What’s a girl to do in this 120 degree Arizona heat?
Easy and delish A 2 day watermelon cleanse…
Great way to cool the body down
Have more energy……..
Why watermelon? According to the website, Mercola.com, watermelon is a very healthy food!
Read these interesting (abridged) watermelon facts from their website!
6 Watermelon Facts That Might Surprise You
1. Watermelon Has More Lycopene Than Raw Tomatoes
Lycopene is a powerful carotenoid antioxidant that gives fruits and vegetables a pink or red color. It’s most often associated with tomatoes, but watermelon is actually a more concentrated source.
Compared to a large fresh tomato, one cup of watermelon has 1.5 times the lycopene (6 milligrams (mg) in watermelon compared to 4 mg in a tomato).…
2. Watermelon Juice May Relieve Muscle Soreness
If you have a juicer, try juicing about one-third of a fresh watermelon and drinking its juice prior to your next workout. This contains a little over one gram of l-citrulline, an amino acid that seems to protect against muscle pain.
3. Watermelon Is a Fruit and a Vegetable
It is part vegetable and part fruit (it’s a sweet, seed-producing plant, after all).
4. You Can Eat Watermelon Rind and Seeds
Most people throw away the watermelon rind, but try putting it in a blender with some lime for a healthy, refreshing treat.
Not only does the rind contain plenty of health-promoting and blood-building chlorophyll, but the rind actually contains more of the amino acid citrulline than the pink flesh.
While many people prefer seedless watermelon varieties, black watermelon seeds are edible and actually quite healthy.
Black watermelon seeds contain iron, zinc, protein, and fiber. Share on X5. It’s Mostly Water
This might not be surprising, but it’s still a fun fact; watermelon is more than 91 percent water.
6. Some Watermelon Are Yellow
The Yellow Crimson watermelon has yellow flesh with a sweeter, honey flavor than the more popular pink-fleshed Crimson Sweet.
