Grapefruit for Weight Loss?

Maylin Rodriguez-Paez RN

Remember the grapefruit weight loss diet from the 1980’s? Well, there may have been something to it, according to the results of a new study.

Essentially, mice given grapefruit juice exhibited weight loss and lower blood sugar levels.

The results were recently published in the journal PLOS ONE.

Grapefruit Juice for Weight Loss and Lower Blood Sugar

In the study, mice were selected to receive one of the following — or a combination of these ingredients:

• Metformin (a diabetes drug)
• Sweetened grapefruit juice
• Sweetened water (control)
• Naringin (a bitter extract from grapefruit)

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