The heat of watermelon seeds
The nutrition of melon seeds is quite high, and the contents of vitamins, protein and oils are outstanding. However, melon seeds are also a high-calorie food. The calories of melon seeds are 597 kcal, protein 23.9 g, vitamin E34.53 mg, fat 49.9 g and magnesium 264 mg. Such a high-calorie food is easy to get fat once you eat too much.
Effect of eating melon seeds on weight loss
Eating melon seeds after meals is beneficial, because sunflower seeds and watermelons are rich in fat, protein, zinc and other trace elements and vitamins, which can enhance the digestive function. Eating melon seeds can activate the whole digestive system. The fragrance of melon seeds stimulates the taste buds on the tongue, which transmit this nerve impulse to the brain and then act on digestive organs such as salivary glands, so that saliva and gastric juice containing various digestive enzymes are relatively exuberant.
Therefore, pregnant women knock melon seeds before or after meals, and digestive juice will be continuously secreted, which is very beneficial to digestion and absorption. Therefore, cracking melon seeds before meals can promote appetite, and cracking melon seeds after meals can help digestion. If several kinds of melon seeds are mixed, the effect will be better.
Can I eat more watermelon seeds?
It is not advisable to eat more, and it is best to peel it by hand when eating. Because biting with teeth is easy to corrode the tongue and mouth, it will spit out a lot of body fluids when spitting out the shell, which will make the taste weak, reduce appetite and even cause stomach cramps. Body fluid helps to remove oral food residues, reduce bacterial reproduction and fermentation, and protect oral mucosa. According to the measurement, if you eat 250 grams of watermelon seeds every day, you will lose 2500 grams of body fluid. No wonder people always feel thirsty after eating watermelon seeds. In addition, hepatitis patients, it is best not to eat watermelon seeds, because it will damage the liver and cause cirrhosis.
Practice of licorice and watermelon seeds
1. Pour the quicklime into a large bowl, inject 500 ml of clean water and stir it into limewater.
2. Then soak the watermelon seeds for 4 to 5 hours.
3. Then take it out, rinse it with clear water, and remove the mucosa on the shell.
4. Put the refined salt and licorice into the pot, pour in 150ml of clean water, put it on the fire and cook it for 10 ~ 15min, then filter out the licorice and make it into licorice salt juice.
5. Add 4 grams of peanut oil to the wok, and fire it to 80% maturity. Pour in the washed watermelon seeds and stir fry constantly.
6. When the water in the watermelon seeds dries quickly, add 3g of peanut oil and stir-fry with low fire until the watermelon seeds are cooked. Add 3g of peanut oil for the third time and stir-fry for a while.
7. Finally, pour the fried watermelon seeds into the licorice salt juice while it is hot, cover and soak for 1 ~ 2 hours.