"Watermelons stored at room temperature deliver more nutrients than refrigerated or freshly picked melons, they reported in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry.Why?Penelope Perkins-Veazie and Julie Collins of the USDA's South Central Agricultural Research Laboratory in Lane, Oklahoma, looked specifically at carotenoids -- antioxidants that can counter the damage caused by sun, chemicals and day-to-day living."
"They said their findings showed that watermelons continue to produce these nutrients after they are picked and that chilling slows this process."
Which suggests that cooling them at the last minute is still ok. Stay tuned!
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