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Grapefruit is a popular fruit that is grown everywhere, in grapefruit there are many types of nutrients, bringing many good effects to health. Do you know the health benefits of grapefruit? The article below will provide you with all the information.
In Vietnam, pomelos are often grown in rural areas, the most famous ones being Dien pomelo in Hanoi, Doan Hung pomelo – Phu Tho, Nam Roi pomelo, Tan Trieu pomelo in Bien Hoa and Ben Tre green-skinned pomelo. Regardless of the variety, the effect of grapefruit in different types is not much different.
Normally, each year, pomelo trees produce one crop. Grapefruit season lasts from the beginning of October of the lunar calendar until the end of the Lunar New Year.
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1. What is a grapefruit?
Grapefruit is a citrus fruit, usually dark green or light green to yellow when ripe. When sliced, inside the pomelo pulp there are segments (usually 12-15 depending on the size of the fruit) including countless succulent shrimp (somewhere called shrimp) surrounded by a thick membrane. Grapefruit pulp is usually white, light yellow or pink depending on the type of grapefruit.
Grapefruit has a delicious taste, suitable for many people’s taste, usually sweet or sour, sometimes with grapefruit with a slightly bitter taste. Grapefruit has many sizes depending on the variety. Like Dien pomelo has only a diameter of 15 cm, while and many types of pomelo, Thai pomelo has a diameter of about 18, even 20 cm.
2. Effects of grapefruit
2.1. Supplement nutrients, strengthen the body’s resistance
When studying grapefruit, scientists found many different vitamins and minerals, all of which are very good for health and help strengthen the immune system.
Compared to other types of citrus trees, grapefruit is the fruit with the highest vitamin C content. This substance has antioxidant properties, helping the cells in the body to be protected from the damage of viruses or bacteria. Therefore, regularly eating grapefruit will give you a better immune system, more resilient resistance.
Grapefruit is a fruit with many nutrients that are good for the body
Vitamin A in grapefruit helps protect the body against inflammation. In addition, grapefruit also helps provide a small amount of B vitamins, zinc, copper and iron, which enhances the function of the immune system, avoiding infections.
2.2. Grapefruit has the effect of supporting the treatment of some diseases
In addition to the substances mentioned above, in the composition of grapefruit, there are many other substances with many effects to support the treatment of diseases. Specifically like:
– Grapefruit helps to treat viral diseases: Grapefruit has a sour taste because of a sour-causing property scientifically called “naringin”. Naringin is also a flavonoid. This is a very powerful source of antioxidants. In addition, Flavonoids also have antibacterial, viral and yeast properties, which also help the body fight cancer and effectively fight inflammation. That compound is also very helpful in fighting the flu.
– Grapefruit supports the treatment of malaria: The natural “quinine” in grapefruit is an ingredient that is not easily found in food. This substance supports the treatment of malaria.
Eating grapefruit or drinking grapefruit juice helps patients recover soon after a fever. It helps to soothe the burning sensation when the body reaches a high temperature. Grapefruit juice when mixed with water can quench thirst quickly, helping the body retain water longer.
– Grapefruit reduces diabetes: In some grapefruits will find a very special bitter taste. Few people know that the substance that causes this bitter taste helps the body to be sensitive to insulin, which helps in the treatment of diabetes very well. Therefore, doctors encourage diabetics to eat bitter grapefruit, because they help delay the disease. Bitter grapefruits are usually very low in sugar, so please feel free to use them!
– Grapefruit is good for the digestive system: The high fiber content in grapefruit is very helpful for bowel movements, reducing constipation. If you often have digestive problems, or suffer from constipation, then eat grapefruit, you will see this immediately.
Grapefruit is a food that helps in solving indigestion problems by soothing the heat and irritation that appear in the stomach. Grapefruit also helps improve the circulation of digestive juices – which helps to calm intestinal secretions while regulating the excretory system to work properly.
– Grapefruit is good for the circulatory system: The high amount of potassium in grapefruit promotes blood circulation, regulates blood pressure, and makes the circulatory system work optimally.
