“When one has tasted watermelon, he knows what angels eat.” Mark Twain
Watermelon is an inexpensive way to help you cleanse your body and lose weight. A one cup serving of watermelon is only 47 calories.
In addition to weight loss, watermelon is a great source of energy and nutrients for your body. Watermelon is recommended by American Council on Exercise as a good choice of diet food. I consider it a power food.
Watermelon helps with cleansing, weight loss and health:
Watermelon is extremely alkaline-forming in the body. Fat cells contain toxicity and acid. Your body will not let go of fat cells while you are still acidic.
Watermelon is high in fiber. This fiber helps keep the colon clean.
Like most fruits watermelon has almost no fats. Besides lowering the calorie content, this makes it easy to digest and thus improves the digestion, a necessary factor in a clean lean body.
Watermelon is a very good source of potassium. This balances the high amounts of sodium our diets contain and thus supports the kidneys.
It can ease inflammation that contributes to conditions like asthma, atherosclerosis, diabetes, colon cancer, and arthritis. This lowers the toxic load in the body.
Watermelon Nutrition:
Excellent source of Vitamin C.
Very good source of Vitamin A.
Good source of potassium and magnesium.
Small amounts of most of the B Vitamins.
Trace amounts of Vitamin K and pantothenic acid.
Lots of trace amount minerals (copper, iron, manganse, selenium and zinc)
Lycopene with over 6888 mcg read about all the benefits of this below.
Supplies 5% of the daily fibre.
Only 45 calories per cup so it is an ideal diet food with its high in energy.
Fat free, well almost: 1 cup of diced watermelon has .23 grams of fat.
Only .02 grams of saturated fat in 1 cup of diced watermelon.
No cholesterol or caffeine.
Low sodium 3 mg in 1 cup of diced watermelon.
There is even 1 gram of protein in 1 cup of diced watermelon.
For a quick treat put watermelon meat into a blender and enjoy the whole food juice!
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