Watermelon Increases Vascularity
Posted on : 08-11-2008 | By : Torin | In : Food, Workouts
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I was reading through old issues of Muscle & Fitness magazine, and I came across a section about watermelon. Watermelon has an amino acid called arginine, which is found in certain NO products. When arginine is absorbed into the body, you produce an abundant free-form gas in your blood called NO (Nitric Oxide). NO will increase your vascularity, and help transport oxygen through out your body.
When you’re working out, the lactic acid build-up (muscle soreness) will occur when you’re muscles have a lack of oxygen. When you have an abundant source of NO in your blood stream, you will be able to transport more oxygen to your muscle tissues, leading to a better muscular endurance in the gym, or whatever you’re doing.
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