Grapefruit - one for children, parents Assistant

Grapefruit is considered one of the most useful products. He nizkokalorien, there is less sugar than oranges, and less acid than in lemons. In grapefruit fruit contains vitamin C, B1, B2, P, D, calcium and potassium salts. If your child is like a grapefruit, and it does not have an allergy to it, be sure to eat this fruit once or twice a week.

Title grapefruit consists of two roots - grape (grapes) and fruit (fruit). The fact is that the fruits are collected in clusters on 6-18 units, similar to grapes. Grapefruit - a hybrid of orange and pomelo presumably.

Typically, grapefruits do not cause allergies in children. However, excessive caution can not hurt. When meeting with a new baby fruit slice and let it look at the reaction of the organism.

Fresh fruit juice and grapefruit helpful to children with colds and flu. This helps reduce the temperature and refreshment. If you eat a grapefruit before meals (20 minutes) in children and adults stimulates appetite and improves digestion. If you eat a grapefruit before bed, then sleep like a baby.

Grapefruit doctors recommend to use for the prevention and treatment of cardiovascular diseases, diseases of the liver and gallbladder, obesity, scurvy, anemia, gout, infections and colds. As well as gastritis and colitis, certain skin diseases. Eating grapefruit helps with edema, constipation, flatulence, increased bleeding gums, and other types of bleeding.

This fruit has a strong anti-cancer effects, lowers cholesterol and helps patients with diabetes mellitus. Grapefruit - the enemy of fatigue and other nervous system. This is a general tonic to improve livelihoods of the whole organism.

If your child has a stomach ulcer and duodenal ulcer, gastritis with high acidity of gastric juice, enteritis or colitis, the grapefruit is not to him.

Contraindications are also heartburn and acid regurgitation, hepatitis, nephritis, high blood pressure, diseases of the genitourinary system, the liver, gallbladder and pancreas.

In young children grapefruit can cause a severe allergic reaction, so it is better not to give this fruit.

The sweetest varieties of grapefruit and helpful - with red-pink flesh. The heavier the fruit, the juicier it will be. Since grapefruit poorly stored and eventually loses its beneficial properties, it should be eaten within 2-3 days of purchase in the market or in the shop. Fruits thoroughly wash with hot water to remove chemicals and wax.

Do not eat grapefruit with drugs. Its juice increases the effects of pills, and you or your child can get heart palpitations and dizziness (effect of overdose).

Eating grapefruit convenient, cut it in half and selecting the flesh with a teaspoon. To not bitter grapefruit, clear translucent leathery film that covers each slice of fruit. It focused quinic acid and gorchaschie glycosides. Many adults and children love grapefruit with sugar.

Here are some simple recipes with grapefruit.

Baked Grapefruit

Ingredients: 1 medium-sized grapefruit (200 gr.), 2 tbsp. l. butter, 4 h. l. sugar (preferably brown).

Grapefruit cut in half. In a circle (about 5 mm) to cut the crust, without touching the flesh. Beauty can be done with a sharp knife teeth. Obliquely to the pulp to make frequent cuts. Seredinku pierce. Put on each half 1 tbsp. l. oil, in the middle of a well. Sprinkle with sugar. Send in a preheated 150 degree oven for 10-15 minutes. The dish is ready! If you want to decorate it with chopped nuts.

Salad with grapefruit and soft cheese

The ingredients in the calculation for 4 servings: 2 grapefruit 200g. soft cheese, 200 gr. tomatoes, 50 gr. olives, 3 tbsp. l. olive oil, 1 hr. l. chopped herbs, oregano, salt and pepper.

Clear the grapefruit peeled and cut into thin films and circles. Similarly, chopped tomatoes. Cheese cut into cubes. Put the slices on a platter grapefruit, then tomatoes and cheese. Alternate so that they went edges at each other. Top decorate olives. Of oil, oregano, salt and pepper prepare sauce and dressed with their salad. The finished dish in the refrigerator for 30 minutes.

Grapefruit compote

Ingredients: 2 grapefruit, 2 apples, 1 liter. water, 2 tbsp. l. sugar.

Grapefruit peel, divided into segments and each of them clear of films. Apple peel and cut into small pieces. Connect fruit, cover with water, bring to a boil, and cook sweeten compote. When it's ready, drain. Serve chilled.

Chicken with quince and grapefruit

Ingredients: chicken weighing 2-2.5 kg, 1 quince, 1 grapefruit, salt, pepper, garlic.

Rub the chicken with salt, pepper and garlic davl�nym. Leave for 15-20 minutes. Grapefruit peel and white veins, cut into slices. Quince wash, cut slices. Dump chicken slices of quince and grapefruit, put in a sleeve for baking. Bake in the oven until cooked.

Apple pie with grapefruit

Ingredients: 3 eggs, 1 cup sugar, 1 tbsp. l. milk, grapefruit 1, 200 g of flour, 1.5 hr. l. baking powder, 100 grams of butter, 3 medium apples.

Grapefruit peeled, divide into segments, remove the foil and finely chop. Egg whisk sugar. Melt the butter and add it to the egg mixture. All whisk well. Add the chopped grapefruit, pour the milk and stir. Pour the flour with baking powder and whisk well. The dough is poured into molds. We place on top of apples slices, lightly pushing them into the dough. Top you can sprinkle with brown sugar. Put into the mold preheated at 180 degree oven for 45 minutes. Enjoy your tea!