| Watermelon Health Benefits | | | | buy all sorts of antioxiant drinks. This is one of |
| Description | | | | the biggest health benefits of watermelon. |
| Aside from watermelon's thirst quenching taste it | | | | Macular Degeneration |
| has many health benefits. It is green on the | | | | Eating watermelon can protect against the |
| outside. It is part of the cucurbitadae family. The | | | | negative effects of macular degeneration. Macular |
| edible part is inside the watermelon and has a red | | | | degeneration is just a fancy word for loss of |
| pinkish color. Watermelon comes in many forms. | | | | vision. It fights the age-related symptoms of |
| You can buy seedless, baby, and regular | | | | vision loss. Studies show that eating watermelon is |
| watermelons at your local walmart. | | | | actually healthy for your eyes than eating carrots. |
| Health Benefits | | | | That is true in both short-term and long-term |
| * energy production | | | | vision loss. |
| * protects against macular degeneration | | | | Cancer Fighting Properties |
| * fights heart disease | | | | Supplementing watermelon into your diet can help |
| * loaded with antioxidants | | | | prevent and fight cancer. It does this because of |
| * reduces the risk of cancer | | | | its rich antioxidant profile. The antioxidants of the |
| * prevents erectile dysfunction | | | | watermelon are very concentrated and kill the |
| * good source of vitamins and minerals | | | | cancer causing free radicals. They especially help |
| Energy Production | | | | prevent heart and colon cancers. Of all health |
| Watermelon is concentrated with b-vitamins. | | | | benefits of watermelon this is probably the most |
| B-vitamins are responsible for alot of your body's | | | | significant one. Any food that fights cancer |
| energy production. This means eating watermelon | | | | provides great health benefits. |
| can give you substantial energy. It also has high | | | | Nutrient Profile Per Serving |
| amounts of the the energizing nutrients | | | | * Vitamin A: 10% |
| magnesium and potassium. Eating watermelon is a | | | | * Vitamin C: 25% |
| safe alternative to taking energy drinks prior to | | | | * Vitamin B6: 10% |
| exercise. It also hydrates you due to its high | | | | * Vitamin B1: 10% |
| water content as opposed to caffeine filled | | | | * Magnesium: 7% |
| energy drinks that dehydrate you. | | | | * Potassium : 5% |
| Antioxidants | | | | The health benefits of watermelon are largely |
| Watermelon is a natural source of nature's most | | | | attributed to its nutrients. Vitamin C is the main |
| powerful antioxidants. It is a good source of the | | | | nutrient of watermelon and is one of the |
| antioxidant vitamins C and A. It is also a good | | | | strongest antioxidants of any kind. Magnesium is |
| source of the powerful antioxidant beta-carotene. | | | | one of most important minerals of the human |
| Watermelon's antioxidants can help prevent a | | | | diet. Magnesium diffeciency has negative effects. |
| number of things. It reduces the risk of colon | | | | History |
| cancer, asthma, heart disease, osteoperosis, | | | | The watermelon was first cultivated in Egypt. It |
| rheumatoid arthritis, and prostate cancer | | | | was a very sought after fruit in egypt. Some |
| . | | | | heiroglyphics suggest that it was put in the tombs |
| Antioxidannts should be a staple in everyone's diet | | | | of some pharoahs. It is thought that the |
| . They provide health benefits that other nutrients | | | | watermelon was so heavily sought after in egypt |
| cannot. When it comes to things that are | | | | because of its high water content. The hydration |
| benefiticial to your health antioxidants are at the | | | | that eating watermelon is probaly the reason it |
| top of the list. They are better than vitamins, | | | | was so heavily regarded due to egypts hot |
| minerals, protein, carbs, and any other nutrient | | | | weather, lack of water, and deserts. Many people |
| because they have so many benefits. If you do | | | | probaly depended on watermelon as a primary |
| not take some sort of antioxidant whether it be | | | | water source. After all watermelon is 92% water. |
| through food or something else you should | | | | The health benefits of watermelon have been |
| consider incoporating a food that contains | | | | know about for a long time. It is not just a recent |
| antioxidants or supplement with them. You can | | | | find. |