Why are watermelon seeds so big?
There is a special seed melon, which is a variety of watermelon. The pulp is not delicious, but the melon seeds are big and patterned. Farmers plant them specially to collect seeds, which are found in Gansu and other places.
There are also red melon seeds that Guangdong and other places must eat during the New Year. It is also a special seed melon variety, melon seed red.
Little knowledge of watermelon seeds
Watermelon seed is the seed of Cucurbitaceae watermelon, which can be eaten or used as medicine. Generally speaking, the seeds in the watermelons we eat every day can also be made into watermelon seeds, but they are too small, so the watermelon seeds produced in the market usually come from special watermelon varieties, such as those in Lanzhou.
Guagua, also known as seed melon, produces melon seeds with black edges and white hearts, full particles and large flakes, 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.
Nutritional value of watermelon seeds
Watermelon seeds are rich in protein, unsaturated fatty acids, B vitamins, vitamin E, potassium, iron, selenium and other nutrients, as well as sugars and dietary fiber, which have high nutritional value and dietotherapy and health care functions.
1, protein: protein is of great biological significance. The growth, development, movement, heredity, reproduction and all other life activities of the human body are inseparable from protein. It plays an extremely important role in regulating physiological functions and maintaining metabolism.
2. Unsaturated fatty acids: Unsaturated fatty acids can esterify cholesterol, lower blood cholesterol, lower blood viscosity, improve blood circulation, improve brain blood cell activity, enhance memory and enhance immune function.
3. Vitamins: Vitamins are micronutrients needed by organisms, and play a regulatory role in the metabolism of organisms. Among them, B vitamins help to maintain the functions of the heart and nervous system, maintain the health of the digestive system and skin, participate in energy metabolism, enhance physical strength, nourish and strengthen the body. Vitamin E is an important antioxidant, which can protect cells from free radical damage and achieve anti-wrinkle, anti-aging and beauty effects.
4. Mineral elements: minerals can maintain osmotic balance in the body and participate in the transmission of nerve impulses as activators of enzymes. Among them, potassium is a necessary condition to maintain neuromuscular excitability and cell membrane permeability. Iron is one of the main raw materials of hemoglobin, which has the functions of hematopoiesis and promoting the growth of nerve cells.
Watermelon seeds will not get angry if you eat too much.
In our daily life, we all eat watermelon seeds, and many people especially like to eat them. It also has many health care functions. People who often cough a lot of phlegm should eat more watermelon seeds, but some people worry that eating too much watermelon seeds will get angry, so will watermelon seeds get angry?
Watermelon seeds themselves will not get angry, but fried melon seeds are easy to get angry when eaten too much, and watermelon seeds with too much salt will get angry when eaten too much.
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 called cucurbitacin, which has antihypertensive effect and can relieve the symptoms of acute cystitis.