Health Benefits : Melon

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Melons are a cooling, delicious treat in hot weather, a large slice of crunchy pink watermelon, sold from roadside stands all over the Mediterranean, beats any canned fizzy drink for refreshment.

All forms of melon are also mildly stimulating to the kidneys, and gently laxative, making them useful for whose with gout or constipation.
Watermelon or a tea made by simmering its seeds in water for 30 minutes has long been recommended in traditional medicine as a remedy for kidney and bladder problems.

A two-day mono-fast on melons, of any kind, is a delightful summer clean-out of the whole system.
Like grapes, melon of all kinds should be eaten on its own, or at least at the start of a meal, since it ferments rapidly in the stomach.