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Many people do not like to spit out watermelon pits. It is considered great luck if, after cutting a watermelon, your slice turned out to be pitted. Sometimes children swallow watermelon seeds, and parents are worried about whether it is possible to eat watermelon seeds. The answer to this question is unequivocal – you can eat watermelon seeds, and they are not harmful to the body.
By the way, many culinary specialists in the Middle East, Asia, and other countries use bones for cooking. You can eat it like nuts, after frying and peeling them, they will completely replace chips and crackers for you. Flour and butter are made from watermelon seeds.
Composition, calories
We are all used to sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds, and we undeservedly forget about watermelon seeds. Many do not even know what benefits they bring to the body. Like any seed, they contain a lot of useful minerals and trace elements. In order for these nutrients to be absorbed by the body, they must be peeled and crushed.
I would especially like to note the effect of vitamins on the body. Eating a portion of sweet berries, we give the body the necessary vitamins: vitamin C, which helps in overcoming stressful situations, strengthens the immune system, reduces allergic reactions; vitamins of group B, which regulates the work of the heart muscle, strengthens the nervous system; vitamin E, which helps to normalize blood pressure, the nervous system, has a positive effect on the organs of vision, reducing the risk of cataracts and glaucoma; in small quantities contains: nicotinic, folic, pantothenic acid, riboflavin, thiamine.
Watermelon seeds have a large number of trace elements that are contained in the shell and peel. They contain manganese, sodium, phosphorus, as well as zinc, magnesium, potassium, iron and copper. In our article, we will consider the properties of watermelon seeds.
Watermelon seeds, like pumpkin seeds, are very useful for men’s health, as they contain zinc in their composition. They will help with fatigue, decreased tone and potency, with hair loss. The use of seeds helps with prostatitis and adenoma, will serve as a preventive measure for their development, and improve the quality of sperm. And the presence of iron in them has a beneficial effect on the circulatory system.
The calorie content of the seeds is about 600 kcal, although they are quite high in calories, it is unlikely that you will be able to eat a lot of them. Watermelon and seeds will help those who want to lose weight, creating a feeling of satiety, you will not eat much, especially high-calorie foods.
The healing properties of the bone from watermelon
Including such a valuable product in our diet, we must understand how seeds are useful. Their use promotes muscle growth, bone mass is formed, as they contain about 30% protein.
Contains arginine, which serves to normalize blood pressure, prevents the development of cardiovascular diseases, the development of coronary heart disease, heart attacks.
The presence of polyunsaturated fats will help you reduce bad cholesterol in the blood, and also reduce the risk of atherosclerosis.
The presence of valuable vitamins and trace elements will help strengthen the nervous system, help with depression, help with CFS (chronic fatigue syndrome), relieve stress, normalize sleep.
It is advisable to use watermelon seeds for people with a blood disease, patients with diabetes.
Thanks to the fibrous component of the product, the work of the digestive system is normalized, toxins and toxins are removed from the body, and stool is normalized. Passing through the intestines, vegetable fibers rid it of long-accumulated deposits.
All these properties will become decisive in the question of whether this product is worth eating and in what form.
Seed for health
For maximum benefit, watermelon seeds must be peeled of the hard rind, which should not be eaten, to avoid clogging the stomach and intestines. For an adult, the dosage is up to 2 tbsp. spoons a day.
For problems with the gallbladder, you can eat 3 tbsp. spoons of seeds.
Reception is recommended for kidney diseases, since their use has anti-inflammatory properties, helps in the treatment of diseases of the genitourinary system in patients, relieves spasm, has a diuretic effect, removes excess fluid from the body. The use of seeds will help remove toxins, toxins, heavy metals, and help get rid of parasites.
Use the product for diseases of the nervous system, it will help get rid of depression, insomnia.
Having introduced a watermelon seed into your diet, you need to know whether these products are useful for treating the disease, preventing them, and whether there are contraindications to their use.
Treatment of the body with a watermelon bone, folk recipes
The healing properties of watermelon, the benefits have long been familiar to folk healers, herbalists. There are recipes of folk healers, where these shiny bones became the main component.
- Recipe for getting rid of worms. Take the seeds and dry them in the oven, grind them. Pour one part of the seeds with milk (1:10). You need to drink two glasses per day, it is better to start taking it in the morning on an empty stomach.
- A recipe that will help in the treatment of hypertension. Grind the seeds by adding dried watermelon rinds. The resulting flour, take a teaspoon without top for a month twice a day.
- Choleretic agent. Flour from seeds and dried crusts, take 2-3 teaspoons twice a day. It is better to take the first dose in the morning on an empty stomach, the last one before going to bed.
- Prescription for the treatment of uterine bleeding. Use only with minor discharge, with heavy bleeding, seek medical help. For this recipe, the seeds are dried, crushed, added to milk (1:10), drink 3-4 tbsp. spoons every two hours.
- Recipe for making a cosmetic face mask. Finely crushed seeds are diluted with warm water, applied to the face for 15-20 minutes. Rinse off the mask with not hot water, evaluate the result.
How is it used in cosmetology
A good effect is the use of watermelon seed oil. It can be used in cooking and added to your favorite culinary delights.
The composition of the oil contains acids, vitamins, thanks to them the skin improves, the work of the cardiovascular and nervous systems is strengthened, and the risk of cancer is reduced.
Lightweight, versatile oil, suitable for all skin types. It has good reviews in use for various skin rashes, it will help get rid of wrinkles, making the skin more elastic, fresh, healthy. The oil dissolves well in water, because of this it can penetrate into the deeper layers of your skin. Just a few drops of oil added to the cream will help transform your skin. When added to shampoo, you can get rid of dandruff and itching, a healthy look and chic shine will appear.
Accept with caution
After talking about the benefits of the product, you need to clarify whether watermelon seeds are harmful. People with kidney and bladder diseases should not be treated with seeds. Often, trying to cleanse their body, many begin to be treated with a watermelon diet, that is, you need to eat as much watermelon as possible. Such cleaning can provoke the movement of kidney stones and renal colic. In patients with kidney disease, the substance citrulline can be of great harm.
It should be abandoned or limited to pregnant women and children under 3 years of age due to the nitrates found in watermelons and their seeds.
The benefits and harms of any product are always a reason for reasoning and controversy. The main criterion here is how great the benefits and harms to health are. Naturally, we choose foods that are beneficial for our body.
To get an environmentally friendly product, you can plant watermelons in your backyard, in the country. Such watermelons can be eaten by both children and pregnant women without fear of the presence of nitrates.
And how many valuable watermelon pits you can get by growing this gourd in your home, you will get great benefits when eating watermelons, pits from them, using watermelon oil.