In Japan, the "flavor of the month" isn't barbecue, or citrus, or licorice, it's...citrulline.
Sound strange? It's an amino acid found in large amounts in watermelon, and it's being touted as a performance enhancer to the Olympic athletes in Beijing, China. It widens blood vessels, allowing for improved circulation, as well as increasing levels of nitric oxide, as well as breaking down lactic acid, (which, as our readers have gently reminded me, is not the scary substance we once thought it to be).
L-Citrulline has long been available in supplement form, but the Japanese are seeing how far they can market it, putting it into sports drinks, sports bars and even gum.
But mainly, it's just another excuse to eat a huge, juicy slice of watermelon.
via [inventorspot]
Seems like Coca-Cola is coming full circle some 120 years after its invention by druggist John Stith Pemberton. 
Guo-li-zhuang is unique among the restaurants in Beijing and, most likely, the world. It is the first
restaurant in China that specializes in cuisine in which every dish contains one (or more) of the male reproductive
organs of some animal. Though superstitions of virility and fertility have long been attached to the consumption of a
penis from another animal, this restaurant is the first to base its existence around that belief. The clientele,
according to staff, are primarily men eager to experience the promised benefits of the food. 
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