Watermelon Salad

This week’s episode focuses on hydration. Here is a quick list of why hydration is important:

• Regulates body temperature

• Keeps joints lubricated

• Prevents infections

• Delivers nutrients to cells

• Keeps organs functioning properly

• Improves sleep quality, cognition, and mood

• Restores fluids lost through metabolism, breathing, sweating, and the removal of wastes

• Helps the heart pump blood more easily though the blood vessels to muscles

• Improves the immune system

High Water Content Foods

• Watermelon

• Strawberries

• Cantaloupe

• Peaches

• Oranges

• Cucumber

• Lettuce

• Zucchini

• Celery

• Tomatoes

• Bell peppers

• Grapefruit

• Cauliflower

• Cabbage

• Coconut water

Watermelon Salad

Ingredients:

2 cups 1-inch cubed watermelon 

1/2 jalapeño, minced

4 mint leaves, shredded

1 lime, juiced

Directions:

Combine watermelon, jalapeño, mint, and lime juice together in a bowl.