Grapefruit juice is a beverage often consumed at breakfast for its health benefits and to mask the taste of drugs or foods.
Benefits of grapefruit juice include:
*Grapefruits are rich in the nutritional powerhouse vitamin C
An 8-oz serving of grapefruit juice contains about 90 kcal and 72 mg of vitamin C. Vitamin C is an important antioxidant and critical for production of collagen.
The bioflavonoids in grapefruit help the body to retain and use vitamin C. Together, these two nutrients improve the permeability and strength of capillary walls.
Folate is a key nutrient responsible for prevention of neural tube defects. Potassium functions to maintain intracellular fluid balance and as such a high intake is associated with lower blood pressure and reduce risk of stroke.
*Enjoy Benefits from the Antioxidant Lycopene in Pink and Red Grapefruits. It can protect against UV radiation.
*Limonoids in grapefruit promote optimal health. Limonoids in grapefruit seeds comprise nearly 2% of the fresh weight at a ratio of aglycones to glucosides 2 to 1.
*Grapefruit is an amazing medicine for the heart. It contains compounds that lower cholesterol and help reverse atherosclerosis. Grapefruit pectin is fully as powerful as the drug cholestyramine in reducing blood cholesterol.
*Grapefruit juice may prevent kidney stones. Grapefruit contains a compound called d-limonene that prevents the formation of and dissolves renal stones.
What are the benefits of grapefruit juice?
Technically, any liquid intended for drinking is a beverage so named by a word derived from French and Latin verbs meaning ‘to drink.’ Healthy beverages are beverages with health benefits that attribute by its nutritional value. The use of healthy beverage for promoting health and relieving symptom is as old as the practice of medicine.
Monday, February 06, 2017
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