THE NIGERIAN
23
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2013
Health/Wellness
Shine With Water Melon
WATERMELONS are important in life because they bring great joy to us. There is nothing more fun than getting together with
By BIJOR CELESTINA OMOJEVWE
regulates the body’s temperature. Health Benefits Of
in watermelon, which can decrease the programme that causes breast cancer
working to reduce the concentration of uric acid in the blood. Thus reducing the chance of forming kidney stones. It
“Researchers describes watermelon as Libido enhancer. This fruit is a rich source of amino acid. Citrulline which expands the blood vessels in the penis leading to stronger erection and better performance.” also working as a diuretic result because it contains a large amount of water. (6) High blood pressure can be controlled Regular Eating of watermelon helps in reducing weight as 100g, each gives 30 calories. It also helps to regulate blood sugar level to lower sugars. Potassium and magnesium are working to the body to insulin
group of your friends throwing watermelons off from the top of a storey building, watching it explode on the ground. It will be fantastic and colourful in appearance. Watermelon is a valuable cash crop for many small farmers, and abundant seed crops for birds and other animals to eat. In the summer and dry season, watermelon provides a cool hydrating and sweet taste, and it is very nutritional in value. They are juicy, refreshing, delicious and healthy. It is rich in vitamin A, C, E, D, and contains vitamin B6 which the body uses for the production of energy. The vitamins contained in watermelon make our eyes look brighter and it gives us carbohydrates inform of energy. And it
Eating Watermelon: (1)Watermelon helps in the prevention of heart diseases in the body: Since our heart is one of the most valuable parts that the body needs to keep living. To maintain a healthy heart, we need to maintain a diet that has low fat, and rich in antioxidants such as Lycopene, which works to fight free radical compounds, thereby protecting the vessels and arteries from hardening, and also maintaining the elasticity of the arteries and blood vessels by helping to curb the interactions of oxidative stress. (2)Prevent Cancer: Watermelon is rich in antioxidants such as Lycopene which contains twice the amount found
cells. (3)It Enhances Sexual Performance Researchers describes watermelon as Libido enhancer. This fruit is a rich source of amino acid. Citrulline which expands the blood vessels in the penis leading to stronger erection and better performance. (4) Prevents infections in the human body Watermelon plays an important role in the treatment of many infectious in the body, including inflammation of the joints. This is due to the present of vitamins contained in watermelon. (5) Prevention of kidney problem Watermelons play the role of detergent to the kidney of salt deposits of lime stone, as a result of watermelon which contain potassium, and potassium is also
secretion. It is very good for the eye health because it contains a good amount of vitamin. And potassium and magnesium regulate blood pressure as well as antioxidants work to maintain the health of blood vessels against sclerosis, which helps to ease the movement of the passage of blood vessels, thus reducing the high blood pressure.
Great Antioxidant!
Water Melon: By RUTH ATSEGOR
ORIGINATING in Africa, watermelons were first cultivated in Egypt where testaments to their legacy were recorded in hierogly physics painted on building walls. The fruit was held in such high regard that it was placed in the tombs of many Egyptians kings. Aside from watermelon’s thirst quenching taste, it has many health benefits. Watermelon is concentrated with BVitamins. B-Vitamins are responsible for a lot of body’s energy production. This means eating watermelon can give you substantial energy. It also has high amount of the energizing nutrient magnesium and potassium. Eating watermelon is a safe
alternative to taking energy drinks prior to exercise. It also hydrates you due to its high water content as opposed to caffeine filled energy drink that dehydrate you. Sweet juicy watermelon is actually packed with some of the most important antioxidant in nature. Watermelon is an excellent source of Vitamin C and a very good source of vitamin A, notable through its concentration of betacrotene. It is also a source of the polent carotenoid antioxidants that travels through the body neutralizing free radicals. Free radicals are substances in the body that can cause great deal of damage. They are able to oxidize cholesterol,
making it stick to blood vessel walls, where it can lead to heart attack or stroke. They can add to the severity of asthma attacks by causing air ways to clamp down and close. Watermelon has the highest concentrated source of lycopene of any fresh vegetable, a powerful antioxidant that helps fight heart disease and several types of cancer, prostate cancer in particular, apart from tomatoes. Eating watermelon can protect against the negative effects of macular degeneration. Macular degeneration is just a fancy word for loss of vision. Studies show that eating watermelon is actually healthy for your eyes than eating carrots, that is true in both short term and long term vision loss.