Grapefruit has a high nutritional value, and is rich in protein, organic acids and essential elements such as calcium, phosphorus, magnesium and sodium, which is incomparable to other fruits. The main components of pomelo peel are naringin, neohesperidin, etc. The pomelo core contains fatty oil, cortex phellodendri, cortex phellodendri lactone, etc. Every 100g edible part of grapefruit contains water 84.8g, protein 0.7g, fat 0.6g, carbohydrate 12.2g, heat 57 kcal, crude fiber 0.8g, calcium 4 1 mg, phosphorus 43mg, iron 0.9mg and carotene 0./kloc-0.
Grapefruit meat has the effects of lowering blood sugar, reducing blood fat, losing weight and beautifying skin. If eaten regularly, grapefruit has an auxiliary therapeutic effect on hypertension, diabetes, arteriosclerosis and other diseases, and has the effect of strengthening the body and caring skin for obese people. In addition, grapefruit contains glucocorticoid, a physiologically active substance, which can reduce blood viscosity and reduce the formation of thrombus, so it also has a preventive effect on cerebrovascular diseases.
Citron tea is a healthy drink imported from Korea. Grapefruit tastes sour and cold, and has many functions such as promoting qi circulation, promoting digestion, resolving phlegm, relieving alcoholism and relieving pain. Koreans mix grapefruit and honey to make honey grapefruit tea, which has rich nutrition, unique flavor and good health care effect.
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that grapefruit is sweet and sour, cold in nature, has the effects of regulating qi and resolving phlegm, moistening lung and clearing intestine, enriching blood and strengthening spleen, and is a good fruit for tonifying lung and relieving cough after a cold in winter.
Eating grapefruit is also taboo;
1, grapefruit can't be taken with some drugs. Clinically, it is found that taking one tablet of American lipid-lowering drug with a glass of grapefruit juice is equivalent to taking 12~l5 tablets with a glass of water, which will lead to muscle pain and even kidney disease. Some patients may have dizziness, palpitation, arrhythmia, etc. if they eat grapefruit or drink grapefruit juice during taking the antiallergic drug Terfenadine, and in severe cases, they may die suddenly. Other drugs that have side effects on grapefruit are cyclosporine, caffeine, calcium antagonists and cisapride. Drinking a glass of grapefruit juice will last for 24 hours. Therefore, patients taking medicine, especially the elderly, had better not eat grapefruit or drink grapefruit juice.
2. Women who take birth control pills should avoid eating. A study in the United States shows that grapefruit has the most prominent influence on contraceptives. Experts said, "If a woman who takes birth control pills eats 1 ~ 2 grapefruit after sex, or takes birth control pills directly with a large glass of grapefruit juice, then she may become a mother, because grapefruit hinders women's absorption of birth control pills."
3, grapefruit is cold, people who have diarrhea due to spleen deficiency will have diarrhea, so people who are weak should not eat more.
4. Patients with hypertension do not eat grapefruit. Experts suggest that you should not eat grapefruit or drink grapefruit juice during taking antihypertensive drugs, otherwise there may be serious side effects such as sudden drop in blood pressure. When taking antihypertensive drugs, if you eat grapefruit at the same time, just like taking too many antihypertensive drugs, it will obviously lower your blood pressure and even induce angina pectoris, myocardial infarction or stroke.