Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Watermelon


The native of watermelon is from Africa. Now the melons are mostly cultivated in America. Water melons outer layer contains green color, but inside there will be a red fleshy fruit. The red flesh contains lot of water content. In India melons are the good resources during summer time, instead of water.

It contains seed in the fleshy area. These seeds are roasted by Asians. Melons are used for beauty treatment purpose. Even juices are popular. Melons are less in calories and highly nutrients. Watermelon is also high in lycopene. As we see in our old post they acts as antioxidant. These antioxidant prevents some forms of cancer and cardiovascular disease. It also contains vitamin A and vitamin C. It controls blood pressure.

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