Black Pomelo has high nutritional value and is rich in protein, sugars, organic acids, and vitamins. Among them, the vitamin C content per 100 grams of grapefruit meat is 10 times higher than that of pears.
According to traditional Chinese medicine, grapefruit is sweet, sour, and cold in nature. It has the functions of strengthening the stomach and digesting food, lowering qi and eliminating phlegm, making the body light and pleasing to the eye. Modern medical research has found that pomelo meat is very rich in vitamin C and insulin-like ingredients, so it has the effects of lowering blood sugar, lowering blood lipids, losing weight, and beautifying the skin. Regular consumption is beneficial to hypertension, diabetes, vascular sclerosis, etc. disease It has an auxiliary therapeutic effect and has the function of keeping healthy and beautifying for obese people.
Grapefruit not only has high nutritional value, but also has the effects of strengthening the stomach, moistening the lungs, nourishing the blood, clearing the intestines, and facilitating bowel movements. It can promote wound healing and has a good auxiliary effect on septicemia. In addition, because grapefruit contains the physiologically active substance dermaside, it can reduce the viscosity of blood and reduce the formation of thrombus, so it also has a good preventive effect on cerebrovascular diseases, such as cerebral thrombosis, stroke, etc. Fresh pomelo meat is an ideal food for diabetics because it contains insulin-like ingredients. The dietary therapeutic effect of grapefruit is particularly obvious. Peel a grapefruit, peel off the inner white pith, chop it into pieces, put it in a bowl, add an appropriate amount of honey, steam it over water until thoroughly cooked. Take one spoonful in the morning and evening every day, mix it with a little rice wine and take it orally. It can treat the elderly. cough asthma. often cold , cough, and people with sensitive trachea, you can use a fresh pomelo with the skin and core removed, and add one or two (50 grams) each of Zhengbei apricot, Fritillaria, and unbleached ear (or yellow ear), add honey (it is best to use honey that can moisturize the lungs and relieve coughs) and stew for a day. Regular consumption can strengthen the lungs.
However, there are taboos on eating grapefruit. People with spleen deficiency and diarrhea will have diarrhea after eating grapefruit because their ability to absorb and transform food nutrients is weak. Grapefruit cannot be taken with certain medicines. clinical Observations have found that when a patient with hyperlipidemia swallows one lovastatin tablet with a cup of grapefruit juice, the result is equivalent to swallowing 12-15 lovastatin tablets (also known as lipid-lowering) with a glass of water. Therefore, the patient is prone to poisoning, muscle pain, and even kidney disease.
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that grapefruit is sweet and sour, cold in nature, non-toxic, and has the effects of strengthening the spleen, relieving coughs, and relieving hangovers. However, if you eat too much grapefruit at one time, it will not only affect liver detoxification and damage the liver, but also cause other adverse reactions and even poisoning. What are the symptoms of grapefruit poisoning if you eat too much?
Symptoms of poisoning caused by eating too much grapefruit include dizziness, nausea, palpitations, tachycardia, fatigue, lowered blood pressure and other symptoms. What is particularly dangerous is that eating grapefruit or drinking grapefruit juice while taking the anti-allergic drug terfenadine can cause arrhythmia. In severe cases, it can cause cardiac fibrillation and even sudden death.
There are many drugs that can interact with grapefruit, such as nifedipine, verapamil, diltiazem and other calcium antagonists, and clozapine. mental illness drugs, gastrointestinal drugs such as cisapride, immunosuppressants such as cyclosporine A, coffee Due to central stimulants, etc. Experts point out that just drinking a glass of grapefruit juice while taking these drugs may cause the above effects. Therefore, medical experts warn patients not to eat grapefruit or drink grapefruit juice when taking medicine, especially elderly patients, to prevent accidents.
In addition, grapefruit has the most prominent impact on contraceptive pills. Experts say, "If a woman who takes birth control pills eats 1 to 2 grapefruits after sex, or takes birth control pills directly with a large glass of grapefruit juice, then she may become a mother. The reason is that the grapefruit hinders the development of a mother." female Absorption of birth control pills. ”
Suitable people for grapefruit: The general population can eat it, but grapefruit that is too bitter should not be eaten.
1. suffer from Stomach disease , indigestion, chronic bronchitis, cough, phlegm and asthma, especially suitable for patients with heart, brain and kidney disease
2. People with spleen deficiency and loose stools should eat with caution.
