BENEFITS OF THE VARIOUS PARTS OF WATERMELON ; WHY YOU SHOULD NOT DISCARD ANY OF ITS PART||CLUB100

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INTRODUCTION

Hey guys its another beautiful opportunity to write on an interesting topic on this beautiful platform. i am always super excited when i have a post to make on this educative platform.

Knowledge , they say knowledge is power. When you know the potent of a particular thing, you will increase your leverage on it. Sometimes, they things that are extremely beneficial to us will be hanging around us but because we do not know depth of its potency, we tend to ignore it or take it for granted.

certain fruits and vegetables we take have the capacity to take us away from the pharmacy forever, if we only know their efficacy.

WATERMELON

Water melon is a fruit almost everyone is familiar with and consume too. it contains large amount of water (93%). They are reddish or yellowish or golden in colour depending on the specie. it is grown almost all over the world, hence its not peculiar to certain region of the world. The red coloured ones is caused by a chemical called LYCOPENE. This lycopene occurs naturally in red fruits and vegetables like tomatoes but water melon has more lycopene than any other fruit or vegetable.

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In this article, i like to talk about the compositions of watermelon and the benefits of the various parts, this will enable us know the particular chemical that is responsible for a particular benefit and also the benefits of the parts to our health . With this knowledge , one will be able to appreciate this fruit the more, and even recommend it , if need be.

COMPOSITIONS OF WATERMELON

Watermelon is composed of the following chemical compounds;
1-LYCOPENE
2-CITRULLINE
3-ARGININE
4-PHENOLIC ANTIOXIDANTS
5-VITAMIN A
6-LUTEIN
7-ZEAXATHIN
8-CRYPTOXANTHIN

i will explain some few compositions , so that we will have an insight of what role they play.

Lycopene: As i earlier mentioned, this chemical compound is what gave watermelon the red colouration. it is also found in other fruits , especially the red fruits like grapefruit , guava and vegetables like tomatoes. it naturally gives colour to fruits and vegetables.
function of lycopene

• it reduce cholesterol, risk of cancer, and diabetes
• For someone with skin sensitive to sunburn, because of the presence of lycopene in watermelon, mere eating of watermelon will make it less likely for one to get surnburn. so it acts as a sunblock.
• it is a great source of potassium , therefore it is recommended as a potassium channel for someone with high blood pressure.
• its a very strong antioxidant, that means it combats and destroys free radicals. free radicals actually cause harm to our bodies and they can lead to heart attack or stroke and other illness like cancer, etc

CITRULLINE:. citrulline is not found plenty in red watermelon rather its found much in the yellowish or gold colour water melon. when we take water melon, this compound is first broken down into arginine.

some of its functions

• This reduces blood pressure in the body.
  -it helps to increase our energy. so the next time you feel weak, just take some water melon. i have tried this severally and it worked perfectly well
• it strengthens weak muscles
• it enhances bodybuilding .
  -it can cure the inability for a man to sustain erection.
• It relieves after-exercise muscle pains

CRYPTOXANTHIN: This chemical compound is also found in pawpaw, mango, orange etc.

• it keeps the reproductive system healthy.
• it slows down ageing
• it makes the immune system stronger

VITAMIN A: watermelon helps to improve our visions.

These are just the few chemical compostion i will talk about on this post .

i will like to quickly talk about the various parts of watermelon and their health benefits.

PARTS OF WATER MELON

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water melon is basically made up of ;

• The flesh
• the rind
• The peel
• and The seed

most times the rind, the peel and seed are discarded or even given to animals as a feed but study shows that they have some health benefits too

• The peel has some analgesic activities in otherwords it can relieve pains . interestingly, it also has the highest antioxidant and antimicrobial effect which is followed by the seed and lastly the rind. it inhibits the growth of some many bacteria like staphylococcus aureus, E.coli, bacililus subtilis, salmonella enterica etc.

• the seed keeps the blood sugar in check. it also has some antimicrobial effect

• The rind has lesser antimicrobial effect

• the flesh has no antimicrobial effect at all

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The table above reveal that the peel showed highest antimicrobial effect because there was no much bacteria growth on it unlike the pulp/flesh where there was much growth of bacteria.
This simply tells that the of watermelon peel has adverse effect on pathogens while the flesh does not. the flesh on the other hand has its own health benefits too but its not antimicrobial related.

CONCLUSION

Having known that all the parts of the water melon is absolutely beneficial to human health, its time we use them to our own advantage.

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God bless you.