What is the function of grapefruit?
First: lower blood sugar.
Fresh grapefruit meat contains chromium, which is similar to insulin. Studies have shown that this ingredient can play a role similar to insulin and lower blood sugar.
Second: Firming the skin
Grapefruit contains a lot of vitamin C, which can not only remove stains, but also make our skin firmer and keep the best condition. This is mainly because vitamin C plays a very important role in the secretion of collagen. Taking grapefruit regularly can make our skin fuller and smoother, which has a good skin care effect.
Third: reduce stroke.
The latest research found that grapefruit contains a flavonoid, which can effectively reduce the possibility of people suffering from stroke. This oxidant can enhance the function of blood vessels and reduce inflammation in our body. If taken regularly, it can protect our brains well. After 14 years of scientific experiments, scientists found that women who often eat citrus or grapefruit are much less likely to suffer from stroke.
Fourth: enhance physical fitness.
Grapefruit can effectively help the body absorb calcium and iron, which is very good for the body. In addition, grapefruit only contains more natural folic acid, which is very beneficial to pregnant or pregnant women. It can effectively prevent the possibility of anemia and promote fetal development.
Fifth: it is beneficial to lose weight.
Nutrition experts found that,
On the basis of not changing other eating habits, eating half a grapefruit before meals every day and then sticking to it for more than twelve weeks can play a very good role in losing weight. Why is this happening? The main reason is that grapefruit is a natural fruit to lose weight, because it contains a compound that can effectively accelerate the burning of fat. Sixth: protect the heart.
Eating a grapefruit every day can effectively reduce bad cholesterol and triglycerides in the human body. Dark red grapefruit, in particular, has a better effect on heart health because it contains higher oxidants.
Seventh: treat diabetes.
Anyone who has eaten grapefruit knows that grapefruit has a unique bitter taste, so don't abandon it. This bitter substance, namely naringin, has a good health care effect on the body. Naringin can effectively help treat diabetes,
It can effectively improve the sensitivity of human body to insulin. Therefore, eating grapefruit often can play a very good role in treating diabetes and is a very good health care fruit. Eighth: prevention of hypertension
Because grapefruit contains potassium, a natural trace element necessary for patients with hypertension, and almost contains no sodium, it is the best diet fruit for patients with cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases and kidney diseases.
Eating grapefruit regularly can prevent hypertension. Ninth: remove stains.
Skin experts found that grapefruit is rich in vitamin C, which can effectively reduce pigmentation in the skin. So grapefruit is also a good beauty product. After the grapefruit is cut, pour some honey on it, and then gently smear it on the skin, which can whiten the skin well.
Drugs should not be eaten with grapefruit.
Pomelo is a kind of fruit widely planted in southern China. It is fragrant, sweet and sour, and nutritious. It contains a lot of vitamins, which is of great benefit to human body. But grapefruit can't be eaten at will, for example, it can't be eaten during taking medicine, especially for middle-aged and elderly people who are sick.
A few years ago, foreign journalists reported that grapefruit should not be eaten before taking medicine. About six or seven years ago, the US Food and Drug Administration published a pamphlet.
The book warns that patients are forbidden to drink grapefruit juice while taking the antiallergic drug Terfenadine or other similar drugs diphenhydramine hydrochloride. Especially for elderly patients, don't eat grapefruit or drink grapefruit juice when taking medicine. Because previous studies have shown that the interaction between grapefruit and the antiallergic drug Terfenadine can lead to ventricular arrhythmia and even fatal ventricular fibrillation. Foreign pharmacologists have done corresponding clinical experiments to observe the difference of drug concentration in blood and drinking water after drinking grapefruit juice. The results show that different people have different reactions to grapefruit juice. If you take medicine after drinking grapefruit juice, the blood concentration may be several times to hundreds times higher than that after drinking water; If you take medicine at intervals after drinking grapefruit juice, it is found that the effect of grapefruit juice on the increase of blood drug concentration can last for 24 hours; Only after 3 ~ 7 days, the function of grapefruit juice gradually disappeared. Therefore, for the sake of safety, grapefruit should be avoided 3 days before taking medicine and 6 hours after taking medicine.
Later, some studies mentioned that the ingredients contained in grapefruit may have adverse reactions with other western medicines. At present, the drugs that can't be taken with grapefruit are:
(1) immunosuppressants, such as cyclosporine.
(2) Statins, such as lovastatin, Xuezhikang, Shujiangzhi and Lipitor;
(3) Calcium antagonists, such as nifedipine, nimodipine, nisoldipine and felodipine;
(4) Antipsychotic drugs, such as diazepam and Jialuoding;
(5) antihistamines, such as terfenadine.
Eating grapefruit with drugs will cause the above adverse reactions. But for the sake of safety, patients (especially the elderly) had better stop eating grapefruit when taking the above drugs.
