Grapefruit tastes delicious and is super healthy, but you can also use it in many ways around the house and to take care of your skin. Grapefruit is a natural antibacterial agent and the wonderful smell of fresh grapefruit juice can be very uplifting. Many commercial cleaners and skin care products use grapefruit scent because it's light and sweet and not overpowering, but you can use fresh grapefruit juice to get the same scent without using chemical based products. Here are just a few of the innovative ways you can use fresh grapefruit around your home that you might never…

There are so many amazing benefits associated with eating, making recipes and using grapefruit. These include protecting the heart, boosting the body's metabolism, firming and smoothing rough skin. Citrus like grapefruits also act as a green cleaner for around the home and there are many homemade instructions on the Internet for making these natural cleaning items. Buying your citrus products online is easy and convenient, saving you time and money. It has quickly become a popular option for fruit lovers to purchase fresh fruits from trusted growers across the country. Being able to order a variety of fruit online makes…

If somebody were to ask you what first pops into your mind when they say the word 'fiber' you may say a lot of things. Perhaps wheat, bread, or other carbohydrates come to mind. Very rarely, if ever, would someone say grapefruit or grapefruit fiber. Why is it that grapefruit is not thought of as having fiber? Perhaps because it is such a juicy fruit, made up largely of water and does not have what we traditionally think of as fibrous. But this delicious citrus fruit is a nutritional powerhouse full of Vitamin C and what is called grapefruit fiber…

If you like grapefruit and need to loose a few pounds you should try grapefruit weight loss programs such as the grapefruit diet, Hollywood diet, Mayo diet or the Aktins grapefruit weight loss plan. Grapefruit weight loss plans can be traced as far back as the 1930s, although no one has staked claim on this what was once thought as a fad diet that never lost its fad! Regardless of the positive and negative feedback that is written about grapefruit weight loss, this diet program has never fizzled, if anything it is rising in popularity again with the fight for…

Image by Darwin Bell via Flickr The grapefruit is one of the newest additions to the citrus family of fruits. It was first documented on the island of Barbados in 1750. Years later, researchers discovered that the fruit had actually originated in Jamaica. A cross between an Indonesian pomelo and a Jamaican sweet orange, the grapefruit is a hybrid fruit. It is also prone to mutation. The grapefruit was brought to Florida in 1823 by a Spanish count. At the time, all grapefruits were white. Though farmers had high hopes for them, they found it difficult to ship grapefruit in…

Texas grapefruit stands alone when it comes to grapefruit because in Texas years of work have gone into the cultivation of the best ruby red grapefruit that can be found anywhere. Originally in Texas white and pink grapefruits were grown, but in the 1920s farmers started noticing new red varieties of grapefruit growing on pink grapefruit trees. After that most citrus growers stopped cultivating the white and pink types and focused on growing red grapefruit. That started an intense competition among citrus farmers to see who could come up with the most unique variety of red grapefruit. Over the years…

You have probably heard that navel oranges have things like Vitamin C or folic acid in them. But do you know the exact amount? Do you know how much is in a serving? If you do not know the answers to these questions, then you may not be getting as much of the healthy benefits of navel oranges as you might think. Or, the other possibility is that you are getting too much because you may be eating more navel oranges than needed (not that there is anything wrong with that!). Before we get into specific vitamin and mineral counts,…

Whether you prefer the pink or the white variety, this citrus fruit will still provide a wide range of grapefruit nutrition for your body. Grapefruits are packed with a tangy and sweet flavor that is both refreshing and invigorating. In addition to its delicious taste, consuming grapefruits can provide many of the vitamins and enzymes that your body needs to help in the treatment of many common illnesses and the prevention of several serious diseases. The next time that you find yourself strolling down the produce aisle at the grocery store, consider incorporating these into your diet for one of…

The production of the ruby red grapefruit, also known as the Redblush, the ruby, Shary Red, Curry Red, Fowcett Red, Red Radiance and the Webb Grapefruit, has become a huge citrus enterprise in the United States of America. Buy 1950 more than 75% of Florida's production of grapefruit was of ruby red grapefruit of the pink or red seedless variation as the demand for this fruit increased exponentially in the first 50 years of the 1900s and continues to grow to this day. The seedless variation of the ruby red grapefruit generally totes a deeper red color than though with…

Extracted from the rinds or peels of fresh fruit, essential oils are widely used in aromatherapy. According to many users and some medical professionals they may have numerous health benefits. Although not as popular as oils that are extracted from oranges, grapefruit essential oils are a profitable niche industry in the United States? Why here? It may have originated in the Caribbean (most likely in Jamaica), but when the grapefruit came to America it found its true home. Nearly two hundred years later, the U.S. is easily the global leader in grapefruit production, with around one-third of the annual supply.…