– Grapefruit is good for bones: The high potassium content in grapefruit also helps strengthen bones, helping to prevent osteoporosis. Eating grapefruit helps treat osteoarthritis cramps..
– Grapefruit reduces the risk of heart attack, stroke, and protects the brain: A flavanoid in grapefruit has the ability to enhance blood vessel function and reduce inflammation, reduce the risk of stroke, and protect the brain. In particular, peach pomelo (the type of grapefruit with pink grapefruit pulp) is very good for the heart because it contains many antioxidants.
Peach grapefruit is very good for the human cardiovascular system
Grapefruit is good for pregnant women: Grapefruit also has a lot of folic acid (vitamin B11) which is very good for pregnant women.
– Grapefruit helps reduce stress: After drinking grapefruit juice with lemon juice in a ratio of 1:1, it helps to promote energy quickly. This is like a kind of magic water that makes the body fresh, healthy and increases appetite when eating, improves stamina and reduces stress in life.
2.3. The beauty effect of grapefruit
– Helps to lose weight: Grapefruit is considered a natural weight loss fruit. This is a fruit that contains very few calories but is a nutritious, healthy fruit. In a grapefruit, there are more than 15 vitamins and minerals.
Actual studies show that grapefruit is one of the fruits with the lowest calorie content because grapefruit provides a very high amount of fiber, helping to reduce hunger and help avoid overeating. The aroma of grapefruit will reduce the feeling of hunger.
Grapefruit also helps stimulate the production of the hormone cholecystokinin – a hormone that regulates digestive juices and acts as a hunger suppressant. Therefore, when eating grapefruit, our body will reduce cravings for other foods. Therefore, we can add it to our daily menu without fear of gaining weight.
During the study, the scientists also found the enzyme – carnitine palmitoyltransferase in grapefruit. This is an enzyme that helps get rid of fat. For those who need to lose weight and eating a lot of grapefruit will help reduce weight significantly.
Nutritionists suggest the menu for overweight people as follows: Every day, eat half a grapefruit before meals, continuously for 12 weeks or more. This way, you will soon get the desired weight.
– Eating a lot of grapefruit helps to beautify the skin: Grapefruit contains high vitamin C content. This is a powerful antioxidant that helps destroy free radicals, which can fade spots on the skin. Vitamin C plays an important role in collagen formation, enhances the function of pores in the skin, helps to heal wounds on the skin, and helps skin smooth. Eating grapefruit regularly will make your skin smooth and shiny.
In addition, it is not only the nutrition from grapefruit that brings benefits. According to folk remedies, grapefruit peel is also used to treat indigestion and abdominal pain. Not only that, but also extracting pectin as hemostatic medicine from grapefruit seed peel. Grapefruit seed charcoal powder can be used as a remedy for the common headache in young children.
Grapefruit has the effect of keeping the shape and beautifying the skin
3.Who should not eat grapefruit?
It is best not to eat grapefruit or drink grapefruit juice while taking one of the following medicines, especially the elderly, while taking one of the following medicines.
– People with leprosy: Grapefruit often has a sour taste that causes sputum accumulation. People who have a cough and a lot of phlegm should not eat grapefruit
– People with digestive tract diseases Grapefruit is cold, if people are having diarrhea or are prone to cold stomach, eating grapefruit will make these symptoms even more severe.
– Patients with high blood lipids, if taking slimming drugs, eat grapefruit or drink grapefruit juice may experience muscle pain, and symptoms related to kidney disease.
– If eating grapefruit or drinking grapefruit juice at the same time as taking anti-allergy medicine can cause many different symptoms. In the mild form, the patient will feel headache, more severe will make the heart beat, arrhythmia … serious can cause sudden death.
People who are drinking beverages containing caffeine, calcium antagonists, cisapride, cyclosporine solution, … should not eat grapefruit, because the substances in grapefruit will together with these ingredients cause side effects when used. used together within 24 hours.
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It can also be dangerous to eat or drink grapefruit juice a few hours before or after you take your medicine. Therefore, it is best not to eat grapefruit while using these drugs.
There are gifts with many effects in grapefruit! Therefore, we should add grapefruit to our daily diet to get supple health, slim body and strong skin.
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