The last time Lovey came for a
visit she brought a watermelon large enough to feed a family reunion of the
Jones family, all of them. I have eating watermelon for days and still there is
much. The nutritional value of the watermelon has me curious now so let us take
a look shall we?
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*Vitamin A – eye health and
boosts immunity
*Vitamin B6 – Helps produce antibodies,
maintain nerve function, form red blood cells, breaks down proteins
*Vitamin C – protect body from
free radicles, bolster the immune system
*Potassium – necessary found for
cell water balance
*Lycopene – protects cells from
oxygen related damage (this is what makes the watermelon pink) It is a singlet
oxygen scavenger. Singlet oxygen has a higher energy charge because outer
orbital electrons are spinning in opposite directions. Singlet oxygen will
attack and destroy cell membrane.
Watermelons should be heavier
than they look and have a pale creamy colored side from where it sat on the
ground to grow. It takes 3 months to grow a watermelon from seed to eat.
They are 92% water.
They were first recorded as a
crop 5000 years ago in Egypt and are depicted on walls of ancient buildings. Watermelon
seeds were found in the tomb of Pharaoh Tutankhamen.
It is a cousin to cucumbers,
squash and pumpkins.
There are over 200 varieties of
watermelon.
China is the world’s number 1
producer of watermelons.
Texas is one of Americas leading
producers of the juicy treat.
Well there we have it. I am
eating it because it was eaten by Egyptian royalty.
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