Can you eat bitter grapefruit?

People always feel that grapefruit tastes bitter, so they think it has gone bad. In fact, there are various types of grapefruit. Some grapefruits do taste bitter, but they are safe to eat and will not cause any harm to your body. Some grapefruits taste sour when eaten, which is also a very common taste. They will only taste sweet when they are fully ripe.

Nutritional function

The ripe fruit of the Rutaceae tree plant pomelo and its varieties such as pomelo, pomelo tangerine, pomelo shatian and pomelo pingshan. Also known as pomelo, pot pomelo, stinky orange, and fragrant luan. Pomelo is distributed in East China, Guangdong, Guangxi, Sichuan, Shaanxi, Taiwan and other places. Harvest in autumn, peel off the skin, and use the pulp fresh.

[Properties] Sweet, sour, and cool in nature. It can produce body fluids and quench thirst, aid digestion and harmonize the stomach.

[Reference] Contains glucose, sucrose, fructose, protein, fat, vitamin C, citric acid, calcium, phosphorus and other ingredients.

Fresh juice contains insulin-like components that can lower blood sugar.

[Use] Used for stomach yin disharmony, thirst and irritability, or excessive drinking; indigestion, reduced food intake, or stomach qi disharmony, nausea and vomiting.

[Usage] Peel off the pulp and eat it, or squeeze out the juice to drink.

Eating reminder: The average person should not consume more than 200 grams per day, and one large clove is enough. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that grapefruit is cold in nature, so people with weak constitution should not eat too much. [8]

Beauty Benefits

Grapefruit is very rich in protein, organic acids, vitamins, and essential elements for the human body, such as calcium, phosphorus, magnesium, and sodium, which is difficult to match by other fruits and has a good effect on improving acne-prone skin.

The flesh and skin of grapefruit also contain considerable amounts of vitamins, minerals and cellulose. The flavonoids contained in the grapefruit peel have obvious anti-inflammatory effects and have a specific regulating effect on inflammatory acne.

Grapefruit tea is rich in fiber and vitamin C. Drinking grapefruit tea regularly can regulate flatulence, aid digestion, improve constipation, break down fat, and also beautify and whiten the skin. It has an eliminating effect on acne caused by constipation and accumulation of intestinal toxins. [9]

The vitamin P contained in grapefruit can strengthen the function of skin capillaries and speed up the recovery of injured skin tissue. Moreover, grapefruit contains very low calories. Its functions of weight loss and skin beautification are extremely in line with the principle of "natural beauty" for women. It is the most suitable fruit for women in autumn.