Post Date December, 02 2023
I believe everyone knows that watermelon can relieve various thirst behaviors caused by hot summer days, but it is still the first time that watermelon contains the ingredient of "Viagra". Recently, the magical efficacy of watermelon has been widely circulated on Weibo.
The most eye-catching thing is that research in the United States has found that watermelon contains a substance called citrulline, which has a similar effect to Viagra and can treat male impotence. Eating three watermelons or drinking six cups of watermelon juice is equivalent to eating one Viagra. Does watermelon really have this magical effect?
Introducing Watermelon
Watermelon (scientific name: Citrulluslanatus, English: Watermelon), belonging to the gourd family, is native to Africa. Watermelon is a dicotyledonous flowering plant, shaped like a vine and with feathered leaves. The fruit it produces is a gourd fruit, a succulent fruit unique to gourds in the gourd family. It is a pseudofruit developed from the lower ovary of three carpels with lateral membrane placentas.
The main edible part of watermelon is the developed placenta. The outer skin of the fruit is smooth, green or yellow with patterns, and the juicy flesh is red or yellow (rarely white).
Watermelon and Viagra Relationship
Among all fruits and melons, watermelon is the most abundant in juice, with a water content of over 96%. Watermelon juice is rich in malic acid, glutamic acid, arginine, glucose, fructose, goji alkaloid, carotene, vitamins A, B, C, protein and minerals such as calcium, phosphorus, and iron. These components are beneficial to human health and are easily absorbed.
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that watermelon has a sweet and cold taste, and has the function of clearing heat, relieving heat, diuresis, and relieving restlessness. Interestingly, American scientists have found through research that watermelon can also replace Viagra. People with sexual dysfunction may as well eat more watermelons. It turns out that watermelon contains a large amount of citrulline. Pharmacologists believe that this natural amino acid has pharmacological effects similar to Viagra (chemical name is sildenafil citrate).
After entering the human body, citrulline can also increase the amount of blood flowing into the penile sponge and promote the release of nitric oxide in the blood vessels. However, although Viagra works quickly, it can have certain side effects on the human body, while "natural Viagra" works slower, but has no side effects. However, it takes three watermelons to achieve the effectiveness of taking one Viagra pill.
Component Transformation of Watermelon
Sex experts have explained that in recent years, there has been more research on watermelon abroad. Watermelon contains a component called "citrulline", which enters the human body and is converted into arginine through specific enzymes. Arginine can promote the formation of nitric oxide in the blood.
In theory, an increase in the concentration of nitric oxide in the blood can alleviate vascular pressure, thereby improving the symptoms of erectile dysfunction.
The large amount of citrulline in watermelon has pharmacological effects similar to those of "Viagra". Eating more watermelons is beneficial for men, but male friends with poor gastrointestinal health should exercise restraint because watermelons are a cold food, and eating too much can have a certain impact on the gastrointestinal system.
The Influence of Watermelon
Sex experts also introduced that in 2011, there were literature reports abroad that when purified citrulline was administered to patients with mild erectile dysfunction, half of them reported improvement in symptoms, but the effect was not very ideal, and it took a long time, unlike Viagra, which had a quick effect.
So currently, in the academic community, more research is focused on the adjuvant therapeutic effect of citrulline on cardiovascular diseases, but there is still significant controversy over its therapeutic effect on erectile dysfunction. And even if citrulline does help with erectile dysfunction, it is difficult to achieve the effect solely by eating watermelons, as the daily consumption of watermelons may be quite large.
Even with such a large stomach, watermelons belong to the category of "raw and cold food". Eating too much can damage the spleen and stomach, leading to poor appetite, indigestion, and decreased gastrointestinal resistance, leading to bloating and diarrhea.
He believes that watermelon is rich in multiple vitamins and is a good seasonal fruit in summer. However, do not place too high expectations on the efficacy of watermelon in treating impotence, otherwise eating too much at once can damage the stomach and not pay off.
