Tag: flavanoids

  • Grapefruit: Health Hero or Health Villain?

    Grapefruit: Health Hero or Health Villain?

    In the 1970s and 80s, the average US resident was eating about 25 pounds of grapefruit every year. But decades later, that figure has plummeted to a measly pound and a half. Why the precipitous drop in the popularity of this softball-sized, sweet, and bitter fruit? Two things, really. The first was the decline of the Grapefruit Diet, a Hollywood-led… Read more