Is eating watermelon easy to get fat?

Watermelon should be eaten in moderation. If you eat too much, you will get fat. The sugar content of watermelon is not particularly high, although it is very sweet. The sugar content of watermelon is generally around 4%, and the relatively sweet watermelon may be slightly higher, 5% to 6% and so on. However, because the water content of watermelon is relatively large, we usually eat a large amount, which is easy to cause overeating. And if we eat a lot of watermelon, it will increase our appetite, that is, increase our appetite, so it is recommended not to eat a lot.

Benefits of moderate consumption of watermelon:

1. Watermelon is cold, sweet and enters the heart, stomach and bladder meridian. It has the effects of clearing away heat, relieving summer heat, promoting fluid production, quenching thirst, promoting diuresis and relieving vexation. It is mainly used to treat chest and diaphragm qi stagnation, dysuria, mouth and nose sores, summer heat, heatstroke, hangover and other symptoms.

2. Watermelon has the functions of promoting fluid production, relieving annoyance, quenching thirst, relieving summer heat, clearing lung and stomach, diuresis, helping digestion and promoting metabolism. It is a nourishing food and drink, and is suitable for people with hypertension, hepatitis, nephritis, pyelonephritis, jaundice, cholecystitis, edema, heatstroke, fever, sweating and thirst. Pregnant women can eat some to relieve edema during pregnancy.

3. The sugar, salt, acid and other substances contained in watermelon can treat nephritis and lower blood pressure.

4. Watermelon is still a natural beauty fruit. Watermelon juice contains a variety of amino acids with skin physiological activity, such as citrulline, which can be easily absorbed by the skin, moisturize the facial skin, prevent sunburn and whiten the skin. Whether pregnant or breastfeeding, female friends can wipe their faces with watermelon juice when eating watermelon, or cut off the green skin outside the watermelon and apply it with the white skin inside for 15 minutes, which can increase skin elasticity, reduce wrinkles and add luster.