The beginning of autumn always touches the abundance of colorful fruits and vegetables on the shelves. Well, you can not resist to buy some fruit, which, in principle, you do not particularly like. And do not hold back. Autumn is just the natural time for the ripening of all the vitamin beauties of our region. Do not pass by and melons, now we will convince you!
It's always necessary to lose weight, as you know. Only the body has moved away from the previous "express diet", as it is time to prepare for another unloading day, to subdue all on some ordinary event. After all, you can not take positions? We offer you a new tool for weight loss with pleasure - a melon.
Sometimes it is customary to arrange watermelon or apple days, but few people call melon a product for weight loss. Let's begin the process of cognition from the list of nutrients in this edible radiant sunshine of autumn:
- vitamins of group B, A, C, PP;
- Potassium, iron, silicon, calcium, sodium;
- chlorine, phosphorus, manganese, sulfur, copper, fluorine, zinc;
- nicotinic, folic and pantheonic acids;
- organic acids;
- pectin and nitrogenous substances.
Vitamin C in melon is much more than in orange, and the calcium content exceeds calcium in milk several times. All other vitamins in melon are also contained in solid doses. Melon contains 20% sugar, contains no fat, no cholesterol. Absolutely the whole melon is useful: and the flesh, and the skin, and even the seeds.
Let's turn to the healing properties of melon, and also learn about its usefulness for losing weight:
- melon is useful for the heart due to the high content of potassium and sodium;
- substances contained in the melon, participate in the process of hematopoiesis;
- melon effectively cleanses the digestive tract;
- like watermelon, has a pronounced diuretic effect;
- serves as the prevention of atherosclerosis, as it prevents the accumulation of cholesterol;
- beneficial effect on the nervous system, improves mood, as it promotes the production of serotonin;
- It is useful in infectious diseases;
- improves the functioning of the kidneys, bile and bladder.
Here is a modest list of properties. As for weight loss, then in a magnificent way to lose a couple pounds, will make a day off on a melon. For a day it is allowed to eat only melon (1,5 - 2 kg in 5 receptions), drink water, decoction from rose hips or green tea.
In addition, you can safely and without limits, please yourself with smoothies with melon. For one serving you will need:
- 200g melon pulp;
- ice.
Melon is cut into small cubes, crushed in a blender and served in a glass with ice.
Precautions:
- In melon, a high sugar content, so it can not be eaten by diabetics;
- melon is eaten by a separate method, in breaks between main meals;
- You can not eat melon immediately after a meal, even as a dessert;
- Melon should not be drunk with cold water or sour milk drinks;
- melon is not recommended to buy in roadside stalls, because of the possible high content of nitrates;
- melon must be ripe;
- a sign of maturity is not the color of the skin and flesh (melon can be green), but the flavor.
Melon for beauty
Today in many elite salons make masks and wraps from a melon. As it turned out, the melon slows the aging process, as it feeds collagen fibers and contains one especially
If your only doubt is whether it's getting fat from a melon, we'll answer you with one "but". From the melon does not get fat, however, because of the high content of fructose it is recommended to eat in the morning.
And the most important thing is to lose weight and enjoy melon with health benefits.