The effect of grapefruit on women's health

The nature of a woman is such that she wants to be beautiful forever.Special attention, in addition to cosmetics, the fair sex today is paid to fruit, finding in them a lot of opportunities to maintain beauty and health. However, if a woman pays attention to, say, a grapefruit, she must take into account not only its beneficial properties, but also possible contraindications. Let us consider in more detail the effect of grapefruit on women's health.

Grapefruit is a hybrid of sweet orange and pomelo, which in English means “grape fruit”. He called so because of the location of the fruits themselves, like bunches of grapes. Compared to other citrus varieties, it can be stored longer. At the same time, it retains most of its beneficial qualities, affects the blood sugar level, and also helps to strengthen the female body.

This fruit is known for its benefits since antiquity. With it, poisoning was treated, wounds were disinfected, and gums were strengthened. Beneficial to the female body are not only juice and pulp, but also whitish septa, which are usually unknowingly removed during cleansing. However, it is they who, together with the pulp, reduce blood cholesterol levels, have a beneficial effect on the work of the digestive tract and support the heart muscle. The films between the grapefruit slices are bitter, but also beneficial tonic effects.

Grapefruit has a rich chemical composition. Its caloric content is 33 kilocalories in the white species, 42 kcal in the pink and 30 kcal in the red. Moreover, it has 0.7 g of proteins, 0.1 g of fats, and 8.4 g of carbohydrates. Dietary fiber accounts for 1.1 g. The fruit is rich in vitamins: it contains B vitamins (B1, B2, B4, B5, B6, B9, B8), A, E, ZZ, as well as ascorbic acid.

The chemical composition of grapefruit includes such minerals as potassium, calcium, magnesium, phosphorus, iron, manganese, copper, selenium, zinc, arginine, lysine, phenylalanine, tryptophan, and also glycine and serine. In addition, it contains polyunsaturated and monounsaturated fatty acids.

Today the benefits of this fruit is a proven fact. For example, its juice is effective in respiratory diseases, and the fetus itself is able to replenish energy. Its use allows to normalize the work of the digestive organs, which has a beneficial effect on the figure of a woman. A remarkable feature of grapefruit is the fact that it is useful for women of different age categories.

Due to the antioxidants included in its composition, it has the ability to restore various body systems. In addition to strengthening the walls of blood vessels, it can lead to normal functional abilities of connective and bone tissues. Drinking grapefruit reduces cholesterol concentration and is a measure to prevent atherosclerosis. The fruit can be called the prevention of tumors, as it is able to excrete estrogens from the body.

It should be noted and the fact that it can neutralize the enzyme produced in smokers, leading to lung cancer. In addition, the use of grapefruit, rich in fiber, is effective in constipation, which are observed in many women after childbirth. Along with strengthening the immunity of women, it is the protection of the female body from viral diseases, filling the lack of ascorbic acid. Other useful properties include the fact that eating grapefruit helps women relax and fall asleep, eliminating the signs of depression that are characteristic of many before the onset of menstruation.

One of the main advantages for which women especially love grapefruit, is its ability to start the process of losing weight. Due to the sodium included in the chemical composition of citrus fruit, hunger is suppressed.This will reduce the amount of kilocalories consumed. In addition, sodium is the cause of the effectiveness of citrus in cellulite. Having a diuretic effect, it eliminates the female body from excess moisture.

Citrus helps women with:

• diseases of the cardiovascular system;
• hypertension (reduces pressure in the arteries);
• excessive irritability and nervous excitability;
• diabetes mellitus, dependent and not dependent on insulin;
• kidney and urinary tract diseases;
• fungal diseases of the skin and nails;
• anemia, osteoporosis;
• migraine and scurvy;
• skin aging and early aging;
• rashes on the dermis;
• increased production of sebaceous glands.

Grapefruit can be called a means of burning the accumulated fat in different parts of the body of a woman. Besides the fact that it reduces the expression of wrinkles and smoothes the skin, it is also useful for hair, since it contributes to their recovery from root to tip.

Pregnant women who are not allergic to grapefruit can eat one quarter of the fruit a day. This will contribute to the proper development of the organs of the baby. For a woman in early pregnancy, this citrus helps to alleviate the course of toxicosis. Even a teaspoon of pulp will be enough to eliminate the gagging urge.

You can replace the fruit and dried peel, it is also able to normalize the adrenal glands and the thyroid gland. Ascorbic acid will favorably affect the formation of the skeleton and skin of the fetus. In addition, in the second trimester, grapefruit will help a woman to remove puffiness and will not allow to gain a lot of weight. In the third trimester, it will help to deal with heartburn, which is typical of many pregnant women.

When a child is born, the use of citrus should be limited or for some time to remove it from the diet altogether. The fact is that everything that mom eats gets into the milk. Citrus fruit can cause flatulence, diathesis, seborrhea, diarrhea, or, conversely, constipation of the baby. In the first two or three months, eating pulp or drinking juice is undesirable.

It should be noted that the use of grapefruit should be dosed. Otherwise, it can damage the body of a woman. For example, due to the high acidity of some of the fair sex, it is contraindicated. Even if you do not eat citrus without measure, it already loads the liver (a maximum of 1 medium-sized fruit per day can be consumed per day). It should be understood that the maximum duration of the diet should not exceed four weeks. For the re-course should take breaks of the order of two weeks.

In addition, there are other restrictions, such as chronic diseases or an allergic reaction, because of which a woman cannot eat this fruit and even use it externally.

The grapefruit is also dangerous for those who have caries or teeth brittleness is noted. Its juice adversely affects the state of the tooth enamel. For this reason, it is recommended to drink it through a straw. You can not use citrus with individual intolerance, as well as in cases where colitis or diseases such as hepatitis and cholecystitis are diagnosed.

Doctors pay attention to the fact that women can not eat fruit during menopause. This is especially true of those representatives of the fair sex who live in hot sunny countries. If during this period to use the fruit and be in the open sun, it can cause the development of cancer.It is important to note that grapefruit is incompatible with taking medications that lower blood pressure.

Citrus is able to reduce the effectiveness of not only antidepressants, but also hormonal drugs and contraceptives. Along with this, it makes more effective drugs for the heart and liver. But in any case, you can never drink the drug itself juice. Excess grapefruit can cause an allergic skin reaction, dryness and burning sensation.

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