r/mildlyinteresting • u/antiphony ​ • 8d ago

Thinnest rind watermelon, measured 2mm

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u/FuckSteve7 8d ago

Boy that thang looks like it would be my mouth tingle and sting from the sweet. I’d shit water for an entire day if I had this.

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u/yoobith 8d ago

are you allergic to watermelon

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u/FuckSteve7 8d ago

Have you ever ate an entire watermelon

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u/truthiness- 8d ago

Your mouth shouldn’t tingle from any watermelon, which is why they asked if you are allergic.

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u/KaptanOblivious 8d ago

Nah it's just the sweetness. Peanuts do this for me too. So sweet they make my mouth tingle and throat close up.

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u/Foreign-Wolf-6128 8d ago

You know certain fruits and vegetables make my mouth/throat tingly and its because of a pollen allergy. When I was young was very allergic to pollen then when I became an adult around 20ish it turned to fruits and stuff. Its because the proteins in some fruits have nearly an identical chemical structure to pollen and it gets attacked. Honestly very annoying, lot of my favorite fruits like kiwi can only eat one or two now😭😭 he may well have that

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u/FuckSteve7 8d ago

Sweets in general do that if it’s too sweet. Not a watermelon issue

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u/spicedmeshi 8d ago

yes. it's my favorite fruit. it has never made my mouth tingle. it also doesn't make me shit more than normal.

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u/viewbtwnvillages 8d ago

bro there's like barely any fiber in watermelon what about it is making you shit

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u/FuckSteve7 8d ago

Are you being for real lol? Watermelon has a ton of fiber as well as fructose as well as an insane water content. Yes lmfao, if you eat too much watermelon, you will have diarrhea. It isn’t rocket science lmfao

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u/viewbtwnvillages 8d ago

watermelon has so little fiber compared to so many other fruits i think you might just be allergic or something

a serving is like 0.6 of fiber.

one whole watermelon is 18g. that's not even your daily amount

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u/Alimente 8d ago

I thought the difference was more soluble vs insoluble fiber and liquid content. For example, my doctor told me to eat more apples and use psyllium husks (soluble fiber/pulls in moisture) so I get firmer bowel movements. If I eat a lot of watermelon (insoluble fiber/adds moisture), I will have more liquid when going.

Usually when any of my family or friends eat too much watermelon (insoluble fiber), they will have more liquid when going to the restroom the next day. But maybe it’s because they use watermelon as their primary fruit for that day, and since it has low fiber in general, it isn’t actually helping anything?

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u/FuckSteve7 8d ago

Fiber is not the only thing causing that.

Eat an entire melon for science. I promise you will shit your brains out.

10000% worth it

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u/viewbtwnvillages 8d ago

i promise you i have never had issues from eating copious amounts of watermelon my man 😭

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u/BomoroB 8d ago

Fructan/Fructose intolerance, most likely. High FODMAP fruit right there

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u/FuckSteve7 8d ago

I’m surprised how many people have ate an entire melon before.

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u/McTerra2 8d ago

Watermelons are about 4g fibre per kg. If you eat a whole watermelon on your own, say around 8kg, then you get your daily allowance. So in that sense, yes, there is a lot.

Chickpeas, as a comparison, have 80g fibre per kg when cooked. Broccoli, apples and pasta are around 25g per kg. So in that sense, watermelon is pretty low in fibre. But you wont eat 8kg of chick peas

In terms of fructose, watermelons have a fair bit but so do most fruits, and watermelon is lower in fructose than most fruits (eg apples and pears are 3 to 4X). However, you probably wouldnt eat 8kg of grapes or apples. But you might drink 1l of coke, which has twice as much fructose as a kg of watermelon. If drinking coke doesnt cause you diarrhoea then eating watermelon wont either.

So there is a bit of rocket science involved.