Daily glass of grapefruit juice ‘protects against heart disease’, study finds

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A daily glass of grapefruit juice keeps blood vessels healthy and could protect against heart disease, a new study shows.

Just half a pint a day was enough to improve circulation. Scientists have identified that health-boosting chemicals, called flavanones, that are naturally found in citrus fruits are responsible for the benefits.

The findings, published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, suggest regular grapefruit juice consumption could play a vital part in warding off heart disease – Britain’s biggest killer.

Around 73,000 people a year in the UK die from heart-related illnesses. They kill one in six of all men and one in ten women.

Eating a diet rich in fruit has long been known to have a protective effect. But there has been less research on precisely what it is in citrus fruits like grapefruit that helps to sustain a healthy heart.

Researchers at the French National Institute for Agricultural Research at Clermont-Ferrand, France, recruited 48 healthy women aged between 50 and 65 – one of the highest risk groups for heart disease… see more

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