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Is it bad to rat grapefruit at night?

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If grapefruit is a regular part of your diet, you're making an incredibly healthy choice. This citrus fruit is chock full of nutrients. Just half of a medium-sized grapefruit contains 64% of your daily vitamin C needs, 28% of vitamin A, 5% of potassium, 4% of folate, and 3% of magnesium. It also offers 2 grams of fiber and even contains 1 gram of protein. The best part is it is super low in calories, delivering just 52 of them. The nutrition that grapefruit provides goes a long way in staving off certain health conditions when consumed as part of a healthy diet, including diabetes and heart disease (per Healthline). In fact, one 2012 study found that participants who consumed three grapefruits a day for a mere six weeks significantly lowered their overall blood pressure. If you're not worried about your blood pressure, you can still benefit from the addition of grapefruit to your diet — specifically when it comes to immune health. Due to its high vitamin C content, grapefruits ...