5 Surprising Health Benefits Of Grapefruit Peels

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5 Surprising Health Benefits Of Grapefruit Peels

Grapefruit has long been consumed for its amazing health promoting abilities and high levels of nutrition. Currently, more and more individuals who are serious about their health are now also adding the peels of grapefruit it their diet, due to studies that have shown that the peels are packed with nutrition, contain tremendous levels of pectin and are loaded with antioxidants. You can zest the peels on many different healthy recipes, add them to smoothies or add them to healthy tea recipes. Just make sure the grapefruit is throughly washed before consuming. Now, lets discuss some of the incredible health benefits of consuming grapefruit peels.

1. First, consuming grapefruit peels can help to promote proper digestion and treat many different types of digestive ailment. This is because grapefruit peels are an incredible source of pectin, a type of soluble fibre. These high concentrations of pectin and soluble fibre can help to add bulk, promote regularity, reduce symptoms associated with diarrhea and reduce cramps. Grapefruit peels can also help good bacteria in the gut to thrive.

2. Grapefruit peels also contain incredibly healthy essential oils that are not found in high amounts in the meat of the fruit. These peels are a great source of limonene, which studies have shown works as a potent anti-inflammatory and can reduce inflammation throughout our body while also decreasing the risk of chronic disease. The essential oils in grapefruit peels may also have benefits when it comes to reducing the risk of certain types of cancer and can boost immunity naturally.

3. Consuming grapefruit peels is also a great way to increase powerful and potent antioxidants into your diet. The extracts from grapefruit peels provide many antioxidant compounds, which includes hesperidin, naringin, vitamin C and plant-based antioxidants such as flavonoids. These antioxidant compounds and phytonutrients can help to reduce the development and symptoms of certain illness and disease and can also help to provide health benefits for many vital organs and our gastrointestinal tract, increasing nutrient uptake in the process.

4. Another important health benefits of adding grapefruit peels to your diet is that they can promote heart health and reduce risk factors associated with heart disease. Consuming grapefruit peels can help to lower total cholesterol levels while also regulating blood pressure levels. The potent antioxidants in these peels can also help to reduce free radicals and oxidative stress that can compromise the cardiovascular system and lead to heart disease over time. Grapefruit peels can also help to improve the health of our blood vessels. These benefits are often associated with its high levels of fibre, nutrition and antioxidants and anti-inflammatory compounds.

5. Lastly, consuming grapefruit peels regularly can help to promote the overall health and look of our skin. This should come as no surprise as they are packed with vitamin C, which is a vital nutrient for the production of collagen. Also, grapefruit peels are packed with skin healthy nutrients, such as antioxidants and anti-inflammatory properties, which not only helps the skin to look younger while reducing fine lines and wrinkles, but can also reduce unwanted skin ailments such as acne.

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[joannamail]

Glad I was able to mute the sound and just read it lol!

[millicentfrimpong]

Wow thanks for sharing this information.❤❤❤

[BodyWeightX]

i just eat raw peel with fruit 😂 bro its awesome power boost

[ogirishitv]

Boiled it with cloves and basil leaves very bitter but i love it.. good for stomach

[emilyeah]

I felt wrong to throw away the peel of the delicious grapefruit I just ate. Let's see what to do with it.

[eveburianek]

Best to just read it and mute the robot voice.

[mermaidlilyrose]

I boil the peel along with sliced lemons and chia seeds after juicing it. Then I combine the warm lemon grapefruit peel chia water with one juiced grapefruit. I mix it with a little maple syrup. I drink it everyday. My bloating and water weight has decreased

[sagecrockett]

Supposed to be good for ridding the body of parasites.

[luperamirez]

Thanks you for your important information. And thank you for sharing your knowledge. God bless you, from USA.

[Lsvdp]

If you look at animals. They also do it.

Lemon and grapefruit peel boiled three hours

[vin-deedwards]

I take the peels of orange and grapefruit and lemon and make a tea.

[doriscastillo]

All the way from Republic of Ireland filipino. Many thanks

[MatoNupai]

Limonene is in a lot of marijuana strains too. In fact limonene is a cancer killer

[debbiehaythe]

This info about grapefruit is so good 💕

[stephenhogg]

This must also be a source of quinine.

[salvationzone]

I think I heard somewhere that if you boil the Grapefruit peel and a lemon peel together you get a natural form of Hydroxychloroquine which is the man made synthetic name for quinine found in high concentrations in cinchona tree bark and is used in tonic water. Evidently quinine, taken with zinc, allows for the zinc to be absorbed by the cells better to fight off this corona 19 virus.

[tricianafaatiliga]

Every fruit peel have benefits google it

[rc]

Maaan i jus threw the peels in the trash

[d.j.robinson]

Great info, just get rid of that ridiculous noise in the background please...