Scientists at Texas A&M’s Fruit and Vegetable Improvement Center (sounds like a correctional facility for broccoli, right?) recently discovered that watermelon has ingredients that deliver “Viagra-like effects.”

Dr. Bhimu Patil states that:

In watermelons, [beneficial ingredients] include lycopene, beta carotene and the rising star among its phyto-nutrients – citrulline – whose beneficial functions are now being unraveled. Among them is the ability to relax blood vessels, much like Viagra does.

 

With the Fourth of July right around the corner, we’re sure that watermelon consumption will be at its peak. Looks like that’s not the only thing that's gonna be peaking this weekend.

via Science Daily