Very interesting...I didn't know that.
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 scientists now say the juicy summer fruit is most nutritious when stored and served at room temperature.
Reporting in the Aug. 9 issue of the Journal of Agriculture and Food Chemistry, the researchers based their premise on a tally that compared the levels of key antioxidants in whole watermelons that were either refrigerated or stored at room temperature for two weeks.