![]() I love grapefruit and used to eat one like I'd eat an orange. If you are on any kind of meds, check with your pharmasist or doctor just to be safe. The chemical in grapefruit is also found in bitter (Seville) oranges, limes and pomelos. Cut membrane along each side of one section and remove grapefruit pulp in one piece. Strange to say, sweet oranges or orange juice are okay to have. Peel grapefruit, cutting deep enough to remove white pith and membrane. He goes on to say that even eating the fruit or drinking the juice some hours before ingesting the meds does not cancel out the effects and, also, it has the possibility of affecting more than 60 medications. A recent item in one of our national Canadian newspapers, the Globe & Mail, states that a chemical in the juice (furanocoumarin) can suppress the action of an enzyme called CYP3A4 in the intestinal tract and the doctor who wrote the info says "taking one tablet of a certain blood pressure lowering drug with a glass of grapefruit juice produced blood concentrations the same as ingesting 3 tablets with a glass of water." This could possibly result in overdose. (And yes, I know you could just peel it like an orange, but then you have some of the white inner peel left. When I eat the grapefruit I usually don't even bother with a plate or bowl. You can use a plate if you don't have a cutting board but a cutting board is best-a wooden cutting board that hasn't been used for meat. Also, if you keep your grapefruit in the fridge it will be nice and cool. Try to pick a grapefruit that has a darker skin. My favorite is Texas grapefruit but then, I'm partial to Texas stuff. You will need: Grapefruit Cutting board (or a dinner plate if you don't have a cutting board) Sharp knife, serrated is best First of all, pick a good variety of grapefruit. And of course, there's less calories because there is no added sugar. Also, the grapefruit tasted better (ie sweeter) without the sugar. The new method was much easier and faster with less waste. ![]() Then, after I watched lots of cooking shows and saw how chefs cut fruits I decided to try the same method on my grapefruit. ![]() It was so much hassle for something I didn't really like it. ![]() It was a labor intensive process and the grapefruit with the sugar on it just seemed to taste bitter. Once done with the cutting, I'd sprinkle sugar on top. Then, I'd cut each little section of the fruit, making a bunch of triangles (this seemed to take forever). So what is the old way? Well, I'd cut the grapefruit in half, down the middle. Most of the people I have spoken to about this issue have told me they did it the old hard way too. Eating a grapefruit may seem like a simple thing to do, but for the majority of my life I have done it the hard way (what I now consider the wrong way). ![]()
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