Can Watermelon Really Help With Erections?

When I first heard that you can get better erections just by eating watermelon, I thought it was complete and utter nonsense.

But because I suffered with erectile dysfunction myself for the last two years, I’ve been researching this in detail and I can say for sure that yes, eating watermelon can improve your erections and this is why.

Hey, I’m Phoenix Blake, sex educator, and at the start of the year, I was no longer waking up with my morning wood, but I’m happy to say that I’ve now regained my morning wood. Not only that, but I’m now getting stronger and harder erections than I have in years and a big part of that is due to what’s in watermelon.

See, watermelon contains something called L-citrulline, which is a precursor to nitric oxide.

Now when we get an erection, our blood vessels dilate to allow up to 20 to 40 times more blood into our penis than when it’s flaccid, and in order for that dilation to happen, we need to produce something called nitric oxide, and because our bodies convert L-citrulline into L-arginine and then nitric oxide, consuming more L-citrulline can drastically improve your erections.

In fact, there was a small study with 24 men where they showed just 1.5 grams of L-citrulline per day improved the erection hardness score in 50% of the men, and personally, since starting to take L-citrulline, I’ve noticed that my erections are much easier to get. They feel a lot stronger and more powerful and they tend to stick around for longer as well.

In this study, the consumption of citrulline also allowed for a 68% increase in the sexual frequency of the participants. Who wouldn’t want to be having 68% more sex?

On top of L-citrulline, watermelon also contains lycopene, which can be great for cardiovascular health, and the better your cardiovascular health, the better your erections are going to be.

How Much Watermelon Do You Need To Eat Per Day?

Watermelon contains around one to five grams of L-citrulline per kilogram of watermelon, with one study showing 2.3 grams of L-citrulline per kilogram in the flesh of the watermelon and 3.3 grams of L-citrulline per kilogram in the rind of the watermelon.

So while it’s a bit more bitter, putting some of the white stuff of the watermelon in your smoothies or eating a little bit of it can help to increase your L-citrulline.

This means you need to eat roughly 650 grams of watermelon per day in order to get the same amount of L-citrulline that the men in the study were getting. That’s about two to three servings of watermelon. It’s quite a lot of watermelon.

However, if you were to eat yellow watermelon, that actually contains four times the amount of L-citrulline compared to red watermelon, and so you would only need one serving or one slice.

Now, personally, eating 650 grams of watermelon per day is too much for me and it’s too much sugar and would probably give me the runs. So instead, I actually take L-citrulline supplements.

You can get L-citrulline supplements in powder or capsule form and it’s also in a lot of pre-workout mixes as well, in dosages of up to about six grams, or four times what was used in the study.

I found L-citrulline to be one of the best supplements when it comes to improving my own erections, but you can also get access to the full list of supplements that I take that help me regain my morning wood and get harder erections than I have in years.

I provide the details on the reasons why I take them and I regularly update that list as things change.

How Long Will It Take To See Results?

Unfortunately, there’s no real data on how long it takes to work. On the study that was done, the men took the L-citrulline for a full month, but there were no details on when they started to see the benefit.

However, personally, I noticed when I start taking L-citrulline or eating more watermelon, I see the difference in a matter of days and sometimes I’ll even take L-citrulline 45 minutes to a couple of hours before sexual activity to give me a bit of a boost if I feel like I need it.

So you should see results from watermelon pretty quickly, and while consuming L-citrulline is one way to boost your nitric oxide levels to boost your erections, there’s actually another way and that’s to eat foods rich in nitrate.

So go ahead and check out this video on the best nitrate-rich foods.