Doctor with 23 years of experience puts an end to the summer dispute between lovers of melon and watermelon
Melon or watermelon - which is healthier? Let's try to understand this difficult issue.
Vitamins and minerals
Both melon and watermelon contain almost the same amount trace elements: iron, phosphorus, magnesium, folic acid, potassium and others.
Cleansing the body
Watermelon has a noticeable diuretic effect, therefore, if consumed in excess, it can provoke heart rhythm disturbances.
Melon weakens well (due to the large amount of fiber, 2.5 times more than that of watermelon), so it also does not need to overeat because of the possible dehydrating effect (which leads to heart rhythm disturbances).
Protection of blood vessels and immunity
There are a lot of lycopene - a bright red pigment that protects blood vessels from atherosclerosisbecause it is an excellent antioxidant, it helps to keep the pungency vision, useful as cancer protector, protects the prostate gland of men, helps to strengthen barrier immunity. Melon also contains it, but in small quantities.
Also in the watermelon there is amino acid citrullineuseful for the heart and blood vessels.
But in a melon about 4 times more vitamin Cthan in a watermelon. Vitamin C is not produced in our body, therefore it is very important.
Happiness on a plate
After eating melon, a person begins to actively develop happiness hormone serotonin. And this is very important in our era of great human depressions.
Where are we going to make the waist?
From a weight loss point of view, matters glycemic index product - if roughly, it is the ability of products to induce the desire to eat again.
Anything over 70 is considered high. Melon has index 65, watermelon has 72.
On the other side, calorie content less watermelon - 25 kcal, melon 35 mm.
Who has won?
The reader won :) Eat what you like, just keep in mind the points that I described above.
Eat both melon and watermelon as a dessert after breakfast or lunch. In the amount of 200 grams maximum.
Don't eat them as a separate meal.just whet your appetite.
Don't eat melon or watermelon for dinner. Also due to the stimulation of appetite and a large amount of fiber, which needs a lot of water for processing.
Your Doctor Pavlova
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