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Watermelon is a fruit and plant of a vine-like (climber and trailer) herb originally from southern Africa and one of the most common type of melon .
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scorpionirfan1 9
11/20/2009

Watermelon 4

this is very tasty

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Watermelon 5

The watermelon is a member of the Cucurbitaceae family,are fruits like cantaloupe, pumpkin and similar plants that grow on vines on the ground.

Watermelons can be round, oblong or spherical in shape; light to dark green in color, with white mottling stripes. Its flesh are commonly bright red in color but there are also other varieties where its flesh are dark brown, orange, yellow, pink or even white.

Watermelon is another of my all-time favorite. Not only is it cooling for the body in our tropical climate, it is excellent for flushing out the kidney and bladder, taking out waste materials.

As the red watermelon juice can be very sweet on its own, I usually juice them together with the rind as well. Rind is the whitish green part of the watermelon, between the skin and the red flesh. This part of the fruit contains the highest level of quality minerals and chlorophyll, and should not be discarded.


Nutritional Benefits

The water content in watermelon is extremely high at 92%. It is rich in beta-carotene, folic acid, vitamin C, vitamin B5 and smaller amounts of B1, B2, B3 and B6.

This big fruit is a rich source of essential minerals like calcium, magnesium, phosphorus, potassium, sodium and smaller amounts of copper, iron and zinc.

As in tomatoes, watermelon is loaded with lycopene, the red carotenoid pigment that gives it the red color. This important anti-oxidant is powerful in neutralizing harmful free radicals in our body.

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Health Benefits

Watermelon is basically very cleansing, alkalinizing, diuretic and mineralizing. It is very effective in promoting intestinal elimination, keeping the body free from toxic wastes.

Its juice is easily digestible and are completely absorbed for all its minerals, providing much needed nutrients to the body.

The alkalinizing effect maintains the acid-alkaline balance in the body, neutralizing the toxic condition of the body resulting from excessive intake of acid-forming foods.

Drawing from the rich anti-oxidant and beta-carotene, the health effects of watermelon juice are immense.

Asthma: The powerful anti-oxidant in watermelon reduces toxic matters in the body, that in turn reduces asthma attacks.

Arthritis: The rich beta-carotene and vitamin C content in this big fruit do wonders in quenching inflammation that contributes to conditions like osteoarthritis or rheumatoid arthritis.

Bladder problems: Its cleansing and natural diuretic effect is totally healing for kidney and bladder problems

Cholesterol: Watermelon juice is healthful in preventing cholesterol from clogging arteries and can increase HDL, the good cholesterol, reducing the risks of cardiovascular diseases.

Constipation: Drink a big glass of watermelon juice. It is very effective in aiding the elimination of wastes. Consuming plenty of this red juice will do a lot of good.

Fluid retention: Its diuretic action helps to eliminate excess fluids from the body, reducing water retention, especially for women during their monthly menstruation cycle and in pregnant women.

Heart attack: The combination of folic acid and the other essential vitamins in this fruit plays an important role in reducing the risks of heart attacks, strokes and colon cancer.

Itchiness: As watermelon juice cleanses the body of toxic wastes, it also greatly reduces itchiness that result from toxicity of acidosis.

Prostate Cancer: Lycopene (from red watermelons) has been extensively researched for its anti-oxidant and cancer-preventing properties. It is reported to be especially protective against prostate cancer.

Skin Blemish: Use watermelon externally by applying a small piece liberally on your face. Leave for ten minutes, then wash off with warm water, followed by a splash of cold water.

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Peyton _725
11/10/2009

Watermelon 3

kind of sweet. but has weird texture

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jew4tee
11/06/2009

Watermelon 4

Only ok when its like really hot out side. Never to be served on a plate. Always eat with your hands.

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~Just Rosey ~
10/26/2009

Watermelon 4

I Like it everyonce in a while, with lots of salt..

