Grapefruit Is Not Sweet And Is Super Good For Defecation, Can You Lose Weight? Beware Of Falling Into The Sugar Trap

Now is the season of grapefruit production. Chinese medicine doctor Xu Chunzhang pointed out in his personal fan special that many people think that eating grapefruit helps defecate and can lose weight, but eating grapefruit is like eating sugarcane, which will leave a pile of sugar in the body If you eat too much, you will still gain weight. It is recommended to eat 3 or 4 cloves each time. If you can't help but want to eat more, the timing of eating is very important.

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The myth of grapefruit weight loss

Xu Chunzhang pointed out that some patients asked him: "I have eaten a lot of grapefruit, and it is very good for defecation. This time I should be able to lose weight!" But it only excretes the fiber and water of grapefruit, Then he left a bunch of sugar in his body; it was like chewing on sugar cane. Although he spit out all the bagasse, he actually drank a bunch of sweet sugar cane juice when he was chewing. If you accidentally eat it Too much and you will still gain weight.

Some people also think that "Pomelo is not very sweet, and its fiber content is high, so it should be easy to lose weight, right?" Xu Chunzhang said that the sugar content of 100 grams of grapefruit pulp is not high, but a grapefruit is often several hundred grams. Grams, if you accidentally eat a whole one, the "total sugar amount" you eat is quite impressive! If you get caught up in such thoughts, you may be disappointed when you weigh yourself.

The types of sugar in fruits are fructose>sucrose>glucose>starch in order of sweetness, but not sweet does not mean that the total sugar content is low, grapefruit still contains other sugars Category.

Xu Chunzhang said that as long as it is sugar, whether it is sweeter fructose or not-so-sweet starch, 1 gram has 4 calories. That is. When the body has too much sugar, it is converted into fat storage.

Xu Chunzhang said that grapefruit is actually a very nutritious fruit, and he personally recommends it! Just the right amount! Eat about a quarter (3 to 4 cloves) of grapefruit (up to a third) at a time. When losing weight, if you really love grapefruit and you want to eat more, you can follow the "4321 Diet Principles" and move what you want and what you like to eat in the morning or in the afternoon.

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