This fruit, rough skin and a grayish-green color, is one of the most refreshing fruit there, so it is common to find melons in hot or warm season. There are several types of melon: melon green, orange, white, yellow, and so on. The melon, fruit of the melon, contains much water rich in minerals, meat, a very peculiar orange, sweet and very juicy.

Medicinal properties and uses of the cantaloupe:

• Neutralizes acidity.
• It is laxative and diuretic.
• noted for its composition of 80% water.
• It has fewer calories, so it is recommended in diets for weight loss.
• Contains: Vitamin A, B, C and E.
• Rich in antioxidants (for its high content of beta-carotene).
• It is rich in minerals such as calcium, magnesium, zinc and potassium.
• Contains folic acid, very suitable for pregnant women.
• Very useful for people who have liver and kidney failure.
• Helps to reduce fever, the juice very beneficial.
• Good for moisturizing the skin.
• Useful in cases of hypertension.
• Excellent tonic for high performance athletes.
• Helps strengthen the immune system and can assist in the formation of bones, teeth, collagen and red blood cells.
• Helps in cases of rheumatism, hemorrhoids, headaches, arthritis, dehydration, accumulation of uric acid, arthritis, poisoning, acne, typhus, gout, obesity.

How to eat:

To bring out the greatest benefits of melon, you should try to eat when this mature and sweet. The melon is not ripe can cause indigestion. If you eat pieces of fruit, you chew it well and slowly, and try not to combine it with another food (like vegetables, meat, milk, etc.) or with citrus or acidic fruits. Avoid eating after eating or drinking water while eating watermelon, melon since sugar ferment food and not allow any draw on the whole, irritating the stomach.

Learn how to spot a ripe melon

• Put it near your nose: the more pervasive is the aroma, plus the melon is ripe.
• If you touch the ends of a melon and they are soft, is that you can eat.
• Always choose a melon that has more weight.

Avoid melons when:

Constipation, diabetes (due to its high sugar content) and children under two years.