Red heart pomelo, is a dicotyledonous plant family Rutaceae pomelo genus Gouxi honey pomelo, there are called red meat honey pomelo, red heart pomelo, blood pomelo.

The red flesh of red hearted grapefruit is red because it has two more pigments - beta-carotene and lycopene - than ordinary grapefruit. These two pigments are common in other fruits and vegetables and are not harmful to the body.

There are two types of citrus fruit color pigments with red flesh, one is water-soluble anthocyanins, blood oranges are typical varieties colored by anthocyanins; the other is fat-soluble carotenoids, such as lycopene and beta-carotene. The color of red meat is mainly lycopene.

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Nutritional composition of the red grapefruit:

1, red grapefruit Contains physiologically active substances piroside, can reduce the viscosity of the blood, thus reducing the formation of blood clots.

2, grapefruit contains pectin can not only reduce the damage to the arterial wall, but also control the level of density lipoprotein.

3, grapefruit also has the effect of strengthening the body, it helps the body more easily absorbed into the calcium and iron, contains natural folic acid, for pregnant women, to prevent the occurrence of anemia and promote fetal development.

4, red grapefruit has the effect of stomach, is appetizing, promote digestion of high quality nutritional health care fruit. In addition, red grapefruit has the effect of lowering blood sugar and cholesterol.

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