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3 Day WaterMelon Kleanze
3 Day Watermelon (with seeds) Kleanze


Why do a watermelon kleanze?

Because this is one of the foods that grow in our area that can provide a kleanzing effect for us and we enjoy !


My Tips from growing & choosing a “good melon”.

1. Pick up the melon, it should be heavier than it looks…it should make you go, “Whoa!” That means its’ full of water & juicy.

2. The vine should be dried and darkened…if its’ green, its’ picked too early.

3. The opposite end of the vine end, the smooth navel should have a “melon-y” smell.

4. The underside of the melon should be lighter, preferably yellow, this is the side of the melon, that sat on the ground. (Cantaloupes have a slightly brown or flat side.

5. The melon should have seeds…this is a natural part of watermelon and it has therapeutic aspects, (I swallow them..)

6. Make sure that you wash the outside of the melon before you cut it, so as to not slice into the melon, the bacteria that is on the external skin…

Watermelon Salad

Wash & core your melon, wash & dry your Romaine, Spinach, green onions, cilantro & iceberg lettuce… Wash up cucumbers & slice them in circles…Also, wash & cut green onions, & cilantro. Slice up an avocado & watermelon. Place them on the salad plate awaiting the tossed salad. Toss the salad greens, cilantro, green onions & cucumbers with olive oil…. Serve…delicious during the evening meal during the 3 Day Watermelon Kleanze or anytime!
3 Day Watermelon Kleanze (with seeds)

The Herb Lady’s
3 Day Watermelon Kleanze with Seeds

Great for weekends in June, July, August

(we don’t eat watermelon a week or so after Labor Day, (accounting for Global Warming, its’ out of season)

The key to an effective kleanze is to eat watermelon just before you get hungry.

If you allow yourself to get hungry, it may not satisfy you.

Be ready to use the bathroom (kidneys) urgently.

Watermelon is a great kleanzing food for the bladder, kidneys, bowels, prostate.

Watermelon is full of EFA’s (essential fatty acids) Omega 3 & Omega 9 fatty acids, which helps to heal the body, skin, and rebuild cells, balance hormones.

Eating the seeds, which you must swallow during this kleanze, helps to effect the colon, the same way that the fiber affects the kidneys. At some point, during the 3 days, you will have an incredible 1st bowel movement. It will continue to move massive amounts of waste from that 1st breakthrough. The bloating feeling that you have will go away and you will feel light. Watermelon seeds also kill worms by cutting them to shreds.

NOTE: If you have a blood sugar imbalance, you need to use the Watermelon Salad throughout the day, as an addition to your regular meal plan or diet, not just watermelon.

Cut your Watermelon 1st thing in the morning and do not plan to refrigerate it. Eat the entire watermelon before the day ends.

Do not buy pre-cut watermelon. It has lost some of its’ potency & it has been refrigerated.

I eat a ¼ to ½ of the watermelon in the morning for breakfast. I’m as full as a tick, and the bathroom trips start about 10 to 15 minutes afterwards.

(The watermelon texture changes after refrigeration and it is sweeter before refrigeration. This is why I prefer to buy them from Farmers’ on the side of the road or Farmers’ markets, they have usually been picked and sold, right away without refrigeration. I think it digests much better at room temperature, without your body having to warm it up, before using it.

I picked two luscious melons (with seeds) this week from Dekalb Farmers Market.

Has more potassium than bananas.

Watermelon has circulatory properties…you can tell from the strong urination pattern that begins so quickly after eating it.

Excellent for men & prostate.
Great for everyone for its’ cancer protection properties.


Here are some watermelon facts........

