How to choose white honeydew melon

White honeydew melon is sweet and delicious, with high nutritional value. It can stimulate appetite, relieve heat, quench thirst and promote diuresis. When purchasing white honeydew melon, you should also understand some selection skills. First of all, you should look at the appearance. When ripe, white honeydew melon will become spherical. Its size is relatively uniform and its color is white with yellowish white. In addition, when ripe, white honeydew melon will feel neither soft nor hard and smell very fragrant. The heavier the melon, the more water it contains.

How to choose white honeydew melon

1. Look at the appearance. Choose ripe honeydew melons. Generally, ripe honeydew melons are spherical in shape, uniform in size, with white skin with a hint of yellow, and very beautiful in appearance. If the peel is golden yellow, don't buy it, most of them are uncooked. Not sweet and has a bitter taste.

2. Feel the softness and hardness. You should buy fresher products, and avoid buying honeydew melons that feel too soft when pressed. Some overripe melons will become very soft. If you want to eat them right away, you can choose a melon that is not too soft. If the honeydew melon is too soft, it may be rotten, so friends who don’t know how to choose should buy firmer ones. This kind of food is often fresher and more juicy.

3. Smell the smell. After cutting it open, it has a emerald green color inside, is very fragrant, and has juicy meat, so you can buy it. Smell the center of the melon - in the opposite direction of the stem. The more fragrant it is, the better. However, it must be fresh.

4. Touch the surface of the melon. The white melon is good if it is smooth and delicate, and slightly elastic when tapped by hand.

5. Check the weight of fruits and vegetables. There must be a correlation between the moisture content and weight of the fruit. If the melons are of similar size, you can choose them by weight. Heavy melons are sure to be full of moisture.

The effects of white honeydew melon: 1. Strengthening the spleen and aiding food: The papain in papaya can break down fat into fatty acids. Modern medicine has discovered that papaya contains an enzyme that can digest protein, which is beneficial to the body's digestion and absorption of food, so it has the function of strengthening the spleen and aiding food. 2. Anti-epidemic and insecticidal: Papain and papain have anti-tuberculosis and parasites such as red worms, roundworms, whipworms, and amoebas, so they can be used to kill insects and fight tuberculosis. 3. Promote lactation and fight cancer: The rennet in papaya has the effect of promoting lactation, and papain has the effect of resisting lymphocytic leukemia, so it can be used to promote lactation and treat lymphocytic leukemia (blood cancer). 4. Replenish nutrition and improve disease resistance: Papaya contains a large amount of water, carbohydrates, protein, fat, multiple vitamins and a variety of essential amino acids for the human body. It can effectively supplement the body's nutrients and enhance the body's disease resistance. 5. Anti-spasm: The papain contained in papaya pulp has the effect of relieving spasm pain and has a significant therapeutic effect on gastrocnemius spasm.