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TheBigIslandCh ick
10/23/2009

Watermelon 2

NO.

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Sharon_206
10/22/2009

Watermelon 4

I love the taste of watermelon , but the last 2 - 3 x's I ate any , it just didn't agree w/ me

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3JtheDJ
10/21/2009

Watermelon 4

Great with salt. The seeds are the biggest problem.

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barkerdaddy
10/08/2009

Watermelon 4

I love watermelon,and I put salt on it,it helps the flavor.

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Maryjane_701
10/03/2009

Watermelon 5

i love the melons!!

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simplyla
09/28/2009

Watermelon 5

Delicious. Personal taste. Probably rather healthy. What a random thing to review!

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Allyartiste
09/27/2009

Watermelon 1

It's gross and watery and disgusting. I hate watermelon.

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avonladymellis a
09/25/2009

Watermelon 5

LOVE watermelon. The best way to eat it is over the kitchen sink!

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Keiici1993
09/21/2009

Watermelon 3

i like the square ones...

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aceline
09/14/2009

Watermelon 5

I love watermelon.

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Obies
09/08/2009

Watermelon 5

I love watermelons they are sweet and refreshing on a hot summers day to me watermelon and summer go hand in hand.

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Bubbliscious
09/07/2009

Watermelon 4

Over-rated! Watery, messy, and do not like rifling through the seeds.

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Ingersoll
09/07/2009

Watermelon 5

Seedless is best!

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zorohem
09/02/2009

Watermelon 5

My family is from Florida and they have the Watermelon Festival every year and one year way back when my parents were teens my mother won the beauty pageant and became the Watermelon Queen. So Watermelon is kind of in our blood. My dad likes salt on top of his watermelon...I prefer sugar. But all in all I just don't understand Watermelon Flavored Candy...doesn't taste anything like Watermelon! Whats up with that?

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Lady_8
08/21/2009

Watermelon 5

Awesome, my son Sean goes nuts over this fruit.

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michelle213
08/21/2009

Watermelon 5

it the best on a hot summer day

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Margarite McCain
08/16/2009

Watermelon 4

I eat a lot of this and my kids love it. I don't like watermelon with seeds and I don't like sticky floors and children's faces that I have to clean up, otherwise this would be a five.

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Merlinn122
08/13/2009

Watermelon 5

MMMMMM GOOD

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Broodinghen
08/10/2009

Watermelon 5

Cold watermelon in neat little pieces. Yumm yumm.

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moideen
08/07/2009

Watermelon 5

prevent cancer

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OsagePony
08/06/2009

Watermelon 5

Summer! Love it!

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JESSiKA&hearts ;
08/01/2009

Watermelon 3

its good

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dilippawar
07/25/2009

Watermelon 5

i love it

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BestCommenter
07/23/2009

Watermelon 5

I love Watermelon. Oh, so juicy! BUT IT HAS TO BE SEEDLESSS!

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samiiiii
07/22/2009

Watermelon 5

my favorite 1

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irishgit
07/21/2009

Watermelon 4

On a hot summer's day, there is little finer than this.

Except for several cold beer, or a similar number of iced gin and tonics, together with a fine and witty woman, and......

Oh to hell with it. All you really need is the woman.


UPDATE:

Loses a star due to the recent trend among some Canadian football fans to wear them as a hat.

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CanadaSucks
07/21/2009

Watermelon 3

High maintenence (sp?). . .can be good- but it's sure a lot of work. . .and those damn seeds. . .

Scores points for allowing you to spit projectiles at your smaller and weaker siblings.

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alan smithee1971
07/21/2009

Watermelon 2

Never cared for watermelon.

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mh1053
07/09/2009

Watermelon 5

i've got ten vines of red crescant & five vines of moon& stars growin' on me property as we speak, who's got the vodka, they almost ready...

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Blueberry16
07/01/2009

Watermelon 5

Love it!

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ybo@7018om
07/01/2009

Watermelon 4

the seedless kinds are wonderful!

