Ruby Red Grapefruit and antioxidants!

Grapefruit especially the ruby red grapefruit is a good source of vitamin C, as the pink and red hues contain the beneficial antioxidant lycopene.

The grapefruit first came from the West Indies around the 1700s. and it is a hybrid of a pummelo and the sweet orange.

It was called "the forbidden fruit"untill in the 1800's a Jamaican farmer called it "grapefruit" for the way it grows on trees. Grapefruit can interact with medication and so can the Seville orange. So if you are taking medicines have a look at the website below for information on possible interactions, and if necessary, replace these fruits by other citrus fruits, Clementines for instance.
Grape-fruit and medication: A cautionary note!
Grapefruit; ruby red grapefruit can have a number of interactions with drugs, often increasing the potency of some, and they also have enzymes that inhibit certain drugs in the intestine. The effect of grapefruit juice with regard to drug absorption was originally discovered in 1989, and the effect on drug interactions became well-publicized after there were a number of deaths.

Studies have shown grapefruit helps lower cholesterol, and has an effect on metabolism, and the antioxidant Lycopene also can have a positive effect on prostate cancer.

The websites below have more information available.