Comments on: Blogathon 2009: Things you didn’t know about grapefruit. http://www.catherineomega.com/2009/07/blogathon-2009-things-you-didnt-know-about-grapefruit/ A blog by Catherine Winters Wed, 18 Aug 2010 05:06:44 +0000 hourly 1 By: AnneDroid http://www.catherineomega.com/2009/07/blogathon-2009-things-you-didnt-know-about-grapefruit/comment-page-1/#comment-56554 AnneDroid Sun, 26 Jul 2009 02:08:57 +0000 http://www.catherineomega.com/?p=384#comment-56554 You mentioned a number of good or neutral things about Greapefruit. You didn't mention the downsides. For me, the only real one is its flavor. It's way too bitter for me (I'm bitter enough without it ;). Second, it's extremely acidic - if you've ever tried the "lemon battery" experiment (<a href="http://www.hilaroad.com/camp/projects/lemon/lemon_battery.html" rel="nofollow">like this one</a>), using a grapefruit can produce as much or more power. Possibly the scariest drawback is eating grapefruit while on Statin-based (cholesterol-lowering) drugs can be <a href="http://cholesterol.about.com/od/statindrugs/a/grapefruitstat.htm" rel="nofollow">deadly</a>! You mentioned a number of good or neutral things about Greapefruit. You didn’t mention the downsides.

For me, the only real one is its flavor. It’s way too bitter for me (I’m bitter enough without it ;).
Second, it’s extremely acidic — if you’ve ever tried the “lemon battery” experiment (like this one), using a grapefruit can produce as much or more power.
Possibly the scariest drawback is eating grapefruit while on Statin-based (cholesterol-lowering) drugs can be deadly!

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