Watermelon

A mouth-watering and the best fruit of the summer is Watermelon.With its full round curves, dark green skin, jet-black seeds and glistening red flesh, the watermelon is an excellent thirst-quencher.

Healthy Benefits.

In fact, most melons are rich in potassium a nutrient that may help control blood pressure.

Regulate heart beat, and possibly prevent strokes.

The 2005 Dietary Guidelines state that a potassium-rich diet helps keep salt from raising blood pressure and may also reduce the risk of developing kidney stones and possibly age-related bone loss.

The guidelines encourage adults to consume 4,700 milligrams per day (while keeping sodium to less than 2,300 milligrams per day, which is one teaspoon of salt).

Watermelon has lycopene, which can help reduce the risk of several cancers.

Melons are also abundant in vitamin C one arm of the now-famous disease-fighting antioxidant trio. Another arm that's well represented is beta-carotene.

Researchers believe that beta-carotene and vitamin C are capable of preventing heart disease cancer, and other chronic conditions.

Watermelon is a valuable source of lycopene, one of the carotenoids that have actually been studied in humans. Research indicates that lycopene is helpful in reducing the risk of prostate breast, and endometrial cancers, as well as lung and colon cancer.