Grapefruit is delicious, but there is also a lot to learn about eating grapefruit, there are many tips on how to eat grapefruit, which is the right solution? How to select high quality, taste beautiful grapefruit?
According to the official website of the Guizhou Provincial Market Supervision Bureau, recently, the Guizhou Provincial Market Supervision Bureau issued a consumer tip that the trick to picking grapefruit is “three look a pinch a paw”. Good grapefruit skin is smooth and delicate, yellow with green grapefruit than the color is too yellow grapefruit is better, the standard shape of grapefruit is “on the tip under the wide”, good grapefruit pinch up harder; red grapefruit and white grapefruit is the biggest difference is the pigment contained in different.
In addition, in the consumption of grapefruit-related rumors, often hear “after eating drugs and then eat grapefruit may be sudden death” this one, Guizhou Provincial Bureau of Market Supervision said that such a statement, although slightly exaggerated, but not unfounded. Grapefruit in the furanocoumarin, naringin, bergamotin and other ingredients, will affect the metabolic process of drugs in the body, thus changing the effectiveness of drugs. And whether drugs and grapefruit together will cause harm to the human body, with the amount of food has a lot to do with. From the safety point of view, it is recommended that when taking statins, anti-allergy drugs, sedative-hypnotic drugs, immunosuppressants and other drugs, try not to eat grapefruit.
Grapefruit is tasty and nutritious
The common ones on the market are Kuanxi grapefruit, Sha Tin grapefruit, three red grapefruit, golden grapefruit, etc., with their own characteristics of appearance and taste. In addition, there is a kind of grapefruit with a round and pleasing appearance, in fact, is the offspring of a natural cross between grapefruit and orange, also called grapefruit or grapefruit, and grapes are not related.
Grapefruit flesh contains a large amount of glycosides, as well as carotenoids, vitamin B1, vitamin B2, vitamin C, niacin and abundant calcium, phosphorus, iron and other essential elements. In addition, it also contains flavonoid substances, which have strong antioxidant properties and can scavenge the body of free radical substances and superoxide substances, which have certain anti-aging effects.
There are many rumors, which are true and which are false?
Rumor one: grapefruit is divided into male and female, male grapefruit sour female grapefruit sweet. This statement is based on the bottom of the grapefruit has a small circle, press the hand on the small circle, good elasticity is the female grapefruit; if pressed down the phenomenon of depression or even outward projection, is the male grapefruit.
Refute: grapefruit is not divided into male and female. The so-called male and female small circles, in fact, is the grapefruit fruit or thank the flowers left after the scar, and grapefruit is good, sweet or not directly related.
Rumor two: red grapefruit than white grapefruit taste good, high nutritional value.
Refutation: grapefruit is a large family, many varieties, the flesh is red or white, red grapefruit and white grapefruit is the biggest difference between the pigments contained in different. In general, the flesh of red citrus fruits have two types of pigments, one is water-soluble anthocyanins, the other is fat-soluble carotenoids, such as lycopene, beta-carotene, etc., red grapefruit contains lycopene. Lycopene has antioxidant properties, but there is not enough evidence to prove that red grapefruit has special effects. Therefore, in a comprehensive view, there is no significant difference in the nutritional value of red and white grapefruit.
Rumor 3: Some red grapefruits are pigmented, so the flesh is unevenly colored.
Refutation: grapefruit skin has a protective effect on the flesh, if injecting pigment with a needle, it is equivalent to using a needle hole to the outside world bugs and bacteria to play a channel, grapefruit is easy to rot and deteriorate, not conducive to preservation and transportation, which is more loss than gain for the business. If the pigment is injected into the grapefruit, at most, it can only penetrate between the outer skin and the capsule, and it is impossible to penetrate into the “juice cell” that wraps the juice of the fruit. The pigment through the pinhole is also difficult to spread and distribute evenly, the grapefruit flesh must have a local white or red situation, easy to identify. Therefore, the possibility of red heart grapefruit dyeing is almost zero.
Rumor 4: grapefruit peel in water can cure hepatitis B, anti-cancer.
Refutation: the essential oil in grapefruit peel has a calming, antibacterial and anti-inflammatory effect, but there is no special component to fight the hepatitis B virus, and there is no evidence of anti-cancer wonders.
Remember the tips, three moves to choose a good grapefruit
Look: look at the skin first. Good grapefruit skin is smooth and delicate, and the skin is relatively thin after peeling. If you encounter a grapefruit with rough skin, it is not recommended to buy. At the same time, the yellow with green grapefruit than the color too yellow grapefruit is better, because the latter is often too mature resulting in water loss, affecting the taste.
Then look at the shape of the fruit. The standard shape of a grapefruit is “sharp on the top and wide on the bottom”. The “top tip” is the neck of the grapefruit, the neck should not be too long, too long often means thick skin and less meat; “wide” is required to grapefruit “short, fat, round”, the bottom is full.
Finally, look at the size. Generally speaking, a larger grapefruit is more mature and has more flesh.
Pinch: A good grapefruit is hard and feels firm, which means the flesh is firm and juicy. If the grapefruit is not flexible and soft, it means that it may have been placed for some time and the water loss is more serious.
Paw: If two grapefruit is about the same size, paw to see which weight, the heavy moisture sufficient.
Scientific preservation, grapefruit moisture is not lost
Buy home grapefruit, many people will be put in the refrigerator to keep fresh, but this approach is often counterproductive, because the refrigerator moisture environment is more likely to make grapefruit rotten. The correct approach is to put it in a ventilated and dry place, avoid direct sunlight, and do not squeeze each other. Grapefruit head is often relatively large, if the skin has been peeled, it is best to put in a plastic bag sealed in the refrigerator, can effectively lock the moisture, you can also put the grapefruit back in the skin covered, even if not put in the refrigerator can be stored for about 3 days.
