In the hot summer, a piece of watermelon is under the belly, which feels very refreshing. Watermelon is one of the common fruits in our lives, but many people are not very aware of its nutrition, nor do they know what other suitable ways to eat it directly. The reporter interviewed Xie Weiping, an expert in the treatment of pre-existing diseases at the Municipal Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine. For how to eat watermelon healthily, Xie Weiping said that watermelon is mainly based on raw food, but also cooked food, there are many methods, here are a few examples.
Raw food: 1. Cut into pieces and eat directly. 2. Squeeze the watermelon juice, peel and remove the seeds, and put it in the blender. 3. Cold mix watermelon peel, thick skin watermelon is best, melon peel and melon are separated, melon peel removes the outer green hard skin (outer peel), leaving the light green part (medium peel and inner peel), slice or shredded, plate, put in the sesame sauce or favorite sauce can be. In addition, there is a unique way to eat, that is, to make watermelon cups. Wash the watermelon, break it in 1/5 place, cut the upper and lower edges into a jagged shape, dig out the melon and remove the seeds to juice for later; the apples are washed, seeded, and sliced for later; the cherry tomatoes and peaches are blanched in boiling water, peeled, and cut into small pieces; the grapes are seeded and juiced for later. Finally, mix the grape juice, watermelon juice and honey, pour into the watermelon cup, add the white fungus, peach slices, cherry tomato slices and apple slices, cover, put in the refrigerator, and take it out when eating.
Cooked food: 1. Wash the watermelon, dig a small hole in it, and steam it into the pot to eat. 2. Make watermelon skin rib soup, stew the watermelon peel and ribs together, put a little salt, drizzle a little olive oil.
On the precautions for eating watermelon, Xie Weiping reminded: 1. Because watermelon is raw and cold food, it is not advisable to eat too much every time. 2. Iced watermelon is eaten cautiously, and people with weak gastrointestinal function cannot eat iced watermelon. The refrigerator stores a variety of vegetables, a lot of bacteria, easy to contaminate watermelon, after eating may lead to food poisoning. If iced, store watermelon separately from other foods, wrap it in plastic wrap, and consume it on the same day, not overnight. 3. People with spleen and stomach deficiency should eat less watermelon. 4. People with renal insufficiency should not eat watermelon.