“…From previous studies, it was found that L-arginine can reduce heartdisease and pulmonary disease in rats and reverse the progressionof atherosclerosis in rabbits (Sheridan et al, 1998;Hayashi et al 2005). Watermelon is a diuretic and was a homeopathic treatment for kidney patients before dialysis became widespread.Also,it was found that oral L-arginine supplementation decrease brachial Blood pressure via improved endothelial NO productionin adults with prehypertension and hypertension (Palloshi et al,2004, Siani et al,2000, Martina et al,2008) However, in this study the effect of water melon on the pulse rate and blood pressure in healthy individual of Bingham University,Nasarawa state…”