How grapefruit really can help us lose weight: Drinking fruit's juice when eating fatty food can help reduce weight put on by a fifth

• - Scientists have discovered drinking grapefruit juice with meals is healthy
• - The fruit juice could keep blood sugar levels under control without drugs 
• - Mice fed fatty foods and juice gained 18pc less weight than others 
• - Dieticians advise that grapefruit should form part of a balanced diet  

Dieters have long sworn that grapefruit helps them lose weight.

Now, scientists are beginning to believe them.

A study has found that drinking grapefruit juice when eating fatty food lowers the amount of weight put on by up to a fifth.

Researchers discovered that drinking grapefruit juice with fatty meals was highly beneficial.

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The research also suggested that grapefruit could be as good as prescription drugs at keeping blood sugar levels under control – a key part of managing diabetes.

The experiments were conducted on mice – but researchers say the results justify studies on humans. 

Article source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2785621/How-grapefruit-really-help-lose-weight-Drinking-fruit-s-juice-eating-fatty-food-help-reduce-weight-fifth.html

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