Snack watermelon seed is the seed of watermelon eaten in summer?

No, generally speaking, the watermelon seeds produced in the market usually come from a special kind of watermelon-a dozen melons. Melons are light in taste, but many seeds are big. When eating, it is often broken by hand, so it is called melon. It is not eaten as fruit, but its seeds, namely watermelon seeds, which are often eaten as snacks.

Watermelon is full of granules and big, so it is known as "Lanzhou black melon seeds" or "Lanzhou large-scale melon seeds" in the international market. In autumn, when the seed melon is ripe, you can break it with your fist, eat meat, take seeds, wash it with water and dry it in the sun, and it can be listed.

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1. Watermelon seeds are rich in nutrients such as protein, fatty acids, B vitamins, vitamin E, potassium, iron, selenium, etc., which have the effect of clearing away lung heat and resolving phlegm, and have an auxiliary effect on cough and hemoptysis due to excessive phlegm;

2. Watermelon seeds are rich in oil and have the function of invigorating stomach and relaxing bowels. When you have no appetite or constipation, you might as well eat some melon seeds such as watermelon seeds;

3. It contains unsaturated fatty acids, has the function of lowering blood pressure, helps to prevent arteriosclerosis, and is a snack suitable for patients with hypertension;

4. Watermelon seeds contain fatty oil, protein, vitamin B2, pentosan, starch, crude fiber and α-amino-β-(pyrazolyl -N) propionic acid. It also contains urease, α-galactosidase, β-galactosidase and sucrase. It also contains a saponin-like component, which has antihypertensive effect and can relieve the symptoms of acute cystitis;

5, watermelon seeds are sweet, flat and non-toxic; Has the effects of benefiting lung, moistening intestine, stopping bleeding and invigorating stomach.

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