Grapefruit Juice and Weight Loss

I Promised and Here it is!

Okay so in a previous hub I was talking about the benefits of Grapefruit Juice and dieting. Now, let me first say that I hate the horrid stuff. I have never injested anything so bitter in all my life and it amazes me that there are those who actually like Grapefruits. This of course is beyond me to say why, but as a personal preference, YUCK. However since I have found the benefits of the juice I do drink or should I say CHUG 8 oz a day of the juice. Now on to the information I promised concerning the benefits of the juice. First off........

Grapefruit juice is the sour juice of, well, grapefruits. In fact, pure grapefruit juice is very, very sour. Sometimes bitter. But once you acquire (or get past) its taste, you will find that it's a unique, refreshing beverage with lots of uses in promoting one's health.
Nutritional Information

Grapefruit juice, like other citrus juices, is chock-full of Vitamin C and potassium. But that's not all. A cup of fresh, pink grapefruit juice contains:

* 96 calories
* 1 gram of protein
* 22 grams of carbohydrates
* 22 mg of calcium
* 30 mg of magnesium
* a mere 2 mg of sodium
* 400 mg of potassium
* 94 mg of Vitamin C
* 24 micrograms of folate
* 24 micrograms of lutein
* 1087 IUs of Vitamin A
* a negligible amount of fat and no cholesterol

Fresh white grapefruit juice has less Vitamin A due to it having less beta-carotene; white juice has only 81 IUs of the vitamin. Canned unsweetened juice has fewer vitamins all the way around, and sweetened juice cocktails can have quite a lot more calories and quite a lot fewer nutrients, so 100% unsweetened juice is best if you're interested in its healthy attributes.
Weight Loss

Anyone who was alive during the 70s remembers the fad grapefruit diet; as it turns out, it was not as goofy an idea as we might have thought.

Researchers at Dr. Ken Fujioka's laboratory at the Scripps Clinic in San Diego recently did a study on 100 obese patients. Participants who ate half a grapefruit at each meal lost an average of nearly 4 pounds during the 12-week study; those who drank a glass of grapefruit juice lost on average 3.3 pounds. Some people in the study lost a good deal more weight.

An as-yet-unidentified compound in grapefruit juice appears to reduce and regulate insulin levels in the blood; reduced insulin levels in turn affect hunger and blood sugar levels and improve the body's metabolism. The compound may prove useful for diabetics as well.
Grapefruit Juice and Yeast Infections

Many women are plagued by maddening, uncomfortable yeast infections. For some, drinking a glass of grapefruit juice every day staves off the infections, either by acidifying the woman's system or due to an unknown botanical compound that helps the body fight off fungal infection.

Grapefruit juice is cheaper and less toxic than the antifungal drugs used to treat yeast infections. However, women who want to give the juice a try should watch out for drug interactions and should also avoid sweetened juices and juice cocktails. Sweetened juices are loaded with sugar, and a high-sugar diet is commonly believed to make a person more vulnerable to a yeast infection.

Now since I have given you the same information I have, to each his own. Personally I figure if the ghastly stuff will keep me healthy, promote weight loss and keep me from getting a horrible yeast infection than I am all for it! Also as promised there are also benefits to cranberry juice as well and I will get the information together and give you the skinny on this in another hub.