People have loved watermelon throughout the world for centuries. Egyptians grew watermelons more than 5,000 years ago, decorating wall paintings with watermelon. From Egypt, watermelon's popularity grew as traders began selling seeds along Mediterranean trade routes. By the 10th century, watermelon made its way into China and by the 13th century, the Moors introduced watermelon into southern Europe. European colonists and African slaves are credited with bringing watermelon to North America. President Thomas Jefferson grew watermelons in Virginia and boasted they were sweeter than their counterparts in Paris. During the Civil War, the Confederate Army boiled down watermelon as a source of sugar and molasses. Modern varieties of the watermelon are derived from the native African vine Citrullus lanatus (or C. vulgaris). Cultivated for thousands of years in the Nile Valley, this species still grows wild in the arid interior where it supplies native people with water during drought seasons. Wild watermelons, called citron in Africa, have a spherical, striped fruit, and white, slightly bitter or bland flesh. The pale flesh tastes like the rind of a typical watermelon. The citron is also called "preserving melon" because the fruit rind is used in preserves, jellies and to make pickles or conserves. Because of its high pectin content, it is added to fruit juices to make them jell more rapidly. One plant may produce up to 100 fruits, which are commonly fed to livestock.
A fairly recent development is the seedless watermelon. Most people find the seedless melons to be more convenient, and the melons seem to have a longer shelf life, since there are few or no seeds to serve as loci of deterioration. Seedless watermelons are created by crossbreeding watermelons with different numbers of chromosomes. Standard watermelon cultivars are diploid designated 2X, which means that they have one pair of each chromosome. These are crossed with a tetraploid variety, which has two pairs of each chromosome (4X). Since each parent contributes half of its genetic material to the offspring, the resulting hybrid is a triploid, with a chromosome number of 3X. The seeds from this cross-breeding will germinate and grow into a plant that can bears flowers, but the flowers will not produce viable sperm-bearing pollen or eggs because of the odd number of chromosome sets. Because of this, seeds are not usually formed. Since seedless watermelons are self-infertile, a standard diploid variety is planted along with the seedless variety, so that the flowers can be fertilized. The normal cultivar chosen usually has a different rind color or pattern from the seedless variety, so that the two can be easily differentiated at harvest time. When home gardeners buy a packet of seedless watermelon seeds, they get two kinds of seeds, one for the fertile diploid plant and one for the sterile triploid.

Mark Twain once said that watermelon was "chief of the world's luxuries, king by the grace of God over all the fruits of the earth. When one has tasted it, he knows what the angels eat." United States Department of Agriculture statistics show that Americans ate 17.4 pounds of watermelon per person in 1996. This is the highest consumption level recorded since 1958, when the average American ate 18.2 pounds of watermelon. The top-producing states for 1996, according to the USDA are Texas, Georgia, California, Florida, Arizona, Indiana, North Carolina, Missouri, South Carolina and Oklahoma. Although successful production depends greatly on the proper climatic conditions, honey bees play an important role in watermelon growth. The pollen of many members of the cucurbit family is heavy and sticky, and not transferred from one flower to another very effectively by the wind. Bees are essential for proper pollination to occur. When a seeded variety is close to harvest, the part of the rind touching the ground changes from white to pale yellow. In the U.S., most watermelons are harvested between April and October. All are hand-picked.


FDA standards released in 1996 show that watermelons have become more nutritious than they once were. A two-cup serving has 10 fewer calories and more Vitamin A, fiber, calcium and iron. Watermelon is a good source of lycopene, which, recent medical research suggests, may help protect against certain forms of cancer. At 92% water, watermelon is the perfect treat in hot weather, replenishing body fluids lost in exercise. A survey by the National Watermelon Promotion Board Consumer Market Research conducted in September of 1996 shows that consumers are interested in watermelon's nutritional value and believe watermelons are a healthy alternative to processed snacks for their children. A two-cup serving of watermelon contains 80 calories, two grams of dietary fiber, 25% of the daily value of vitamin C, 20% of the daily value of vitamin A, 25 grams of sugar and 1 gram of protein.

Watermelon May Have Viagra-effect

ScienceDaily (July 1, 2008) — A cold slice of watermelon has long been a Fourth of July holiday staple. But according to recent studies, the juicy fruit may be better suited for Valentine’s Day. That’s because scientists say watermelon has ingredients that deliver Viagra-like effects to the body’s blood vessels and may even increase libido.