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When do we eat?
100 g of watermelon pulp contains 38kilocalories, in a neighboring melon - 39. This is not much if compared with other summer berries and fruits. For example, peaches and apricots have 44 kcal, apples and raspberries - 45 kcal, gooseberries - 48 kcal, pears - 250 kcal. Few people think about the benefits or harm of watermelon, eating a couple of aromatic slices at night. And yet, rich in carbohydrates, they can easily increase the waist size. Therefore, eat watermelon in the first half of the day, if caring for your figure is not an empty phrase for you.
What we treat?
Watermelon is rich in vitamins C, B1, B2, PP,lycopene, carotene, magnesium, potassium, iron, folic acid. It rids the liver of toxins, helps with its chronic diseases and acute food poisoning. Watermelon actively removes fluid from the body, so it easily solves the problem of edema. Cleanses the body, helps in the treatment and prevention of anemia, insomnia and loss of strength. Hypertensive patients and ulcer patients take watermelon pulp on an empty stomach.
How to lose weight?
The watermelon diet is perhaps the most pleasant:delicious and you don’t want to eat. During the season, you can sit on it 2-3 times, that is, once every two weeks. “Keep in mind: any mono-diet starts in the morning and ends at 18:00 on the same day,” advises nutritionist Oksana Ponomareva. “Eat 250-300 g of watermelon 4-5 times. Weight loss will occur due to fluid loss. You can safely count on minus 1-2 kg and 1-2 cm in the waist! The watermelon diet is not suitable for everyone. If you have kidney stones, then it is better to eat watermelon after visiting a doctor, and if you are overweight, then no more than 250-300 g per day. In combination with salty foods, it can create an extra burden for a sick heart.” Look for original watermelon recipes on the following pages!
