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  • From: tanis grif <tanisgrif@yahoo.com>
  • To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Watermelons Are Healthier When Served Warm(warning)
  • Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2006 18:04:33 -0700 (PDT)

Please note the health warning. I heard somewhere that cut melons are pretty
good
bacteria growers.



--- "Brungardt, Sam" <> wrote:

> Watermelons Are Healthier When Served Warm
> 07.31.06, 12:00 AM ET
> MONDAY, July 31 (HealthDay News) -- For many Americans, nothing is
> better on a hot day than biting into an ice-cold slice of watermelon....
>
> "But we don't want people to think they can take cut watermelon and just
> leave it out in room temperature, because that's a safety issue,"
> cautioned Perkins-Veazie.
> "If it's cut, you want to leave it in the fridge," she advised. "If it's
> uncut, it's perfectly alright to leave it on the counter for a day or
> two, and if you like cold watermelon -- which a lot of people do -- it's
> perfectly alright to put it in the fridge to let it cool down a little
> before eating it."
> Lona Sandon, an assistant professor of clinical nutrition at the
> University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, agreed that
> food safety takes precedence over antioxidant concerns.
> "But you can leave certain fruits sitting out," she added. "If you're
> not going to eat it right away, they don't have to be taking up space in
> your fridge. In fact, there are several fruits that ripen better when
> left out -- peaches, bananas -- that not only end up having better
> nutrient quality but also perhaps better taste."
> Connie Diekman, director of nutrition at Washington University in St.
> Louis, did not think the study considered all the nutritional factors
> related to the temperature issue.
> "I could not find where they looked at some of the water-soluble
> nutrients in the melon which we know are very sensitive to light and
> air," Diekman said. "So, I would be curious to know if there were
> changes to any of those on a negative side that might have offset this
> positive."
>
>

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