No More Jiggles: Grapefruit?

Grapefruit?

This is supposed to help you lose weight?

Well there are tons of weight loss books written about this bitter fruit so you have to delve deeper right?

Apparently grapefruit are full of something called Naringin which is an enzyme which helps burn fat.  True story, and while Naringin can be found in other citrus fruits, Grapefruit have the highest level.

I remember a couple years ago I reached out for weight loss tips and one of them was to eat half a grapefruit before every meal, the person swore by it - that it helped her burn 10 pounds in less than a month.  

But here's my issue - grapefruit are BITTER.  Not unbearably so, but enough to make you think twice when you're about two days in.  And without dousing it in sugar to get over the taste and completely undoing the weight loss issue, it's kind of tough to keep up.

Except I recently came upon another weird topper:

Sea Salt.

I know what you're thinking - barf.  But I tried it and it's actually really good!

Obviously, it's a very light sprinkling of the stuff, but it was surprisingly good.  Also there are recipes to try a little bit of brown sugar on half a grapefruit, then broiling it in the oven for a few minutes so it caramelizes.  

I haven't tried it so I can't vouch for it, but it sounds like a safe bet.  Again - with the sugar, but grapefruit is tough to down!

Then there are yummies like this:

Pink Power Grapefruit Smoothie

1 Cup Freshly Squeezed Pink Grapefruit Juice
1/2 Cup White Grapefruit Juice
1 Cup Frozen Strawberries
1/2 Cup Ice
2 Frozen Bananas


Sounds doable to me.  Ooh - mangos would be tasty in there too!


Looks like I have some grapefruit to buy.

P.S. It's my birthday today.  True story.