Watermelon Cancer Risk: As soon as the summer season starts, watermelon comes out in the markets. Its redness, sweetness and cool taste attracts everyone towards them. People eat it with great fervor to get relief from heat and keep the body hydrated. But have you ever thought that the watermelon you are eating for health can also be fatal for your health?

Actually, artificial colors and chemicals are being used to cook some watermelons found in the market nowadays or to make them look more red and succulent. The dangerous chemical used in these can lead to a serious disease like cancer by going to your body by going to your body. In such a situation, it is important that you keep some special things in mind while buying watermelon.

Watermelons are being cooked with chemical

Many vendors are selling raw watermelon with chemical and selling raw watermelons in the race to earn early profits in the market. These chemical watermelons look red from outside and more succulent from inside, while it does not even cook completely from inside. Experts say that "The elements used in these colors go into the body and damage the cells, which increases the risk of cancer."

How to identify fake watermelon?

There are some signs when buying watermelon that can tell you whether it has chemical or not:

1. If the color of watermelon is very bright red, then become alert.

2. If you take color or light stickyness from it, then understand that there is adulteration.

3. Do not buy it if the surface of the chopped watermelon is shining too much or is unnaturally red.

4. For domestic tests, put a piece of water in water, if the water turns red then it is a fake color.

Side effects on health

Eating chemical ripe and dyed watermelon can cause not only cancer, but also many other diseases:

• Stomach ache and vomiting

• Lack of liver and kidney damage

• Skin allergy and food poisoning

• Lower immunity in children

How to buy the right watermelon?

• Always buy full watermelon, avoid buying already chopped watermelons.

• If the stem of watermelon is dry and yellow, it is naturally cooked.

• If the sound of dunge on patting comes, then understand that it is cooked and fresh.

• Take watermelons from reliable vendors, avoid the fruit kept in the open on the roads.

Check at home

1. Put a small piece of watermelon in a cup of water.

2. If the color of the water changes, then color has been added to it.

3. If you feel a burning sensation in the mouth or a sore throat after eating watermelon.

Disclaimer: This article is based on media reports, JBT does not confirm it.