Is watermelon fat at night

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Hot and humid summer makes us fall in love with watermelon. Watermelon is a kind of cold fruit. Eating it in summer can effectively help us get rid of heat. But many people worry that eating watermelon at night will make us fat. Is it true? What are the taboos of eating watermelon? Let's introduce it to you.

Is watermelon fat at night

First, watermelon is sweet and cold in nature. It has the functions of clearing heat and relieving vexation, relieving thirst and heat, relieving middle and upper Qi, treating laryngopharyngeal obstruction, promoting urination, treating blood dysentery and detoxifying alcohol. It is suitable for heatstroke, fever, excessive heat, thirst, oliguria, yellow urine, sore throat, etc. In case of fever, thirst, sweating and irritability, drinking fresh watermelon juice can clear away heat and quench thirst. Watermelon peel is used fresh or dried in the sun as medicine. It tastes sweet and cool. It has the effect of clearing away heat, diuresis and detumescence. It can treat adverse urination, edema and damp heat jaundice. The green part of watermelon skin, "watermelon green coat", can treat edema, scald, nephritis and other diseases, with its Decoction instead of tea, is also a good cool drink.

Second: in addition to no fat, watermelon juice contains almost all kinds of nutrients needed by human body, such as vitamin A, B, C and protein, glucose, sucrose, fructose, malic acid, glutamic acid, citrulline, arginine, phosphoric acid, calcium, iron, phosphorus and crude fiber.

Third: modern pharmacological studies suggest that sugar, salt and protease contained in watermelon can treat nephritis and reduce blood pressure. Watermelon seed also contains an ingredient that can lower blood pressure. Take 9-15g raw food or fried food, have antihypertensive effect, and can relieve the symptoms of acute cystitis. The root and leaf Decoction of watermelon has certain curative effect on diarrhea and enteritis. Watermelon skin contains glucose, amino acids, malic acid, lycopene and C. after drying, watermelon skin can relieve heat, reduce inflammation and blood pressure, and reduce cholesterol deposition on the arterial wall.

matters needing attention

The sweetness of watermelon mainly comes from fructose. The lower the temperature is, the sweeter the fructose is. Although fructose does not significantly increase blood glucose, it also bypasses the mechanism of appetite control. Since watermelon is rich in fructose, it also has the special feature of not feeling full. Therefore, when people eat watermelon, it is difficult to control the amount of food, so we must remember that watermelon can make you fat, do not eat too much because you don't feel full.