Fruit-based Life - Food of the Day

Food Combining

Galia Melon is classed as a Melon Fruit

Melon Fruits combine well with:

Acid Fruits because:

They have similar water content

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Fast Digesting Vegetables because:

Fast Digesting Vegetables combine well with all food groups

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Melon Fruits because:

They are in the same food group

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Loading image: Galia Melon (Cucumis melo var. cantalupensis)

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Water because:
- Water combines well with all food groups

Melon Fruits combine ok with:

Sub-acid Fruits because:

The water content is similar enough for those with good digestion

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Melon Fruits combine poorly with:

Overt Fats because:
- The water content is significantly different
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Slow Digesting Vegetables because:

They take significantly different times to digest

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Sweet Fruits because:

The water content is significantly different

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Nutrition Per 100g
- Water: 90.2%
- Calories:
  - Total: 34 kcal / 142 kJ
  - Absorbable: 34 kcal / 143 kJ
  - Carbohydrate:
    Total: 8.2g
    Dietary Fiber: 0.9g
    Absorbable: 7.3g / 29 kcal / 122 kJ
  - Protein: 0.8g / 3 kcal / 14 kJ
  - Fat: 0.2g / 2 kcal / 7 kJ

Botany
- Domain: Eukaryote Organisms with a membrane-bound cell nucleus
- Kingdom: Plantae Plants
- Phylum: Tracheophyta Vascular Plants
- Class: Magnoliopsida Dicot Flowering Plant
- Clades:
  - Embryophytes Land Plants
    Polysporangiophytes Multiple Sporangia Plants
    Tracheophytes Vascular Plants
    Spermatophytes Seed Plants
    Angiosperms Flowering Plants
    Eudicots Double Embryonic Leaf Plants (True Dicots)
    Core eudicots Flowering Plants Central Lineage
    Superrosids Rosids and Saxifragales
    Rosids Fruit Trees, Vines, Herbs, Shrubs, Allies
    Fabids Bean-like Plants
- Order: Cucurbitales Ground Vine
- Family: Cucurbitaceae Cucurbit
- Genus: Cucumis Twining, tendril-bearing plants (e.g. Cucumber, Melons).
- Species: Cucumis melo var. cantalupensis