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)...