22 mg
vitamin B1 (thiamin)	0.12 mg
potassium	176.32 mg
magnesium	16.72 mg

Pink watermelon is a source of carotenoid antioxidant, lycopene (Lycopene is a naturally occurring chemical it gives many fruits and vegetables their red color and is known to fight prostate cancer. But most people associate it with tomatoes. Although canned tomato products are highest in lycopene, watermelon beat out all other fresh fruits or vegetables.).

These powerful antioxidants travel through the body neutralizing free radicals. Free radicals are substances in the body that can cause a great deal of damage. They are able to oxidize cholesterol, making it stick to blood vessel walls, where it can lead to heart attack or stroke. They can add to the severity of asthma attacks by causing airways to clamp down and close. They can increase the inflammation that occurs in osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis and cause most of the joint damage that occurs in these conditions, and they can damage cells lining the colon, turning them into cancer cells. Fortunately, vitamin C and beta-carotene are very good at getting rid of these harmful molecules and can therefore prevent the damage they would otherwise cause.

Watermelon has a higher water content and lower calorie content than many other fruits (a whole cup of watermelon contains only 48 calories), it delivers more nutrients per calorie-an outstanding health benefit!

Read on >>
whfoods

RSS Feed

Write recipe and win prizes!

Send us your special recipe and win yummy prizes!
The recipes submitted would be evaluated by a panel of experts and it could be featured in the monthly newsletter.

	Recipe Categories
	Paneer Dish Veg Dish Non Veg Dish Desserts