Its natural sweetness makes it a delicious and refreshing dessert especially in hot climate. Watermelons are perfect addition to a salad, salsa or a cool drink. Today there are numerous varieties of watermelon with red, pink, orange or yellow flesh. Watermelon consists of more than 91% of water and nearly 8% sugar.

The sweet and juicy watermelon has lots of nutritional benefits:
It is fat free.
It has very low sodium content.
It is Cholesterol free.
It is a good source of Vitamins A & C

Recent study on watermelons has revealed that it has numerous health benefits. The red variety of watermelon contains high concentrations of Lycopene, an anti-oxidant that helps to reduce the risk of many diseases. Watermelon contains Lycopene and beta-carotene – these are plant compounds classified as Carotenoids, which are highly colored pigments that help protect plants against damage from sunlight. These antioxidants neutralize the harmful free radicals in the human body. Free radicals in the human body cause great deal of damage by oxidizing cholesterol and making it stick to the blood vessel walls, eventually leading to heart attack or stroke. Lycopene in watermelons get rid of these thereby reducing the risk of other fatal diseases such as asthma attacks, osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis, colon cancer and other heart diseases.

The American Heart Association has certified watermelon to be one of the constituents of a sensible low saturated fat, low cholesterol diet.

Knowing of all the health benefits who would not want to try it-

1. Cut watermelon into pieces ( seed less is hassle free), mash them up with a fork.
2. Add little sugar if needed, I don’t add sugar if it is a sweet kind. The natural sweetness itself is so refreshing.
3. Mash the pieces when using a hand blender, when using a regular blender we don’t need to mash up as it is quiet easy to grind.
4. Pour it into a serving glass.
5. Chill it before serving or add ice cubes and enjoy the refreshing  juice.