By Jackeline Soto
With summer heat approaching it’s often best to look for foods that help us continue to be hydrated. Foods that have a high water content are often high in vitamins that keep up healthy!
Hydrating Food: Cucumbers
Water Content: 96%
Benefits:
- Helps healthy weight loss
- Helps prevent cancer
- Helps aid heartburn
- Vitamins A, B, & C
- Helps stabilize blood pressure
Hydrating Food: Watermelon
Water Content: 92%
Benefits:
- Vitamins A, B6, & C
- Antioxidants (lycopene)
- Helps relieve muscle soreness
- Helps decease stroke occurrences
- Helps prevent cancer
Hydrating Food: Bell Peppers
Water Content: 94%
Benefits:
- High in vitamin C
- Anti-inflammatory
- Helps prevent cancer
- Antioxidants
- Helps reduce bad cholesterol
Hydrating Food: Pears
Water Content: 84%
Benefits:
- Excellent source of fiber
- Vitamin C
- Helps prevent cancer
- Lowers the risk of Type 2 Diabetes
- Anti-Inflammatory
- Antioxidants
- Hypoallergenic
Hydrating Food: Lettuce
Water Content: 96%
Benefits:
Hydrating Food: Pineapple
Water Content: 87%
Benefits:
- Helps strengthen bones
- Promotes eye health
- Helps prevent eye degeneration
- Anti-Inflammatory
- Helps digestion
- Helps prevent blood clots
Hydrating Food: Carrots
Water Content: 87 %
Benefits:
- High in Vitamin A, C, K, & B8
- High in potassium, iron, copper, and manganese
- Helps prevent cancer
- Anti-aging
- Helps promote beautiful and healthy skin
Hydrating Food: Celery
Water Content: 95%
Benefits:
- Helps digestion
- Vitamins K, A, & C
- Anti-Inflammatory
- Helps stress relief
- Aid weight loss
- Prevents cancer
- Lowers blood pressure
Hydrating Food: Zucchini
Water Content: 95%
Benefits:
- Good source of manganese, potassium, and copper
- Helps digestion
- Vitamin C & A
- Promotes eye health
- Reduces the risk of asthma
- Helps prevent cancer
Hydrating Food: Tomato
Water Content: 94%
Benefits:
- Helps promote eye health
- Helps prevent diabetes
- Helps prevent heart disease
- Helps prevent caner
- High in Vitamin C
- Antioxidants
- Helps reduce the risk of depression
So there you have it a wonderful list of high in water content foods that have amazing health benefits and hydrate you. IT’S THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS.
So go ahead and let us know which is your favorite fruit or vegetable on the list! Or whenever you’re eating or cooking certain vegetables don’t forget to tweet @leanercreamer, comment below, or tag @leanercreamer on Instagram!
