Grapefruit
and Weight Loss
weight loss with delicious juicy grapefruit
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Grapefruit Diet and Weight Loss
A recent study have found that people who added half a grapefruit to every meal and made no other dietary changes recorded weight loss at an average of 3.6 pounds over the course of 12. "Grapefruit appeared to encourage weight loss by decreasing levels of the fat storage hormone, insulin," says lead researcher Ken Fujioka, M.D. who adds there may be a potential for weight loss from eating smaller amounts. Plus, you'll benefit from the vitamin C.
The study enrolled 100 obese patients with an average weight of 218 pounds in the study. One group of volunteers ate half a grapefruit before each meal three times a day, while another drank a glass of grapefruit juice before every meal. A third did not include grapefruit in their meals. After 12 weeks, those eating grapefruit had weight loss of an average of 3.6 pounds, and some shed as much as 10 pounds.
The participants drinking grapefruit juice lost an average of 3.3 pounds. But those in the control group who consumed no grapefruit only lost an average of 0.5 pounds. The researchers said the grapefruit weight loss was probably linked to lowered levels of insulin, which was born out by measurements of glucose levels. Insulin is used to metabolize sugar. The more efficiently sugar is metabolized, the less likely it is to be stored as fat in the body.
Lowering insulin levels also makes people feel less hungry. High levels of the insulin hormone stimulate the brain's hypothalamus, causing feelings of hunger. They also stimulate the liver to manufacture fat that can constrict arteries, leading to heart attacks and strokes. This study of grapefruit potential in lowering insulin level that lead to weight loss is an exciting discovery as weight loss reduce body resistant to insulin and therefore improve diabetes control.
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