Ruby Red Grapefruit Can Help You Live Longer
Eating Ruby Red grapefruit has been proven to help people fight off more than just colds and the flu. The Vitamin C in grapefruit, like the Vitamin C in oranges and other citrus fruits, can help boost your immune system and help your body fight off colds, viruses and the flu. But Ruby Red grapefruit can also help you body fight off more serious illnesses like high cholesterol and heart disease. Medical studies have shown that eating Ruby Red grapefruit at least once a day can dramatically lower your risk of developing heart disease and high cholesterol. If you already suffer from high cholesterol eating Ruby Red grapefruit can help you bring down your “bad” cholesterol levels while raising your “good” cholesterol levels. Eating grapefruit can also help you maintain a healthy weight. Being overweight is one of the leading risk factors for developing heart disease, so if you're worried about heart disease eating grapefruit can help protect you in two ways.
You can take control of your health and start changing your diet to protect yourself from major disease today. Adding some delicious Ruby Red grapefruit to your diet is easy because there are so many ways to eat it. With a little creativity you can eat grapefruit everyday and not get bored. For breakfast you can grill the grapefruit and serve it warm with a little sugar or honey. You can also serve a warm grapefruit and orange compote over toast, waffles, or scones. You can even put a little warm compote on top of some healthy oatmeal for a very tasty warm breakfast. Keep a few grapefruit in your desk drawer at work and you'll always have a healthy snack. Keep a few in the car so that you won't be tempted to stop at the drive-thru when you are hungry on your daily commute.
You can also use fresh grapefruit juice to make smoothies and other beverages. Fresh squeezed Ruby Red grapefruit juice is delicious and can be used in cooking as well to make treats like frozen sorbet or low calorie and low sugar jelly. Simply toss a few grapefruit and orange segments into a tasty green salad if you want to eat a light, heart healthy dinner. You can also use grapefruit juice in baking to get your daily dose of supercharged grapefruit juice in the foods that you already love. Add some Ruby Red grapefruit juice to your diet today and keep yourself healthy in the future.
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