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?ANNA?GRIFFITH ?
06/21/2009

Watermelon 5

I LOVE WATERMELON!

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pazhani
06/21/2009

Watermelon 5


Water Melon in very best if we take it in the season of summer. It is a very cool fruit and ideal for thursty.
In India it is a commom fruit that is available in all the places in the country.

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Ashanti_609
06/16/2009

Watermelon 5

YUMMY!!

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Skaar
06/10/2009

Watermelon 5

I love the tip and it's great at summer

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squishey123
06/10/2009

Watermelon 1

i dont like watermellon because of the tecture and some of the taste

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Ridgewalker
06/08/2009

Watermelon 5

I love water melons. Until the advent of those small, slightly-larger-than-a-honeydews, the absence of watermelons in the market signaled the end of Summer for me. A sad time...


But now you can have watermelon all year round. And to tell you the truth, those little ones are fantastic. I'm eating one right now. But, that's not why I'm here. I'm here to teach you how to choose a good, ripe watermelon, so that, even if you won't flip a few bucks for the small ones this Winter, you'll be armed and dangerous when the next round of Summer melons become available.


Here's some Old Wives Tales about watermelons. First, there is no such thing a seedless watermelon. The seeds are just bred smaller. Second, while you can smell a canteloupe, you can't judge a watermelon by its aroma. Third, "thumping" a melon is futile. They all will sound the same (as if you can actually remember the way that last great melon sounded). So, here's how to choose a ripe watermelon: When they start on the vine, they hang in the air. As they grow, they lower to the ground, until they find their final resting place. When they begin to ripen, the part of the melon that comes into contact with the Earth will begin to turn yellow. When they are ripe, there will be a large yellow/white blotch on the bottom. THAT'S a ripe melon. The thing to remember is that melons cannot ripen AFTER they are picked...they only ripen on the vine (unlike tomatoes or peaches, for example). So, when you're out shopping, choose the melon with the largest yellow/white blotch on it. That's the ripest one.



Another Public Service Announcement from the Melon Advisory Board.



(PS: If you're growing your own, you'll want to wait until ALL of the white on the bottom is gone and the colors on the top have started blending together.)



AN IMPORTANT WATERMELON UP-DATE: It's Summer-like around here, now...80's and 90's on a regular basis and I've been craving watermelon to the point that I've been pounding home 15-pounders every two days for the last couple of weeks. I see no end in sight. Also, I've learned that "the bigger the blotch, the better" isn't ALWAYS correct. Two of the last three melons that I picked had the biggest blotches on them and they were good, but they were hollow in the center and slightly fibrous..but still good. So, I went for one with a medium blotch and hit gold.

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lucy2
06/08/2009

Watermelon 5

I love watermelon and really get excited when I see it out in the produce section. It is only available for a very short time a year and I think this makes it even more delicious for me. I mainly love to eat it plain in slices or chunks but have had it in a fruit salad accompanied by grapes and berries. It is very juicy and this makes it very refreshing on a hot summer day. It is definitely one of the foods that makes summer more enjoyable.

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mommy _566
06/06/2009

Watermelon 5

i loveeee watermelon:)

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punchandjuicy
06/05/2009

Watermelon 5

Punch and Juicy tip

for a fruiti-licious treat ..... why not Juice with Strawberries ,pour over crushed ice with a shot of ginger and you'll be in melon heaven....

for more tips email me on: punchandjuicy@yahoo.co.uk

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lawngone
06/05/2009

Watermelon 1

... makes more mess than it's worth.

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X Factor Z
06/02/2009

Watermelon 4

I have watermelon plans growing-Sugar Babies.

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julioshs
05/25/2009

Watermelon 4

Great thirst quencher.

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Aleshia_361
05/23/2009

Watermelon 5

watermelon is my fav.!!!!

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sara12345678
05/04/2009

Watermelon 5

Very yummy and healthy!

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