WATERMELON FACTS: # TOP 10 AMAZING HEALTH BENEFITS
Channel: MARK'S HOMESTEAD
Date: 2019-07-19

Watermelon is a fruit and a vegetable. It is a fruit because it grows from a seed, it has a sweet flavor and refreshing qualities. It is a vegetable because it is harvested and cleared from the field like other vegetables and because it is a member of the same family as the cucumbers, pumpkin and squash.
A melon is any of various plants of the family Cucurbitaceae with sweet edible, fleshy fruit. The word "melon" can refer to either the plant or specifically to the fruit. Botanically, a melon is a kind of berry, specifically a "pepo". They're grown like vegetable crop using vegetable production systems. ... So even if the watermelon is mostly eaten as a fruit, it got lumped in with vegetables in some circles of thought.
Other Benefits Include:
• Helping You Hydrate. ... 
• Contains Nutrients and Beneficial Plant Compounds. ... 
• Contains Compounds That May Help Prevent Cancer. ... 
• Helps with heart problems ... 
• May Lower Inflammation and Oxidative Stress. ... 
• Helps Prevent Mascular Degeneration. ... 
• Helps Relieve Muscle Soreness.
• Has anti-cancer properties.
• Helps to improve digestion.

-Watermelon contains about 92 percent water and 6 percent sugar. Since it consists mostly of water, its name makes perfect sense! Despite being mostly water with a bit of sugar it is a worthwhile snack. Also contains thiamine, riboflavin, niacin, vitamin B-6, folate, pantothenic acid, magnesium, phosphorus, potassium, zinc, copper, manganese, selenium, choline, lycopene, and betaine. It is believed that it contains more lycopene than any other fruit or vegetable.
I have just listed a few but you can also tell us your views on this superfood in the comment section below. We would also long to hear and read how you eat and consume this water rich snack.

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