STRIPED SEASON! We must learn to choose WATERMELONS!

From August 1, officially started the season watermelons. However, in order to enjoy eating "baleen" is not clouded by intestinal disorders, need to learn how to choose watermelons

How not to poison

Statistics in recent years for the fans of watermelons is very encouraging. Doctors say that poisoning striped berries becoming increasingly rare - the last three years in Moscow, there have been no cases. But as they say, better safe than sorry, so before you begin to feast on juicy berries, note the appearance of bought the watermelon.


fruit punctuated with nitrates , if:

● the flesh is dark red, sometimes with a violet tint;

● When cut thick streaks of yellow color (in a normal watermelon veins are thin, white-pink);

● flesh watermelon smooth as polished, it is not visible on the sugar grains;

● lowered into the water a piece of watermelon stains in pink or red color.


However, nitrates - not the only danger, which may be present in watermelon. Watermelon rind absorbs harmful substances, including heavy metals, from the air like a sponge. Watermelon sold gassy near freeways, before you get to see you on the table, time to absorb the huge amount of chemistry. So better to search tent, located away from the highway. By the way, according to the rules, sellers of watermelons do not have to keep your goods on the ground. Each watermelon tent should be equipped with special trays, elevated at least 20 cm above the ground.


Often sellers cut a small clove of watermelon, so that the client was convinced that he got a ripe specimen. Do not allow the trader to make such an incision. Through him in the flesh can get different microbes, and then not to avoid stomach upset. For the same reason not to buy broken and cracked watermelons.


green or red ?

Bring home unripe watermelon - too much frustration, so buying a striped berry, pay attention to the following features:


● As a general rule, ripe melons are quite large and still relatively light for its size.


● The greater the difference between light and dark stripes on the "clothes" of your watermelon, the greater the likelihood that it will be red and sweet. Another "selfish" a sign of maturity - shine. A good melon is able to let sunbeams no worse than a mirror.


● Connoisseurs can tell a ripe watermelon from green through clapping and compression. In an immature watermelon flesh is dense, the sound of her column is distributed with difficulty, so the sound will be louder and louder spanking crack, so will your delicious watermelon dessert.


● At the ripe melons usually have a yellow stain on the side, where the watermelon skin touched the ground until the fruit is not disrupted. In unripened specimens that spot of white.


● If a fingernail to peel a ripe watermelon on it will trace.


Watermelon is rich

B vitamins - to facilitate the smooth working of the nervous system.

Vitamin C - strengthens immunity and fights early aging.

Magnesium - removes from the body excess cholesterol, stabilizes blood pressure, normalizes the liver and kidneys. Potassium - required for normal functioning of the cardiovascular system.



In watermelon contains:


80% - water;

5-10% - of plant sugars;

10% - fiber;

48 kcal - 100 g pulp.