If you want to really impress your guests at your holiday parties this year make sure that your bar is stocked with plenty of grapefruits, oranges, lemons and other citrus fruit. Fresh squeezed grapefruit juice is the perfect addition to cocktails because the slightly tart taste of the grapefruit balances…

While some people often give full credit of sweet citrus fruit to oranges, tangerines deserve just as much credit. They delicious and smaller versions of the orange are full of the same flavors that make citrus wonderful. In fact, tangerines also carry the high levels of vitamin C and folic…

Image by kthread via Flickr Honeybells are the perfect fruit to eat to help you get fit and healthy in the new year. Normally after the holiday season when people have been gorging on sweets and rich foods for a month or more they start to make plans to get…

Not everyone likes heavy, rich desserts, especially when the weather is warm. If you're looking for a delicious and refreshingly light dessert for a wedding, shower, graduation, anniversary, or other occasion try making a Ruby Red grapefruit dessert. The pleasing pink color of Ruby Red grapefruit adds a lot of…

The benefits of grapefruit pectin are many. They help reduce cholesterol levels, prevent high blood pressure, stroke, and heart disease. Grapefruit pectin can help fight free radicals, aid in digestion and even control blood glucose in diabetics. While all of these benefits are wonderful, are they a good idea for…

Image via Wikipedia How much do you really know about grapefruit? Do you think that grapefruits are only eaten at breakfast? Grapefruits are actually a great food to eat anytime. Grapefruit is synonymous with breakfast, but grapefruit can be eaten as a healthy snack, used to flavor salads and savory…

Getting your family to eat healthy foods, like grapefruit, can be tough. Kids often want cookies or chips or other snacks and turn up their noses at the idea of healthy grapefruit or oranges. Other adults in the household may prefer coffee or a snack from the vending machine at…

Grapefruit is a delicious treat that can be incorporated into any type of diet because it's low in calories but full of healthy fiber. Grapefruit also has a natural fat burning enzyme that will help your body burn fat for energy. The light taste of grapefruit can be blended with…

Image via Wikipedia Grapefruit is known for having many health benefits, but some varieties of grapefruit can have a slightly bitter taste that people find off putting. White grapefruit, which has a very thin skin and lots of juicy flesh, is one of the sweeter types of grapefruit and is…

Most parents worry about their children's health that they sometimes give them too much synthetic food supplements to keep them healthy. Unfortunately, many synthetic food supplements are not as healthy as they claim to be. In fact, some of these synthetic food supplements may even be harmful to the little…