Longjiang Fun Science | Summer Watermelon Eating Guide

When asked what fruits are suitable to eat in summer,

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Sweet and refreshing watermelon is the first choice of many people.

Watermelon can not only relieve heat and quench thirst,

It also has many other functions such as curing diseases and beautifying.

As the saying goes: "Eat watermelon in summer and you won't need to take medicine."

The Compendium of Materia Medica records: “Watermelon is cold in nature and sweet in taste;

It can clear away heat and relieve summer heat, and promote urination. "

As the season for "eating melons", there are many melons on the market in summer.

Cucumber, winter melon, cantaloupe, cantaloupe…

Of course, if I were to choose a melon that best represents summer,

I would definitely choose watermelon without hesitation.

Children, although sweet watermelon is your favorite,

But do you know?

There are many rules and taboos when eating watermelon.

Next is the "Summer Watermelon Guide"

Children, please read carefully!

1. Don’t eat leftover watermelon

In the hot summer, microorganisms and bacteria are very active.

After watermelon is cut, it is easy to spoil and breed bacteria.

If ingested by mistake, it can easily cause diarrhea, abdominal pain, etc.

So when we buy watermelons, we must choose carefully.

Avoid buying "leftover watermelon". If you can't finish it after you cut it,

It needs to be put in the refrigerator and eaten as soon as possible.

Avoid storing overnight or longer.

2. Do not eat with cold foods

Watermelon itself is cold in nature, so no matter how hot the weather is, you should not eat too much.

Pay more attention to the watermelon that has just been taken out of the refrigerator.

That is a big "killer" of the stomach in summer.

In addition to watermelon, in summer,

There are many cool foods around us.

Various seafood, ice cream, cold drinks, mung bean soup,

Sour plum soup, seafood, mangosteen, etc.

If you eat these foods with watermelon,

Symptoms such as abdominal pain, diarrhea, vomiting, and gastrointestinal cold will occur.

3. Don’t eat on an empty stomach

Who doesn’t want to wake up with a piece of refreshing watermelon on a hot summer day?

But watermelon contains a lot of water, eating watermelon on an empty stomach

It will easily dilute the gastric juice and affect our appetite.

Stimulates the spleen and stomach, causing discomfort.

Having said so many taboos about eating watermelon,

Does this mean I can no longer eat watermelon from now on?

Children, let’s take a look at the benefits of eating watermelon!

After talking about so many taboos about eating watermelon, does it mean that you can no longer eat watermelon? Of course not, “watermelon is full of treasures”. Children, let’s take a look at the benefits of eating watermelon!

1. Eating watermelon has a diuretic effect and is a good treatment for kidney disease.

There is a substance in watermelon called "citrulline", which has a strong diuretic effect. This is why we always want to go to the toilet after eating watermelon.

2. Watermelon rinds and seeds are also very useful

Fresh watermelon rind can be used for skin care, improving skin elasticity and increasing skin luster. Patients with high blood pressure can boil and eat watermelon seeds.

Well, after reading so many wonderful uses and taboos of watermelon, do you also want to try the sweet watermelon? But be careful, although watermelon is good, don't be greedy.