Viva Watermelon!

It looks like watermelon may have some libido-enhancing ingredient for men in it, according to this, which I'm still trying to read (scientific lingo makes me sleepy.)

How it is they didn't already know this stuff, that would be a question to wonder about. Or is it like eggs, one year they're good for you and the next year they're not? A year from now, what, are we going to hear that watermelon sterilizes you?

Anyway, whatever may happen in the future, right now, today, watermelon is right up there with Viagra as a thing stimulating sexual performance. That is, if you follow the fine print, and eat enough of it and the right bits.

Here's some of the sleep-inducing scientific lingo: There is the presence of "a precursor called citrulline of arginine, a common natural amino acid, in watermelon. Arginine has a range of physiologic functions in the body and some help maintain sexual health and promote sexual performance." Everybody get that?

This citrulline is also in the rind, in great abundance. But, of course, who eats the rind?

What does this have to do with sexual performance? Citrulline is converted to arginine in the body. Then some other stuff happens, and finally arteries are relaxed, blood flow is eased, and this is an important factor for sexual performance.

As to quantity that needs to be eaten for any positive effect, "According to media reports, six or seven slices of watermelon need to be consumed to have enough citrulline to result in an affect. Plus, the rind needs to be eaten to have the highest intake of citrulline. In reality, the amount of watermelon needed to have an effect is so much that men would be busier in bathroom than bedroom."

So, basically, the Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away.