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I love eating watermelon, who doesn't? It's the best thing you can eat after a hot sunny day.
Watermelon is a very delicious fruit and can make you satisfied and refreshed. It's high in Vitamin C,Vitamin A and many other healthy compounds. It can protect your heart and prevent CANCER!!
After reading this article, i promise that "you will eat watermelon". So get ready cause this green thing will blow your mind.
1-Improve your heart health
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There are many factors that can affect your heart health like high cholesterol, high blood pressure and obesity. Many nutrients in watermelon can affect your heart positively like Lycopene. Studies showed that lycopene can lower your blood pressure, cholesterol level in your blood and prevent the oxidative damage to cholesterol .(1) It can also reduce the thickness and the stiffness of artery wall in obese postmenopausal women. (2)
2- Prevents macular degeneration
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Lycopene helps in eye protection against oxidative damage and inflammation so prevents age related macular degeneration. (3)
Macular degeneration may cause blindness so feel free to read more about it.
3- Keeps you hydrated
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As we know drinking water is very VERY important! Cause it's the source of life. You should always stay hydrated to be healthy, so watermelon can you help you in that. Surprisingly, watermelon is 92% water. (3)
That what makes you feel full when you eat watermelon.
4- Nutrients
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Among fruits, watermelon is considered one of the lowest in calories. 46 calories per cup!! (4)
A cup (152g) contains:
- Vitamin C: 20% of the RDI (reference daily intake)
- Vitamin A: 17% of the RDI
- Vitamin B-6: 5% of the RDI
- Potassium: 4% of the RDI
- Magnesium: 3% of the RDI
5- Protects you from CANCER
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Lycopene also plays a role as an anti-cancer nutrient, especially cancers in the digestive system (3)
Lycopene appeared to decrease the cancer risk by lowering insulin like growth factor (IGF) which is a protein involved in cell division so the higher it gets, the chance to have cancer increases.
Cucurbitacin E also has been investigated to inhibit the tumor cell growth. (5)
6- Good for your skin and hair
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Vitamin A and C are very important for your skin and hair health. Vitamin A create and repair skin cells so without enough vitamin A your skin will look DRY.
Vitamin C helps in making collagen which helps in making your hair stronger.
7- Good for muscle soreness
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One study gave Athletes citrulline on it's own , plain watermelon juice and watermelon mixed with citrulline juice.the results were amazing, both juices lead to decrease in muscle soreness and quicker heart rate recovery compared to citrulline alone. (6) So citrulline in watermelon is enough for you to relief the muscle soreness.
8- Better digestion
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Watermelon contains water and fibers which are important for your bowl movements cause water helps you to keep your digestive tract moving efficiently while fibers provides bulk for your stool. So yeah the perfect combination in one fruit.
At the end of the day, watermelon is massively loaded with amazing benefits. Just consider eating or even drinking (which is easier) a cup per day just because WHY NOT!
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"Be Healthy, Be Safe".
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