Perhaps nothing else screams summertime quite as much as a juicy, ripe watermelon. It’s sweet and refreshing and adds a huge burst of color to just about everything. 也许没有什么能比喝上一杯果汁,吃上一只熟西瓜更能嗨翻夏季了。它香甜可口,让人神清气爽,让你所看到的所有事物都鲜活亮丽起来了。 But there is so much more to watermelon than meets the eye. Watermelon is simply bursting with numerous health benefits, too. 但西瓜远远不止我们看到的这样,还有很多奥秘呢。西瓜能给我们的身体健康带来极大的好处。 July is National Watermelon Month and it’s no surprise why. Besides being tasty and super hydrating, watermelon is super healthy. Check out our list of 13 healthy benefits, and interesting facts, you never knew about this summertime treat. 毫无疑问七月就是国家西瓜月。除了好吃和水分多,西瓜也是超级健康的。看看我们列出的13条健康小贴士,结合一些有趣事实,你会发现原来夏天还可以大补呢! 1. Immune support, wound healing, and helps prevent cell damage 免疫保障,伤口修复,还能防止细胞损伤 Watermelons are surprisingly high in vitamin C. Vitamin C is great at improving your immune system by protecting our cells from reactive oxygen. Reactive oxygen damages our cells and DNA. Vitamin C has long been known to help heal wounds in the body and is essential to making new connective tissue. Enzymes involved in forming collagen, the main compound needed when wounds are healing, simply cannot function without Vitamin C. If you should find you are suffering from slow healing wounds, seriously up your consumption of vitamin C heavy fruit such as watermelon! |