Make Grapefruit a Part of Your Daily Diet

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Grapefruit is one of the healthiest things that you can eat. Low in calorie, high in fiber, and packed with vitamins and minerals that can keep your body strong and your mind energized grapefruit is sometimes called a super fruit. But despite knowing how healthy grapefruit is many people don't eat it enough because they think they would get bored eating it every day, or because they think that grapefruit is just too sour, or for many other reasons.

But eating grapefruit everyday can change your body and can improve your health in ways you may not even know about. Eating citrus fruits like oranges and grapefruits can reduce your risk of certain cancers, lower your cholesterol, and help prevent heart disease. You can also lose weight and boost your immune system. If you've been avoiding eating grapefruit, oranges or other citrus fruits because you are not sure how to work them into your daily diet here are some tips from nutritionists that will make it easy for you to incorporate citrus fruits into your everyday diet.

Cook with juice – You don't have to eat the actual fruit to get the benefits of grapefruit. Using grapefruit juice, orange juice, or a mixture of citrus fruits to cook with instead of using water will give you the benefits of the fruit without having to eat the actual fruit. Simply substitute fresh juice for water in your favorite recipes.

Drink your fruit – Give up soda and drink fruit juice instead. Fresh grapefruit juice mixed with seltzer water has the same carbonation as a soda but is actually healthy for you. And it's cheaper than soda. Buy some portable insulated bottles and keep a bottle full of grapefruit juice mixed with seltzer in the fridge at all times so you can grab a fresh bottle whenever you need one.

Keep fruit handy – When you want a snack you'll grab whatever is handy. Instead of going to the snack machine or going for the cake in the break room or stopping at the drive through reach for a grapefruit, an orange, a tangerine, or any piece of citrus fruit. Keep a fruit basket in the car, or keep a box of fresh citrus fruit in a desk drawer so that you always have fresh fruit on hand. Fresh citrus fruit can stay fresh for up to eight weeks when stored properly so invest in some citrus fruit and invest in your health.

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