| | | | | This red antioxidant traps cancer-promoting agents |
| Are you watermelon obsessed? Do you love gulping | | | | called free oxygen radicals. These free radicals oxidize |
| down this fruit in all forms? If yes, then it's great | | | | cholesterol and make it stick to the walls, thus |
| news for your health! A storehouse of vitamins and | | | | increasing chances of strokes and heart attacks. |
| minerals, watermelons keep your heart and nervous | | | | Antioxidants exercise control over these free radicals |
| system in blooming health. This red fruit is essentially | | | | to help prevent the onset of fatal diseases. |
| a summer crop but is now available almost | | | | |
| throughout the year in the grocery stores. | | | | The antioxidants in watermelon have been found to |
| | | | | minimize the onset of fatal diseases like asthma, |
| Juicy, sweet, and succulent, watermelon juice can be | | | | atherosclerosis, diabetes, colon cancer, and arthritis. |
| the apt energizing drink during hot summer days. | | | | Fitness freaks can easily find their staple diet in |
| Around 93% of the fruit comprises of water, which | | | | watermelons since it has low calorific value and high |
| helps to overcome state of dehydration. Health | | | | nutrient density and water content. So while you |
| experts confirm that watermelons are fat-free and | | | | burn your calories in the gym, you can follow it up |
| cholesterol-free, besides being rich in Vitamin A, | | | | with a cool watermelon drink. Watermelons make |
| Vitamin B6, Vitamin B1, Vitamin C, and health fibers | | | | excellent pudding, cakes, pies, salads, pickles and a |
| which are good for the functioning of the heart and | | | | whole lot of snack items. These items can be |
| the nervous system. Presence of Vitamin A in this | | | | included in your daily diet without much ado. And if |
| fruit is good for eye health and keeps night blindness | | | | you still find preparing these dishes a lot hectic, just |
| at bay. | | | | consume them raw; they are still tasty! |
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| However, it is lycopene that is the most talked about | | | | Watermelons are hot favorites with the Americans |
| nutrient in watermelons. Research suggests that | | | | and those who still keep aloof from it, are keeping |
| lycopene is found in almost all red fruits except | | | | their body from useful nutrients. Hope you now |
| strawberries and is beneficial for resisting the | | | | know why being watermelon obsessed isn’t so |
| occurrence of prostate cancer, and heart diseases. | | | | bad an option! |