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Watermelon seeds

Watermelon seeds as a snack sip in Tet of Vietnam, this dish is home hospitality during Tet. The main ingredients of the dish is simple melon seeds only from the seeds of melons, but mainly watermelon. Seeds watermelon be detached and grilled up do part inside the seed nine. When enjoying, people will use the teeth (incisors usually) bite into the seeds and split in half to eat melon seeds yellow inner core called chips or cup melon seeds melon seeds. Diners sip seeds just drink tea, chat help Tet atmosphere more lively.

The kernel of coconut-flavored fatty, aromatic fairly typical. Also watermelon seeds are also mostly pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds. Seeds are usually laced to red or black on the outside, red melon seeds symbolize good luck. Pink red melon seeds dyed with food coloring usually bring outstanding fresh rose petal lips. This is a unique culture of Vietnam. Not just holidays, days of the year have to eat cantaloupe seeds. In tea shops along the street bowl dish melon seeds also, the restaurant also offers dishes of melon seeds. Birthdays, weddings, people still hang seeds

Watermelon seeds are a nutrient-rich foods and very useful for people with hepatitis, dyslipidemia ... Eating seeds often help improve memory and brain function, neurological, resilient power of brain cell activity. watermelon seeds contain nutrients such as protid glucid, lipids, vitamins B1, B2, E, PP, calcium, iron, zinc, phosphorus, selenium ... In particular, the seeds protid protein is indispensable for nerve, muscle, blood services, organs, bones and joints. Quality glucid the seeds are the main ingredient composition of cells and nerves.

According to Oriental medicine, the sweet melon seeds, roasted before the cooler, with the average after roasting, cooling effect, diuretic, hypotensive, enhanced vitality. If treatment is used for better boiled seeds roasted melon seeds. Traditional medicine that lung cooling melon seeds, tan talks, conditioning the digestive system. The cough due to lung heat, talks a lot, poor diet should be used. There are studies that seeds stabilizing effect liver enzymes and serum lipids are useful for people with hepatitis and those with dyslipidemia (high cholesterol), helps prevent atherosclerosis. Studies also showed that seeds help enhance memory, improve brain function, neurological, rapid rehabilitation of brain cell activity. Fat melon seeds, most are unsaturated fatty acids, will help in the prevention of arteriosclerosis, coronary artery disease, high blood fat control ...