First, the efficacy and role of cantaloupe anti-cancer effect cantaloupe is rich in vitamin A and flavonoids and other nutrients. These substances have anti-cancer effects, such as preventing people from suffering from oral cancer, lung cancer and other diseases, and cantaloupe also has health care effects. Eating some cantaloupe is good for your health.
Hami melon is low in fat and calories. Eating some Hami melon during weight loss can make people feel full and reduce the intake of other foods, thus helping to lose weight. However, cantaloupe is a cool fruit after all, so it is not suitable for excessive consumption.
Hami melon is a common summer fruit, and it is also called "summer fruit". Eating some Hami melon in hot summer can play a role in relieving fire and cough. Moreover, cantaloupe can also calm people's mood. As the saying goes, "peace of mind is naturally cool". If you feel very depressed, you can also eat some cantaloupe.
According to the research, scientists found that "cantaloupe has a sunscreen effect", because cantaloupe is rich in antioxidant components, which can weaken the damage of sunlight to human skin, so some sunscreen creams also add ingredients such as juice of cantaloupe. Usually, cantaloupe peel can also be cut into thin slices and applied to sunburned areas, which can improve symptoms.
Second, how to choose a complete cantaloupe When buying cantaloupe, it is best to buy a whole cantaloupe, or let the seller cut half of it from the whole cantaloupe. Don't buy those cantaloupes that have been cut and left for a long time, because cantaloupe is rich in sugar, and it is easy to breed bacteria at room temperature, which is not only easy to rot, but also bad for your health. Hami melons bought home can be stored in the fresh-keeping cabinet of the refrigerator.
Smell the ripe cantaloupe and it will have a faint scent. Therefore, you can smell the cantaloupe first to see if there is such a scent. If not, it means that the cantaloupe is immature and its taste will be poor. On the other hand, if the scent is strong, it is likely that the cantaloupe is too mature to be stored for too long. If it is not eaten as soon as possible, it will easily deteriorate.
You can pinch the skin of cantaloupe by hand. If it feels hard, it means that the cantaloupe is not mature enough. On the other hand, if the cantaloupe is soft, it is likely to go bad soon, so it is better to choose a cantaloupe with moderate hardness.
Weight comparison Generally speaking, the heavier the cantaloupe, the better the taste, because the heavier the cantaloupe, the more water it contains.
Peel Scar Carefully observe whether there are scars on the skin of cantaloupe. Generally speaking, the older the peel scar of cantaloupe, the sweeter the cantaloupe, especially those cantaloupe with cracked scar, the better the taste. It can be seen that cantaloupe with beautiful skin is not sweeter, and sometimes the uglier it looks, the better the taste.