Watermelons
by
lovelydree
Last updated 7 years ago
Discipline:
Health & Fitness Subject:
Culinary Arts
Grade:
10
Watermelons are a great souce of fruit that people truly enjoy eating in the summer.
Watermelons
Watermelons are also a type of way to show your art skills, beautiful things are made when they are properly carved. It's a process but people say its worth it.
Watermelon is thought to have originated in southern Africa, where it is found growing wild. It reaches maximum genetic diversity there, with sweet, bland and bitter forms. In the 19th century, Alphonse de Candolle claimed the watermelon was indigenous to tropical Africa.
FACTS!
Watermelon (especially yellow-orange varieties) is one of the rare food sources of citrulline, an amino acid used in wound healing and cell division.
Stay healthier: Watermelon has lots of lycopene, a key plant antioxidant that is famous for fighting heart disease and prostate cancer.
Watermelon is an ideal health food because it doesn’t contain any fat or cholesterol, is high in fiber and vitamins A & C and is a good source of potassium.
When one has tasted watermelon he knows what the angels eat.-Mark Twain
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