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The next time you want to get hot and horny, serve watermelon.  Just don’t forget to eat the rind.

Although watermelon is more commonly served at summertime picnics than romantic dinners, that’s all about to change.

The humble watermelon is revealing itself to be a powerhouse of essential nutrients, including lycopene, beta carotene, and citrulline.

Citrulline is a phyto-nutrient that produces the same effect as Viagra on blood vessels, relaxing them and encouraging blood to flow.

Dr. Bhimu Patil at Texas A&M’s Fruit and Vegetable Improvement Center is leading the research into watermelon’s health-boosting properties.  He explains how citrulline works.

Citrulline is converted to the amino acid arginine in the body.  One of the many beneficial effects of arginine – in addition to helping maintain a healthy heart and immune system – is to boost nitric oxide levels.  Nitric oxide helps to increase blood flow by relaxing blood vessels.

You could get the same effect caused by taking a dose of Viagra, but considering that watermelon is safer, cheaper, and more easily available, why would you?

Just make sure that you don’t throw away the rind.  The rind contains a higher concentration of citrulline than the flesh.