Watermelon
Watermelon is a Yellow food.
Additional Quotes
Specific references to Watermelon throughout Geoff Bond's publications.
Plant foods are an important, even critical, source of water. One of the most important is the bitter-juiced tsama melon, from which our familiar (but sweet) watermelon is descended. Indeed, the San obtain more than 90% of their water needs from plants. This is not typical for our African Pleistocene ancestors, who would have had access to waterholes, ponds, and streams year round. It is fascinating to realize that the human body can survive without free water at all, provided there is access to enough plant food of the right type. ~Deadly Harvest p.15
The watermelon is from tropical Africa and it is just about the only plant food that our Pleistocene ancestors would have recognized. The one we eat today is a sweet-tasting descendant of the bitter-juiced tsama melon, still used by the San as a water source. ~Deadly Harvest p.57
Many fruits, often of tropical origin, are high glycemic. They are not pariahs, but we should not go out of our way to obtain them. If you find a morsel or two in your fruit salad, swallow it down, it won't poison you. But do not consume these regularly or copiously. Examples are watermelon, pineapple, and ripe banana. ~Deadly Harvest p.146