Grapefruit diet
First, Poria cocos grapefruit drink
Raw materials: 50 grams of grapefruit meat, 6 grams of licorice, 9 grams of poria cocos, 9 grams of Atractylodes macrocephala, and a proper amount of rock sugar.
Exercise:
1, cut grapefruit meat into diced licorice, diced poria cocos and diced atractylodes macrocephala, and wash for later use;
2. Add cold water into the pot, put the diced grapefruit, Poria, Atractylodes macrocephala and Glycyrrhiza uralensis Fisch, and fry them with low fire to make juice;
3. Filter the decoction to remove waste residue. Pour into a cup, add rock sugar and mix well. It can be eaten after cooling.
Efficacy: invigorating spleen and promoting diuresis, moistening skin and whitening skin, removing edema and losing weight.
Second, lowering blood sugar and reducing fat roasted grapefruit
Ingredients: grapefruit 1, 5ml of cooking oil.
Exercise:
1. Wash the whole grapefruit and dry it with a paper towel for later use;
2. Dry the wok with fire, add cooking oil and shake the wok to make the cooking oil evenly distributed in the wok.
3. Add grapefruit, heat it on low heat, stir-fry it with a shovel until it is slightly burnt. Grapefruit is steaming, accompanied by the smell of grapefruit skin.
Third, grapefruit salad.
Raw materials:
Grapefruit 50g, cucumber 50g, celery 50g, crab stick 15g.
Exercise:
1. Peel the grapefruit, cut it into small pieces, and put it in a bowl to naturally store the grapefruit juice. Slice 50 grams of cucumber. 50g celery, obliquely sliced, crab stick15g.
2. Put grapefruit, cucumber, celery and crab stick into a plate, add grapefruit juice, vinegar, sugar, salt and black pepper, and stir well.
Fourth, grapefruit sugar juice
Ingredients: half a grapefruit, a little rock sugar, and a proper amount of purified water.
Exercise:
1. Peel grapefruit, divide it into small petals and put it in a bowl for later use.
2. Put grapefruit and water into a juice blender, pour the juice into a cup, and add a little rock sugar to drink.
The function of grapefruit juice gradually disappears. Therefore, for the sake of safety, grapefruit should be avoided 3 days before taking medicine and 6 hours after taking medicine. Later, some studies mentioned that the ingredients contained in grapefruit may have adverse reactions with other western medicines. At present, the drugs that can't be taken with grapefruit are:
(1) immunosuppressants, such as cyclosporine.
(2) Statins, such as lovastatin, Xuezhikang, Shujiangzhi and Lipitor;
(3) Calcium antagonists, such as nifedipine, nimodipine, nisoldipine and felodipine;
(4) Antipsychotic drugs, such as diazepam and Jialuoding;
(5) antihistamines, such as terfenadine.
Eating grapefruit with drugs will cause the above adverse reactions. But for the sake of safety, patients (especially the elderly) had better stop eating grapefruit when taking the above drugs.
Grapefruit diet
First, Poria cocos grapefruit drink
Raw materials: 50 grams of grapefruit meat, 6 grams of licorice, 9 grams of poria cocos, 9 grams of Atractylodes macrocephala, and a proper amount of rock sugar.
Exercise:
1, cut grapefruit meat into diced licorice, diced poria cocos and diced atractylodes macrocephala, and wash for later use;
2. Add cold water into the pot, put the diced grapefruit, Poria, Atractylodes macrocephala and Glycyrrhiza uralensis Fisch, and fry them with low fire to make juice;
3. Filter the decoction to remove waste residue. Pour into a cup, add rock sugar and mix well. It can be eaten after cooling.
Efficacy: invigorating spleen and promoting diuresis, moistening skin and whitening skin, removing edema and losing weight.
Second, lowering blood sugar and reducing fat roasted grapefruit
Ingredients: grapefruit 1, 5ml of cooking oil.
Exercise:
1. Wash the whole grapefruit and dry it with a paper towel for later use;
2. Dry the wok with fire, add cooking oil and shake the wok to make the cooking oil evenly distributed in the wok.
3. Add grapefruit, heat it on low heat, stir-fry it with a shovel until it is slightly burnt. Grapefruit is steaming, accompanied by the smell of grapefruit skin.
Third, grapefruit salad.
Raw materials:
Grapefruit 50g, cucumber 50g, celery 50g, crab stick 15g.
Exercise:
1. Peel the grapefruit, cut it into small pieces, and put it in a bowl to naturally store the grapefruit juice. Slice 50 grams of cucumber. 50g celery, obliquely sliced, crab stick15g.
2. Put grapefruit, cucumber, celery and crab stick into a plate, add grapefruit juice, vinegar, sugar, salt and black pepper, and stir well.
Fourth, grapefruit sugar juice
Ingredients: half a grapefruit, a little rock sugar, and a proper amount of purified water.
Exercise:
1. Peel grapefruit, divide it into small petals and put it in a bowl for later use.
2. Put grapefruit and water into a juice blender, pour the juice into a cup, and add a little rock sugar to drink.