What's the difference between yellow watermelon and red watermelon?
In terms of nutritional value, both red watermelon and yellow watermelon contain carotene. However, yellow watermelon contains lutein in addition to carotene. In this way, plus other nutrients. So it can be imagined that the nutritional value of yellow watermelon is higher than that of red watermelon. As you should know, under normal circumstances, red watermelons are bigger. In daily life, people like to choose larger fruits when buying fruits. Therefore, naturally, I will often buy red watermelons. Compared with red watermelon, yellow watermelon is relatively small. So most people still can't accept yellow watermelon. After all, this watermelon is too small to eat. However, both red and yellow watermelons have their own advantages and disadvantages. When buying, you only need to buy according to your own preferences.
1, different varieties. The watermelons we usually eat are all red, but now there is a kind of yellow watermelon in some places, which is amazing. This kind of watermelon with yellow flesh is called New Jin Lan, which is a rare watermelon variety introduced from Taiwan Province Province. It takes only 33 days for this kind of yellow-skinned watermelon to mature, and it can be harvested twice a year with an yield of 3000 kg per mu.
2. Watermelon with red meat contains lycopene, and watermelon with yellow meat contains lutein, which is an antioxidant food with anti-cancer and anti-aging beauty effects. The calories of red watermelon are higher than those of light rain watermelon.
3, red heart watermelon is cheap and full of water; Yellow heart watermelon, also called yellow flesh watermelon, is small, weighing up to 3 kg, with high and even sugar content, which melts in the mouth. Red heart watermelon is good for the skin. Because watermelon is 92% water, its water content is second to none among fruits.
Watermelon juice is not only rich in vitamin C, but also contains amino acids with skin physiological activity, such as citrulline, arginine, malic acid and phosphoric acid, which has a good effect on skin nutrition and whitening.
Efficacy and function of yellow pulp watermelon
1, beauty beauty: Yellow watermelon contains citrulline, alanine, glutamic acid, arginine, malic acid, phosphoric acid, sugar, vitamins, minerals and other nutrients, which are most easily absorbed by the skin and have a good effect on moisturizing, sun protection and whitening facial skin.
2, diuretic effect: yellow watermelon has diuretic effect, coupled with high water content, so after eating watermelon, the amount of urination will increase, thus reducing the content of bile pigment, making the stool unobstructed, which has a certain effect on treating jaundice. In addition, it can also make salt excreted and reduce edema.
3, eliminate fatigue: yellow watermelon is rich in potassium, which can quickly replenish potassium that is easily lost with sweat in summer, and avoid muscle weakness and fatigue caused by it. Moreover, potassium is also one of the essential elements for beautiful legs, and eating watermelon often will get a good-looking leg shape.
4, Shengjin Jieshu: Yellow watermelon is a kind of food and drink that can nourish the body, because it contains a lot of water, suitable for people with heatstroke, fever, sweating and thirst. When you are thirsty, sweaty and irritable, eat a piece of watermelon and your symptoms will improve immediately.
5. Anti-inflammatory and blood pressure lowering: Yellow pulp watermelon has the function of treating nephritis and lowering blood pressure, because potassium salt in watermelon can eliminate kidney inflammation, in which enzymes can convert insoluble proteins into soluble proteins to increase the nutrition of patients with nephritis, while glycosides in watermelon have the function of lowering blood pressure.
How to distinguish yellow watermelon from red watermelon in appearance?
Red meat watermelon contains lycopene.
Guaxiao is a rare watermelon introduced from Taiwan Province Province. Yellow flesh watermelon is called New Jin Lan, which has higher calories for beneficial red watermelon than light rain watermelon and can be harvested twice a year. This kind of yellow watermelon only takes 33 days from fruit setting to maturity, and yellow watermelon contains lutein, with a yield of 3000 kg per mu and a maximum of only 3 kg. Of course, their shapes are the same, but they are all watermelons with red flesh.