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    http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060726/us_nm/watermelon_dc

    Ice-cold watermelon less nutritious: study

    1 hour, 45 minutes ago

    That ice-cold watermelon may be refreshing, but it can be less nutritious than watermelon served at room temperature, U.S. Department of Agriculture scientists reported on Wednesday.

    Watermelons stored at room temperature deliver more nutrients than refrigerated or freshly picked melons, they reported in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry.

    Penelope Perkins-Veazie and Julie Collins of the USDA's South Central Agricultural Research Laboratory in Lane, Oklahoma looked specifically at carotenoids -- antioxidants that can counter the damage caused by sun, chemicals and day-to-day living.

    Watermelon is rich in lycopene, an antioxidant that makes watermelons and tomatoes red and may help prevent heart disease and some cancers.

    Perkins-Veazie and Collins tested several popular varieties of watermelon stored for 14 days at 70 F (21 C), 55 F (13 C) and 41 F (5 C).

    Whole watermelons stored at 70 degrees Fahrenheit, which is about room temperature in air-conditioned buildings, had substantially more nutrients, they reported.

    Compared to freshly picked fruit, watermelon stored at 70 F gained up to 40 percent more lycopene and 50 percent to 139 percent extra beta-carotene, which the body converts to vitamin

    A.

    "All watermelons used in our study had been selected by commercial growers as fully ripe when harvested," the researchers wrote.

    They said their findings showed watermelons continue to produce these nutrients after they are picked and that chilling slows this process.

    "The usual shelf life for watermelons is 14 to 21 days at 13 degrees Celsius (55 F) after harvest," the researchers wrote.

    At refrigerated temperatures, like 41 F (5 C), watermelon starts to decay and develop lesions after a week, they noted.
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  • #2
    Damn, that was a little unexpected.

    I've got some freshly sliced watermelon in the fridge right now. Letting it get nice and chilly and I'm going to munch hard. Nuts to nutrients.

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    • #3
      LMAO... who eats watermelon for it's "nutritional value" ?

      When I eat it... I eat it because it's damn good !!! Who's with me !!

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      • #4
        Originally posted by pu12en12g
        LMAO... who eats watermelon for it's "nutritional value" ?

        When I eat it... I eat it because it's damn good !!! Who's with me !!
        hell yeah!!

        I thought of a way around it... can you get room temperature watermelon... and whizz it in the blender with ice and other fruit.. fruit shake!! and drink it all before its nutrients supposedly get destroyed...?? Mmmmm watermelon

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        • #5
          Originally posted by asianbabe
          I thought of a way around it...
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          • #6
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            • #7
              Originally posted by pu12en12g
              LMAO... who eats watermelon for it's "nutritional value" ?

              When I eat it... I eat it because it's damn good !!! Who's with me !!
              yeah I agree with that. just thought it was interesting.
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