The Grapefruit Experiment

You do wonder how does one fruit actually packs a punch to your day? Grapefruit benefits those who diets providing vitamin C for daily consumption. Vitamin C is needed for the body's immune system and it also prevents free radical damage which is usually responsible for inflammation in different parts of the body. Grapefruit also helps to detoxify the body which lowers the chance of having tumours.

However, while there are many benefits, it is crucial to know that it is recommended not to take grapefruit when you are under medication because grapefruit can increase the concentration of the medicine while digesting and hence causing toxic effects from the medicine or pills to increase further.

What I really love about grapefruit is that it can sustain me for almost three quarters of the day. I guess it takes a while for grapefruit to digest. Before I started having grapefruit in my diet, I tend to feel hungry within 1 -2 hours but now it takes me a good 5 - 6 hours to feel hungry. This lowers the chances of me snacking. Of course, it does not prevent me to eat but it does give me the energy to attend classes and stay awake for most of the day. Most of the time, I will eat it for breakfast =).

What I really DON'T love about grapefruit is the taste. >.< Come to think about it, the taste is awful bitter and tardy and never Never, try to eat grapefruit with chicken salad. It just doesn't get through. But due to that awful taste, it leads me to try different ways to consume grapefruit.

My First Try was to add Half a Grapefruit, 4 Cherry Tomatoes and 1 Tablespoon of Sugar. Yes, I need sugar to go with grapefruit because of its tardiness. You can add honey into the mixture, it does compliment the grapefruit really well. But if you want to reduce the sugar and sweetness content a little, you can add another fruit. In my case, I choose apples.

The other alternative is to use Half a Grapefruit, 1 Apple, 1 Orange and 1 Tablespoon of sugar. It tastes better to me. =)

My breakfast this morning XD!

Anyway, that is pretty much it for now. This is kinda like my experimental journal. So yeah, I will be uploading with more recipes and random stuff~ =)