The Great Grapefruit Saga
A Tale of Grapefruit Love
My story begins one sunny afternoon in San Diego CA at my boyfriends Mom's house. We went to walk the dog and when we returned her grapefruit tree had deposited a hefty branch onto the driveway leaving 50 or so grapefruit in its wake. Being an avid juice faster and detox-er, I curiously rounded up all the fruit and took them home to start a grapefruit detox. And there my love affair with this wonder fruit began!
Day one. May 20th 2013 I begin the detox by squeezing one grapefruit one lemon, Cheyenne pepper, grade b maple syrup into distilled water. The taste of the grapefruit was overwhelming, even assaulting at first. I even added more syrup to cover the tart. (these were white grapefruit fresh from a tree) I drank 3 glasses, no noted effects.
Day two. Day two I wake up very spry and refreshed. I get this crazy idea to start adding apple cider vinegar to my detox to see what happens. Again I use one grapefruit and one lemon but this time the juice is very pleasant and I end up squeezing another grapefruit by the end of the day. This time I add the ACV (apple cider vinegar)
Day three. After a mere 6 hours I bound out of bed and bounce off the walls from what seems like an abnormal amount of energy. This time I made the detox with only grapefruit. I notice my comfy sweats are falling off. I stand there shocked with my sweats around my ankles.
Day four. Day four commence peeing! Day four seemed like it was spent in a urine filled haze as the detox kicked into high gear. This time I do 3 grapefruit even less syrup and more cayenne. Im starting to really like the taste of grapefruit! Also I burned my ugly fat sweats!!!
Day five. It's now Friday. Ive lost something like 2 inches and 14 pounds! I feel so much energy and vitality. I feel so clean and toxin free like a cloud! My boyfriend wants to go out and have drinks and dinner. Im not even interested. It was as if my hunger and cravings were completely shut down! I continue on detox.
Day six. May 24th 2013, Its Saturday and I have a big art show coming up. Having started detox so I could fit in that lil black dress for my art show, turned into a whole body mind cleanse! Never had lemon detox worked this well! Not to mention the ACV seemed to amp up the cleanse. I wear the cute black dress and break my detox on a vegan taco made by my friend at the event. BEST TACO EVER!!!!!!!!!!!
Day seven. Still buzzing from the previous days events, I proceed to make grapefruit juice automatically upon waking. I realize then how bomb this fruit is.
OK So here's the best part of my story and why I decided to make this lens. Im sure there are a lot of lenses about grapefruit benefits, and diets, and medicine interactions, and all that junk, but the reason I wanted to share grapefruit is that it cured my sinus infection in 2 days!!!!
So I haven't had a cold or been sick in two, almost three years. The last time I was sick, I was coming back from Japan and had the worst flu of my life (thats a whole lens in itself!) and I took great lengths with nutrition and diet to maintain a sick free body.
Then last weekend I got food poisoning and spent the weekend throwing up. After that I slept with the window open and the next day I had a sore throat and cold. For some reason I was drawn to grapefruit. So on the second day of my cold (which started to turn into a sinus infection with bright green mucus) I pick some fresh grapefruit and start drinking it straight up with apple cider vinegar. After TWO DAYS no more sore throat, minimal runny nose and cough! No more fatigue and fever! No more green mukies! Im like WUT? So I do a bit of research on sinus infection home remedies. . .
I type in "Sinus infection home remedy" into google, pick the first link and BAMMMMMMMMMMMMM
"There are also other ways to treat sinus infection. The patient should know what to take when experiencing this extremely irritating infection. Taking Apple cider vinegar can be particularly helpful to exterminate the infection. He can mix 2 tablespoons of Apple Cider Vinegar and 1 teaspoon of honey with 8 ounce of water.
This mixture can help remove sinus infection in just few days. He can also simply take 1 teaspoon of Apple Cider Vinegar 3 times a day. Finally, it can also be used in steaming. Fifty percent of ACV plus fifty percent of water can be an extraordinarily powerful mixture, heat it and inhale the steam with your mouth. The warmth coming from it can also help kill bacteria.
If your sinus infection has already irritatingly grown and becomes Chronic in nature, the patient can use Grapefruit Seed Extract to treat it. The grapefruit has antifungal and antibacterial components that can effectively cure sinus infection. It can be found in liquid or pill form. This may cause allergies to some people and can only be taken with doctor's advice."
