Actually, pink grapefruit juice, or pink grapefruit, is a source of lycopene, although nowhere near as high in it as are concentrated tomatoes (spaghetti sauce, ketchup, etc., both of which are loaded with salt). Eating the grapefruit, if you eat it with the white membrane that surrounds it, is also a source of pectin, a cholesterol-binding fiber, and probably other nutrients. Oranges are the same way. Most people throw the membrane away. The fruit is almost always better than the juice, but juice is good too. I think since grape juice is more concentrated than grapes, it might be better, but in creating the juice, the fiber is lost, so it trades off. Fiber is as important for heart disease prevention as are any of the other nutrients. Personally, I think we evolved eating fruit, not drinking juice, so fruit is the way to go. Juice is probably best diluted with water, since it's high in sugar and calories. The body just doesn't need that much. I think the best way to get the much-touted olive oil is to eat olives. Nature doesn't grow anything in a bottle. See ya later. > [Original Message] > From: Paul Stone <pas@xxxxxxxx> > To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Date: 6/16/2006 9:00:36 AM > Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Bizarre Side Effect of Drinking Coffee > > At 01:55 AM 6/16/2006, you wrote: > >Julie, > >Uh oh. Grapefruit juice: If you're taking any meds, especially any > >psychotropics, check about possible interactions. > > I used to buy a bottle of unsweetened, yellow grapefruit juice almost every > morning. I LOVE it. For some reason, every variety store around here has > stopped selling it. I cannot get a good bottle of grapefruit juice. They > have this wussie, sweetened pink stuff, but that's not grapefruit juice. I > want the stuff that makes you look like Waylan's Madam for a few seconds. > I've gone back to having to work for my fix now -- actually eat a > grapefruit. I'll bet somebody in the meddling Canadian government found out > about the interaction with drugs like Carol and Andy talk about. For all I > know they've outlawed my favourite drink. It had to happen sooner or later, > everything I enjoy gets cancelled. > > sourpuss, > paul > > ########## > Paul Stone > pas@xxxxxxxx > Kingsville, ON, Canada > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, > digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html