How to eat South African grapefruit

The taste of grapefruit grown in each region is different, which makes grapefruit a synonym for every region. In South Africa, there is more sunlight, so the grapefruits grown there taste sweeter. Grapefruit grown in South Africa, in particular, is popular among the Chinese people. However, many people still have doubts about how to eat South African grapefruit.

How to eat red grapefruit

Red grapefruit orange drink

Ingredients: 1 red grapefruit, 1/2 orange, 150 ml amino acid drink, appropriate amount of crushed ice.

Preparation method:

1. Wash the red grapefruit and orange separately, cut into small pieces, peel and core them, and take out the pulp for later use.

2. Put red grapefruit and orange into a juicer, add amino acid drink and crushed ice and blend evenly. Pour into a cup.

Red Grapefruit Salad

Ingredients: red grapefruit, celery, cheese cubes, red grapefruit, honey

Preparation method:

1. Cut the red grapefruit into two halves, scoop out the flesh with a fruit knife, and then use a spoon to scoop out all the petals to form a hollow peel.

2. Tear off the thick celery strips and cut the cheese into small pieces. Make a salad with the grapefruit and serve it in the shell. Wrap it with plastic wrap and refrigerate.

3. Mix grapefruit juice and honey and pour it on the salad when eating.

The therapeutic effect of red grapefruit

When the human body consumes too much high-fat, high-calorie food, it will have overnutrition and increased blood lipids. A large amount of lipids, especially low-density lipoproteins, will adhere to the inner walls of the arteries, causing arteriosclerosis and insufficient blood supply to important organs such as the heart, brain, and kidneys, causing heart disease or brain and kidney diseases. Grapefruit is rich in pectin, which can lower the content of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, reduce damage to arterial blood vessel walls, maintain blood vessel function, and prevent heart disease.

Patients with hypertension often take antihypertensive drugs to eliminate excess sodium from the body and maintain normal biochemical metabolic balance, but at the same time they often cause the loss of essential potassium in the body. Potassium is very important for maintaining the functions of the heart, blood vessels and kidneys. Grapefruit is one of the few fruits that is rich in potassium and contains almost no sodium. Therefore, it is the best therapeutic fruit for patients with high blood pressure, heart disease and kidney disease. Grapefruit contains many vitamins, especially vitamin C. Therefore, eating grapefruit regularly is beneficial to patients with cardiovascular disease and obesity. Grapefruit contains many vitamins, especially vitamin C. Therefore, eating grapefruit regularly is beneficial to patients with cardiovascular disease and obesity.

Grapefruit also contains natural folic acid. Folic acid is not only very important for early pregnancy, but is also essential throughout pregnancy. As the fetus's body tissues grow rapidly during pregnancy, pregnant women need a lot of folic acid to meet the needs of the fetus. Folic acid deficiency will not only increase the incidence of pregnancy-induced hypertension and placental abruption, but also cause pregnant women to suffer from megaloblastic anemia, intrauterine growth retardation of the fetus, premature birth and low birth weight of the newborn. Therefore, grapefruit is also the fruit of choice for pregnant women.

Precautions for eating grapefruit

Many patients need to be special careful while taking medication, because grapefruit and many drugs are mortal enemies, such as antihypertensive drugs and lipid-lowering drugs. If grapefruit is eaten while taking lipid-lowering drugs such as atorvastatin, lovastatin, and simvastatin, the patient's likelihood of muscle pain and rhabdomyolysis will increase. Grapefruit can also absorb contraceptives. If you eat grapefruit while taking contraceptives, it is likely to lead to contraceptive failure, so everyone should be extra careful. Therefore, it is recommended that you avoid eating grapefruit or drinking grapefruit juice 3 days before taking the medicine and within 6 hours after taking the medicine. It is also best not to eat citrus fruits. Of course, even ordinary people should not eat too much grapefruit, because grapefruit is a cold food. Eating too much may cause symptoms such as diarrhea and abdominal pain. Just stop eating in moderation.