WUT??
I cured myself with grapefruit without even knowing what I was doing!
This inspired me to research the fruit and share my story.
I think Im addicted to grapefruit now HAHA
Here is the recipe for my grapefruit elixirs! Partake at your own risk, do not engage in any of these tonics if you are taking medication and have serious health issues. Grapefruit can interact with statin medications and can be harmful when mixed with certain pharmaceuticals. The best use of grapefruit is to slowly add it to your diet.
Please note that I also use crystals for vibrational healing.
Cold Cure / Sinus Infection 2 parts grapefruit juice 1 part distilled water 2 tablespoons of organic apple cider vinegar and a small shungite healing crystal placed into the mixture.
Mega Detox 1 quart distilled water, 12 tablespoons of grapefruit juice fresh squeezed, organic. 1/2 teaspoon of cayenne pepper, 1 tablespoon of organic apple cider vinegar, and 12 tablespoons of grade b maple syrup. Add 1 citrine crystal for vibrational detox (DO NOT INGEST the CRYSTALS merely having them in the water will do the job)
Consume about 4 glasses a day with 3 glasses of water for 3-10 days (more if desired) make sure to follow with laxative tea (smooth move organic is what I like)
Cant seem to stick with fasting? Replace one meal with this elixir and see instant results with minimal effort!
I put it in this awesome bpa free high alkaline water bottle. I love these bottles, I feel like the wording and energy attached to the bottle helps to raise the vibration of the tonic inside! Find them at your local health food store.
> excellent source of vitamin C which prevents the free radical damage that triggers the inflammatory cascade, and is therefore also associated with reduced severity of inflammatory conditions, such as asthma, osteoarthritis, and rheumatoid arthritis. As free radicals can oxidize cholesterol and lead to plaques that may rupture causing heart attacks or stroke, vitamin C is beneficial to promoting cardiovascular health.
> Pink and red grapefruit is rich in Lycopene Lycopene appears to have anti-tumor activity. Among the common dietary carotenoids, lycopene has the highest capacity to help fight oxygen free radicals, which are compounds that can damage cells.
>Grapefruit Juice ranked among those Highest in Antioxidant Activity Not all fruit juices are the same. They differ markedly in the variety of phenolic compounds and antioxidant activity. Best to drink a variety of fruit juices. That way you will get all the compounds with anti-oxidant activity.
> Pulp of citrus fruits like grapefruit contain glucarates, compounds that may help prevent breast cancer. In animal studies and laboratory tests with human cells,
>Phytonutrients in grapefruit called limonoids inhibit tumor formation and promote optimal healthlimonoids have been shown to help fight cancers of the mouth, skin, lung, breast, stomach and colon.
>Lowers cholesterol Both blond and red grapefruit can reduce blood levels of LDL ("bad") cholesterol, and red grapefruit lowers triglycerides as well, shows a study published in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry.
> Prevent Kidney Stones A study published in the British Journal of Nutrition found that when women drank 1/2 to 1 liter of grapefruit, apple or orange juice daily, their urinary pH value and citric acid excretion increased, significantly dropping their risk of forming calcium oxalate stones.
> Protection against Colon Cancer Not only are grapefruit rich in vitamin C, but new research presented at the 228th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society provides two more reasons to drink grapefruit juice: protection against lung and colon cancer.
> Grapefruit's Naringenin Repairs DNA Naringenin helps restore health to damaged DNA by inducing two enzymes that repair DNA during the replication stage. These enzymes, 8-oxoguanine-DNA glycosylase 1 (hOGG1), and DNA polymerase beta (DNA poly beta), are both involved in the DNA base excision repair (BER) pathway.
> effective as a blood sugar stabilizer A Flavonoid called Naringin which grapefruits are full of, and gives them their bitter taste, works in a couple of ways to help stimulates the Liver, improve insulin sensitivity, and metabolize fat.
> increases your metabolism and burns fat!!!
Try adding half a grapefruit to your breakfast and the other half to your dinner for 2 weeks. Document the results here! Thanks for learning about grapefruit with me! Take care and have a lovely day! xoxox Rainbowise
