The Ruby Red Grapefruit Diet

It is rare to meet someone who has not heard at least in passing about the red grapefruit diet. This high fiber fruit is low in calories and sodium and totes a plethora of vitamin and minerals, especially Vitamin C. Ruby red grapefruit is the best choice as its deep color is a good indicator that it packs in even more nutritious antioxidant lycopenes then it's less non-ruby cousins. It is as simple as adding a glass of ruby red grapefruit juice to your diet or having a slice of this juicy fruit just before you eat to lower your cholesterol and even your weight!

So why is this grapefruit diet so popular? Well it said that grapefruit helps suppress one's appetites and therefore helps to promote weight loss. Although people say that it increases fat-burning enzymes, it is proven that the majority of weight loss is primarily due to the loss of fluids in the body. The diet was developed in 1930s by Kelly D. Brownell, PhD. to lose weight quickly. It became a huge fad diet in the 1970s erupting the production of ruby red grapefruit around the country, especially in Florida where more than 75% of the state's production was of the ruby red grapefruit variety.

Now the ruby red grapefruit diet is principally used as a program to jump start weight loss. The premise is that you preferably eat a half a ruby red grapefruit for before each meal, and if you cannot find red grapefruit you can choose from the range of others that your local supermarket or produce carrier might have. It is a great way to reduce water retention and is an aid to confronting problems with obesity. The diet obviously does not work if you do not listen to your brain telling you that you are full, a problem that many American dieters face today.

But if you are thinking of trying the red grapefruit diet, please be advised that by ingesting this delicious fruit or red grapefruit juice of any kind can interact with many prescriptions, helping them with absorption. Generally the effect of ingesting grapefruit is an increase in the effective potency of many compounds, which in the end, has lead to a number of accidental overdoses on prescribed and un-prescribed drugs. So like any diet, please consult your doctor before starting the red grapefruit diet or any other diet for that matter.

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