Watermelon

Watermelon is native to South Africa, where it can still be found in the wild. Cultivation of this culture was engaged in ancient Egypt. It was customary to place watermelon as a food source in the tomb of the pharaohs. Only during the crusades did watermelons appear in Western Europe, in Russia - only in the 16th century. However, until the 19th century, they were a very rare treat.

Watermelon fruits are not a false berry, as is often thought, but a real pumpkin.

The benefits of watermelon

Watermelon fruits are very useful for various blood diseases and diseases of the gastrointestinal tract. Watermelon juice is used to tone the skin. To refresh and improve skin color, you can make a mask yourself. Believe me, this is not difficult at all. Take the gauze and fold it into a few layers, soak it in freshly made watermelon juice and apply it to a clean face for 20 minutes. After the procedure, rinse your face with summer water and apply the cream.

Quite often watermelon is the main ingredient in soft drinks. No wonder it is called the most refreshing fruit, because it perfectly quenches thirst and fills your body with vital energy.

Watermelon honey is another exquisite treat that can be made from sweet and ripe fruits. The cooking process is simple, but requires a certain amount of time, but it is worth it! Wipe the flesh through a sieve, strain through several layers of gauze, and lead the resulting juice to a boil, not forgetting to stir continuously and remove the foam. You can enjoy ready-made honey when the volume is 5-6 times less.

Jam, povidlo, desserts, candied fruits, salads, second courses, fruit drinks and lemonades. . . but this is not a complete list of dishes that you can make from this amazing and useful fruit!

Watermelon harm

Nitrates are a source of trouble and harm to our body. For health, watermelon has become dangerous due to unscrupulous cultivation, improper storage, as well as violation of the rules of sale. In fact, watermelon is quite useful, but sometimes people are too greedy in their desire to collect several harvests of large fruits. This leads to the fact that a wonderful dietary product becomes a harmful source for the human body. For rapid maturation and mass gain, watermelons are fed with nitrogen fertilizers, which themselves are not particularly toxic, but when they enter the gastrointestinal tract, they are converted into harmful N-nitrosis compounds and nitrites. It is they who cause cancer. At the same time, if the shelf life is not observed, nitrates become nitrites in the fruit itself.