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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://www.nerve.com/CS/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Scanner : watermelon</title><link>http://www.nerve.com/CS/blogs/scanner/archive/tags/watermelon/default.aspx</link><description>Tags: watermelon</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2007.1 (Build: 20910.1126)</generator><item><title>Boners On Sale: $0.49/lb</title><link>http://www.nerve.com/CS/blogs/scanner/archive/2008/07/01/watermelon-works-like-viagra.aspx</link><pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 19:19:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">bd485f5c-a45b-491f-8e52-c79e7f680fc3:106007</guid><dc:creator>Kelly Deerson</dc:creator><slash:comments>1</slash:comments><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://www.nerve.com/CS/blogs/scanner/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=106007</wfw:commentRss><comments>http://www.nerve.com/CS/blogs/scanner/archive/2008/07/01/watermelon-works-like-viagra.aspx#comments</comments><description>&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;img src="http://www.elcivics.com/watermelon_eating_contest.jpg" alt="" border="0" height="245" width="370" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Scientists at Texas A&amp;amp;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.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dr. Bhimu Patil states that:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;"&gt; 
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;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.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;With the Fourth of July right around the corner, we’re sure that watermelon consumption will be at its peak.&lt;span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;Looks like that’s not the &lt;i&gt;only&lt;/i&gt; thing that&amp;#39;s gonna&amp;nbsp;be peaking this weekend.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;via &lt;a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080630165707.htm" class=""&gt;Science Daily&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.nerve.com/CS/aggbug.aspx?PostID=106007" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://www.nerve.com/CS/blogs/scanner/archive/tags/viagra/default.aspx">viagra</category><category domain="http://www.nerve.com/CS/blogs/scanner/archive/tags/science/default.aspx">science</category><category domain="http://www.nerve.com/CS/blogs/scanner/archive/tags/boners/default.aspx">boners</category><category domain="http://www.nerve.com/CS/blogs/scanner/archive/tags/watermelon/default.aspx">watermelon</category></item></channel></rss>