You might be familiar with the Grapefruit Diet, a low calorie diet including grapefruit on a daily basis. The number of calories in grapefruit make it an ideal diet food.Several versions exist, some of which eliminate entire food groups, allow for unlimited consumption of high-fat, high-cholesterol, or sugar-laden foods, and some are quite rigid as […]

Grapefruits grow best in subtropical climates. In fact, it’s in their “genes.” Grapefruits were first thought to be discovered in the Caribbean; specifically on the island of Jamaica. Back then the fruit was called a shaddock. Once this citrus fruit was brought to the Unites States, it was renamed the grapefruit because of its resemblance […]