The nutritive phytonutrients of this voluptuous fruit-liminoids, flavonoids, lycopene and glucarates-help fight cancer and various diseases. In the mineral department, larger amounts of calcium, folate, phosphorus, choline and potassium are found. It has high amounts of vitamin C, and smaller amounts of vitamin A, B complex, E and K. This juicy fruit also have citric acid, natural sugars, essential oils like limonene, pinene and citral. The citrus flavonoids have recently gained increased medical attention due to its protective effects against the occurrence of cancer.
Grapefruit peel is rich in flavonone glycosides and polymethoxyflavones (PMFs). This is the kind of synergistic nutritional power that we can find only in the way that Nature provides in our natural food. It is not just one nutrient that helps prevent a certain disease, but rather the combination of all the nutrients in it that does the trick. Grapefruit doesn’t only contain vitamin C which is commonly known to be protective against cold or flu. The taste of a grapefruit can be bitter and sour but it has so many health benefits. It is called a grapefruit simply because it grows in clusters, like grapes.
#HEALTH BENEFITS OF GRAPEFRUIT SKIN#
The fruit’s skin looks like that of an orange, but its flesh comes in white, pink or red. Its albedo (the white matter under the skin) is about a quarter to half an inch thick.
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The diameter of a grapefruit, depending on its variety, can range between four and six inches. It is a somewhat “new” addition to the family, deriving from a natural cross-breeding between orange and pomelo, thus its size. The grapefruit is a large orange-like fruit that belongs to the citrus family.
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