Eat Grapefruit To Prevent Diabetes

Author: Dean Rouseberg Time for reading: ~1 minutes Last Updated: August 08, 2022

An antioxidant that gives the fruit a bitter taste, increases the body's sensitivity to insulin and causes the liver to burn fat instead of storing it ...

The results of a new study conducted by American and Israeli experts show that regular consumption of grapefruit can help fight diabetes, reports the Daily Mail.

Scientists have found that citrus fruit contains the antioxidant naringenin, which gives it a bitter taste. In its effect on metabolic processes in the body, naringenin is identical to two of the drugs that are often used in patients with type II diabetes.

Type II diabetes is the most common type of diabetes. In type 2 diabetes, the pancreas secretes the hormone insulin, but its secretion is inadequate to the needs of the body's cells. This means that insulin is released in less than the required amount or (more often) the cells do not respond to the action of insulin. This condition, in which cells are insensitive to insulin, is called insulin resistance. In response to this insensitivity, the beta cells of the pancreas begin to produce and secrete more insulin to affect the insensitive cells. However, insulin fails to get glucose from the blood into the cells of the muscles, liver and fat, and blood sugar remains high.

Studies conducted by Dr. Jacob Nahmias and colleagues at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem show that the antioxidant that gives grapefruit its specific taste increases the body's sensitivity to insulin and causes the liver to burn fat instead of storing it.

In addition, naringenin helps patients with metabolic diseases to maintain a healthy weight, which is an essential part of the treatment of the disease.

Eat Grapefruit To Prevent Diabetes

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