Grapefruit, pamelo, orange, mandarin and other citrus fruits, in addition to their taste, are also very useful in fight against fat! Read below about them.
Citrus
All citrus: grapefruit, pamelo, orange, mandarin. First of all, citrus reduce level of insulin, which in turn reduces your desire to have a snack. They strengthen immune system and cleanse body of toxins.
Grapefruit
Fat-burning properties of grapefruit received a scientific justification just recently. Studies showed that the fruit contains a flavonoid naringin, which really has a fat-burning effect, this substance activates liver and has a pronounced cholagogue effect. And, as you know, it is fel that splits fats coming into our body with food.
Therefore, regular eating of grapefruit impacts figure beneficially: fatty deposits accumulation is gradually suspended. Naringin is contained in translucent interlobular partitions. This substance gives them a bitter taste. So, wishing to lose weight will have to make sacrifices: they should eat a whole grapefruit, not removing film.
Again, beware of stomach, citrus fruits contain many acids, that can cause a lot of unpleasant sensations. So people with higher gastric secretioni should drink a glass of grapefruit juice, diluted with water, a few minutes after meal. Such compromise will protect mucous membrane from aggressive influence of fruit acids, while enhancing formulation of bile sufficiently.
Papaya
Papaya contains all water-soluble vitamins, and much of periodic table, papaya contains papain, splitting proteins, and a group of nonspecific lipases that affect lipids, coming into our body. Such enzymatic papaya content consolidated its reputation as a “natural fat-burner.” Accordingly, a new generation of papaya slimming pills appeared.
However, as in case with pineapple, papaya “works” only in alimentary canal. After splitting and absorption into blood enzymes lose all enzymatic activity. Destruction of papain and lipase occurs 2-3 hours after they come into body. Therefore, papaya should be eaten immediately before a meal, while eating or soon thereafter. Only then lipases will manage to provide fermentative effect on eaten food.
To be more exact, you should not stick to papaya diet, but using papaya as one of components of restrictive protein-carbohydrate diet is efficient. In this case, its enzymes will give more tangible results.
Raspberry
Japanese scientists recently published results of their multi-year study. They proved this berry, in addition to vitamins, minerals and pectin substances also contains a mixture of fat-splitting enzymes, that participate in fat decomposition. Like all other fruit enzymes, they are active only in intestines and help digesting just eaten food. Dieticians of Land of the Rising Sun recommend eating half cup of raspberries half an hour before meal.
