Watermelon & Its Health Benefits

Health Benefits

Watermelon is not only a refreshing fruit to beat the heat on a hot summer day but it has a few health advantages. Water melon is also very effective in reducing your body temperature and blood pressure. This fruit may also help in reducing inflammation that contributes to conditions like asthma, atherosclerosis, diabetes, colon cancer, and arthritis. Watermelon is full of water, carbohydrates and fiber along with essential vitamins and minerals that provides  nutrition to the body for better metabolism.

Its a summer fruit and can be consumed in many ways like eaten raw, or as a  juice and can be added to the salad in combination of other fruits. 100 gm of watermelon contains 90% water and 7% carbohydrates providing just 46 calories per 100 gm. Read more

5 Nutrition Packed Vegetables

January 27, 2011 · Filed Under Healthy Food- Tips Recipes and Information · Comment 

All of us eat vegetables in some form or the other. Maybe in salads, mixed veggies etc. Do you know about the benefits of the vegetables that you eat. Some of them are as common as cabbage, that are loaded with nutrition.

Vegetables

Read below for health benefits of commonly available and eaten vegetables. Read more




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