Watermelon is incredibly healthy!
Vitamin B6 is found in watermelon which helps your immune system produce antibodies to fight disease. Also found in watermelon are Vitamin A important for eye health—it helps you see in dim light, Vitamin C bolsters your immune system and heals wounds, and Lycopene for hearth health.
Watermelon is planted in spring and takes 120 days to grow fully. Every part of the watermelon is edible. Today’s watermelon was grown in Lancaster County Pennsylvania.
One cup of watermelon has 46 calories and has the most nutrition per calorie than many common foods.
Our healthy snack is provided by Bause Catered Events in Pottstown with the help of a grant from the Pottstown Area Health and Wellness Foundation.