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SPORT-FIT
STAYING FIT FOR LIFE
Eat & Drink to a healthier Fit Body:
By: Cynthia Sass
Fitness Foods to Help You Get in Shape
Faster
Watermelon to reduce muscle soreness:
Recently, Spanish sports medicine scientists
discovered that watermelon juice helped relieve
muscle soreness when about 16 ounces were
consumed an hour before exercise. The effect is likely
due to citrulline, a natural substance found in
watermelon that's been tied to improved artery
function and lowered blood pressure (it's even been
dubbed "nature’s Viagra"). I'm starting to see bottled
watermelon juice popping up all over the place. And
when you eat it fresh, be sure to bite into the white
rind a bit—that's where citrulline is found in higher
concentrations.
