Saturday, October 23, 2010

Grapefruit

1. Vitamin C Super Fruit
 fight off the common cold and free radicals. Just one small serving (less than a glass of juice) has 80% of the Vitamin C you need each day.


2. Prevents Kidney Stones
 Drinking between a half liter and one whole liter of grapefruit juice, apple juice, or orange juice daily will increase your urinary pH value citric acid excretion. This helps to significantly lower your risk of calcium oxalate stones forming.


3. Weight Loss Booster
 It’s very low in sodium and high in fat burning enzymes. This means that it will not only burn fat, but help flush out excess water that is retained from high sodium diets.


4. Super Charges Your Metabolism
The high water content in grapefruit in combination with certain enzymes and acids in it get your internal organs working. Eating within 2 hours of waking gets your digestive system kicked into high gear from the early morning and stops your body from going into starvation mode.


5. Helps Your Liver Detoxify


6. Greatly Helps Fight Prostate Cancer


7. Protection Against Lung Cancer


8. Lowers Cholesterol
In a recent study, people that added red grapefruit to their normal diet showed total cholesterol lowered by 15%, LDL cholesterol by 20%, and triglycerides by 17%. This study lasted just 30 days. Blonde grapefruit was also proven to be very beneficial.


9. Fever Reducer
 Its helps reduce the burning sensations that can occur when you have a high temperature.


10. Indigestion
It is considered a light food in comparison to other foods and can be digested quickly and easily. This eases indigestion by reducing the heat and irritation that is in your stomach.

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