Watermelon medicine for bloated stomach

Distended stomach can indeed interfere with performance. Well, if you do not want to have a watermelon belly diet worth trying. Watermelon is good for mengempeskan claimed belly.

Why good watermelon to eliminate belly fat?

That's because watermelon is a food with low energy density and very low calories even though people eat in large quantities.

Foods with low energy density such as the watermelon is very useful for weight loss because it can make people satisfied without adding too many calories to the daily total.

Watermelon has a low energy density because of high water content, which also can prevent people are dehydrated and can prevent the desire to eat another dessert that actually high in calories.

American Dietetic Association reports that watermelon is 91 percent contained water. The content of this water can act as natural diuretics.

While the Mayo Clinic to explain the effect of diuretics on the watermelon will make people urinate frequently, thus reducing the amount of water retention in the body. Retention of water in this body that often causes stomach distended.

According to the National Watermelon Promotion Board, 2 slices of diced watermelon serving bowl containing 21 g carbohydrate, 20 g sugar, and do not contain fat and cholesterol.

Of course, foods that are naturally fat-free would be better metabolized by the body, thereby reducing the risk of excess fat in your midsection aka belly.

Each serving of watermelon provides 30 percent of one's daily needs for vitamin A as beta-carotene, 25 percent for vitamin C and 8 percent for potassium.

And most relevant to weight loss is 2 servings (cups) watermelon contains only 80 calories, as reported by the LIVESTRONG, Tuesday (22/02/2011).

To get the benefits, watermelon is consumed both as juice with no sugar at breakfast time, snack (snack) before lunch, and dessert (dessert) after lunch or dinner.

Besides low calories, watermelon has other advantages are beneficial to health and also lose weight. According to the Cleveland Clinic, an antioxidant that is contained in watermelon can improve the natural function of the immune system and reduce the risk of heart disease.

When eaten as part of a balanced diet, watermelon also can reduce the risk of stroke, kidney stones, bone loss, diabetes and cancer.