Yes and no. I wouldn't recommend it for somebody who CAN eat beans, but it's actually pretty good per calorie.Canastenard wrote: ↑Mon Jan 01, 2018 2:25 pm Are you sure advising watermelon as a lysine source is a good idea?
Since somebody eating watermelon will probably use it to replace other fruit in the diet, it can give the needed boost very easily.
It DOES mean you have to eat a little less of other fruit though. If you replace other foods with it you may end up low in protein.
But looking at the numbers, just 300 calories of watermelon has 25% [fixed, messed up my math or something] of your lysine needs. That's twice as much as wheat per calorie.
If you use concentrated protein sources like seitan, of course that has more lysine because it has so much more protein, but watermelon is pretty respectable and it beats pretty much all grains on a per calorie basis.
By volume maybe, but not per calorie.Canastenard wrote: ↑Mon Jan 01, 2018 2:25 pmEven white rice according to cronometer containst twice as much overall lysine compared to watermelon.
I think it depends on your region.Canastenard wrote: ↑Mon Jan 01, 2018 2:25 pmAnd I'm pretty sure watermelon isn't available in all seasons.