This is trying to make life
complicated. My intuition tells me that
it will be a great idea if when one is confronted with a high cholesterol meal,
that one should eat a grapefruit, but eat half of it just before you start and
the balance at the end before you tackle desert, if that is done at all.
By the way, I have found it much
easier to treat a grapefruit like an orange and to simply peel it. A little fuss sometimes but the convenience
of eating it in sections make it all much easier. For some reason we have all been taught a
strange ritual that is generally messy and needs tools. Starting a meal with several sections of
grapefruit or a glass of juice is better.
At least we now understand why
grapefruit found its way onto the breakfast table. It helps to control insulin and the effects
of the bacon and eggs on cholesterol.
Grapefruit molecule may lower bad cholesterol, treat diabetes
Thursday, May 26, 2011 by: Jonathan Benson, staff writer
(NaturalNews) Israeli scientists may have discovered an effective new
way to treat high cholesterol and diabetes naturally. Dr. Yaakov Nahmias from
the Benin School of Engineering and Computer Science at Hebrew University and
his colleagues have discovered that naringenin, a molecule in grapefruits that
gives the fruit its bitter taste, can help to treat arteriosclerosis,
hyper-metabolism, and even diabetes.
The study, which was recently published in the journal PLoS One, explains that when a highly-bioavailable "nano-complex" of naringenin is consumed just before a meal that is high in fat and sugar, it can reduce the development of bad cholesterol by roughly 42 percent, and actually increase insulin sensitivity by 64 percent.
Dr. Nahmias and his colleagues allege that naringenin in its natural form is not very easily absorbed by the body. So they developed what they say is an improved version on the substance, which is surrounded by a ring of sugar called cyclodextrin, and that is 11 times more bioavailable than naringenin that comes straight from a grapefruit.
"The complex is special in that it is taken just before a meal, as a preventative measure," said Dr. Nahmias. "In comparison, existing medications are given only after the chronic development of abnormal lipid levels in the blood."
Because the development of the new naringenin supplement involved the use of a type of nanotechnology, it is unclear whether or not this modified version poses any health threats. Some nano-type supplements, such as colloidal silver, have been safely and effectively used as natural remedies by many patients, while others may not have been effectively tested. Further studies will be necessary to form a solid conclusion.
When consuming or using any natural products that contain nano-sized particles, it is important to verify what type they are, and how they were developed. "Green" nanotechnology, for instance, can induce positive changes to various substances without using unnatural or toxic means to do so (http://www.naturalnews.com/030750_c...).
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