Vegetables and Fruits For your Good Health >> Melon

Melon or Kharbooza, a tasty, juicy fruit, is like the watermelon. It also prevents dehydration and sunstroke in the hot summer. It keeps the skin from ageing and maintains the water balance in the body. It contains iron, vitamin A, E and C. this fruit has very tasty seeds which are dried and used to garnish desserts and sweetmeats.

Melon can be sliced and even had as juice. It is a very good moisturizer and keeps the skin youthful and elastic. It improves blood circulation and tones up the muscles. It is refreshing and cures insomnia. It also helps soothe the nerves and restlessness of spirit. It is wholesome and filling. It improves the appetite and is a good, healthy fruit to be consumed in the summer.

It guards the human body against sunstroke and the harmful ultraviolet rays of the sun.

• Cut a whole melon into small cubes and add to custard. If the melon is not sweet, you can cut it into slices and sprinkles sugar on top. Let it lie in the refrigerator for a few hours. The sugar will seep into the fruit and make it sweet.
  
• Doctors recommend melon because of its soothing and moisturizing properties. It cures acidity and relieves burning sensation in the stomach.
  
• Take a fresh cube of melon and rub gently over face and neck. Splash cold water on the face after a while. This brightens the skin and also moisturizes it. The juice of melon can also be directly applied t the face and neck to cure tanning due to exposure to the sun.
  
• Add the juice of one lemon to pieces cut from a big melon. Add a bit of sugar and rock salt. Blend in a mixer and serve chilled. Melon juice gives instant energy. It soothes frayed nerves.