Athletes have known this for a while-but now it’s been proven: drinking watermelon juice before a strenuous work-out can help relieve muscle soreness.
It’s all down to watermelon’s amino acid, L-citrulline, which has a positive effect on muscles after exercise. Researchers tested out three types of watermelon juice, including one without L-citrulline.
The most effective was the natural juice with the amino acid, possibly because the body could more easily absorb it.
(Source: Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 2013; 61:: 7522).
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