How Does Watermelon Help to Lower Your Blood Pressure?
Watermelon is rich in citrulline. Citrulline will be converted into the amino acid arginine by our body. Arginine is the substance needed to produce nitric oxide, which has been shown to lower blood pressure, reduce blood clotting and protect against myocardial infarction and strokes.
Watermelon also provides the following nutritional benefits :
1. Watermelons are excellent diuretics: they stimulate kidney activity and increase the production of urine which favors the elimination of toxins.
2. It is low in fiber
3. Its fat content is almost non existent.
4. It contents carotenoids lutein and lycopene. Lycopene (which is responsible pigment for the red color in certain fruits) has antioxidant properties that help reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease.
5. It is very low in saturated fat with no cholesterol
6. This fruit is low in sodium and high in potassium
7. Watermelon contents abundance of Vitamin C and A
How to Choose The Right Watermelon
1. “Knock” on the peel - if it sounds hollow it means the fruit is full of water, ripe.
2. Buy pieces that their peal is not damaged with bruises or dents.
3. If you buy a whole watermelon you can keep it outside the refrigerator for about two weeks since its thick peal protects the inside fruit. But once it is cut, keep it in the refrigerator, well wrapped so that it does not lose its water content.
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