These health benefits of consuming honey dew melon are amazing
Posted on: 17/Nov/2018 10:42:43 AM
Honey dew melon is otherwise called as honey melon. It is known that they belong to muskmelon group belonging to gourd family. The honeydew melon or honey melon fruit is usually large and oval shaped melon and is mostly seen growing in semiarid climates. One important point is the fruit is harvested when it gets matured and not when it becomes big in size. When the fruit is immature then ground colour would be greenish white and when matured the ground colour would become creamy yellow. These honey melons have vitamin C, sodium, calcium, iron, copper, potassium, vitamin B complex like thiamine, niacin etc in them and are superb for our health.
Some health benefits of consuming honey dew melons are
Curbs hypertension:
This is one important health benefit of having honey dew or honey melon. Hypertension gets curbed when a person consumes this amazing fruit. The potassium rich honey dew melon curbs hike in BP and helps the body in maintain the balance.
Superb for pregnant women:
It is said that the presence of minerals, vitamins and antioxidants in honey dew melons has got direct impact on the immune system of both mother as well as baby. Certain birth defect plus neural tube defects etc could be avoided by the intake of this fruit having folate in them. Postpartum tissue recovery gets speeded after the pregnancy by intake of honey melon.
Weight loss:
Overweight or obese persons could be benefitted by consuming honey dew melon fruit. The presence of fibre and low calories makes this fruit an important component in food for overweight persons and weight loss is possible.
Fights cholesterol:
Intake of honey melons could help us in fighting cholesterol efficiently. The fibre in honey melon directly hits the bad cholesterol or LDL cholesterol that gets accumulated.
Skin gets nourished:
The collagen level in us gets improved by the presence of vitamin C in the honey dew melon. Thereby our skin gets nourished. It is possible to fight the signs of ageing like wrinkles, sagging skin etc by this amazing fruit.
Digestion gets improved:
These days many suffer from digestion issues and intake of honey dew melon could give them relief from these issues. The presence of insoluble fibre content in this fruit does amazingly. Issues like bloating and constipation gets reduced well.
Teeth, bones get strength:
The presence of calcium in honey dew melon plays a huge role in providing strength to teeth and bones. So it is essential to consume this fruit to get stronger bones and teeth.
Superb for eye health:
Our overall health of eyes gets improved due to the presence of lutein and zeaxanthin in honey dew melon. Regular intake of this fruit could reduce the risk of cataract and other eye infections.
