Food Fad of the Week: Watermelon is the New Viagra after Red Wine as Heart Medicine

Way back then there was a drumbeat of reports on the health benefits of drinking red wine, now comes Watermelon as the new Viagra.

Tim Dowling offers his take on Watermelons and Male Plumbing in The Guardian.

It all started he says with a report by Dr Bhimu Patil, director of Texas A&M University's Fruit and Vegetable Improvement Center stating that watermelon contains a phyto-nutrient called citrulline.

Science Daily gives us all the details in Watermelon May Have Viagra-effect (July 1st).

If you don't believe the hype yet don't like to waste food, make a delicious watermelon rind chutney with balsamic vinegar and brown sugar, perfect with roasted garlic (if you want to keep the vampires away).

As for the health benefits of wine, Drink red wine for a better life – but not a longer one reports Steve Connor, Science Editor for The Independent UK (July 4th) based on a study from Rafael de Cabo (and others) at the US National Institute of Ageing titled Resveratrol Delays Age-Related Deterioration and Mimics Transcriptional Aspects of Dietary Restriction without Extending Life Span..published by Cell Metabolism, (yes there is such a magazine) in June 2006.

I hope I did not give you an indigestion of Science.

What would the food or drink remedy for that be? I don't know.

Any suggestions!

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