#ULOG 02 grapefruit for the health of our body

hello my friends,, how are you today... i will share a little info about plants that are beneficial to our body.
grapefruit is a type of orange that has been popular in our society. Who would have thought if this type of orange has benefits and benefits for the health of the body. The name of this fruit is not from Bali, but comes from Java. The fruit is large enough like a melon with a green color on the skin. The meat is dark red. It was sweet and fresh. It is suitable for consumption as refreshing fruit juice.

Bali Citrus Classification
Kingdom : Plantae (plants)
Subkingdom : Tracheobionta (vicious)
Superdivisio : Spermatophyta (yielding seeds)
Divisio : Magnoliophyta (flowering)
Class : Magnoliopsida (double dikotil)
Subclass : Rosidae
Order : Sapindales
Familia : Rutaceae (orange tribe)
Genus : Citrus
Species : Citrus maxima

Plant morphology

Leaf
The leaves are oval and large, with the top or the blunt end and the edges almost flat, and the near end of the tip is slightly choppy. The location of the leaf is scattered with winged leaf stems wide, yellowish color, and hairy rather gloomy.

Trunk
The stem of the plant is rather strong, the center line is 10-30 meters, the skin is rather thick, the outer skin is yellowish brown, the inside is yellow. The orange trees have many branches that lie far from each other and duck at the edges. The young branch is angled and green, but gradually becomes round and dark green.
Citrus plants have stems that are classified in woody stems (lignosus), ie stems that are usually hard and strong, because most consist of wood. The stem is round (teres), spiny (spinosus) short, stiff and also sharp. In addition, the growing direction of the stem nods (nutans), where the trunk grows perpendicular upward but the tip then bends back down.

Fruit
Large fruits and thick-skinned, round fruit or balls that look depressed.

Flesh of fruit
The color of pink or pink fruit flesh. The fruit flesh has a hard texture until soft, sweet to slightly sour, and a little seed.

Flower
Compound grapefruit (inflorescentia), arranged in a panicle out of leaf axillary, star-shaped flowers, diameter 1.5 - 2.5 cm, white flowers, and smells nice.
Root

The roots of citrus plant roots

Although the present grapefruit is very rarely found, this fruit has a myriad of health benefits and benefits. Citrus fruits contain many vitamins, minerals, and also other compounds that are good for maintaining a healthy body. This fruit is also useful to be a source of food that can prevent some diseases. What are the benefits and efficacy of grapefruit? Let's see the full explanation below.

In order to make no mistake in understanding the benefits and efficacy of grapefruit, we provide a detailed explanation of some of the benefits of this fruit for your health. Here's the information.

1. Anti oxidant
   Benefits of the first grapefruit that serves as an anti-oxidant. This fruit protects the body and also keeps your health from the dangers of free radicals. You need to know that the effects of free radicals can be very serious, for example, cancer.

2. Treating canker sores
   The benefits of grapefruit are quite simple as canker sores. This fruit has enough vitamin C to cure canker sores. All sorts of infections present in your mouth usually arise due to lack of vitamin C.

3. Make your body fresher
   The next grapefruit benefits make your body much fresher. The trick is to eat this fruit is used as a juice with ice. This fruit will refresh the body while eliminating dehydration.

4. Prevent cancer
   Benefits of grapefruit stau is an important property. This fruit is a kind of fruit that can prevent your body from cancer attack. The compounds contained therein will help repair damaged body cells.

5. Lowering cholesterol in the body
   The benefit of grapefruit for cholesterol is to lower it, especially to eliminate the bad cholesterol type. This type of cholesterol needs to be removed from the body because the main trigger for growing chronic diseases is usually caused by obesity.

6. Prevent heart disease
   Efficacy of grapefruit for the heart is to prevent some diseases attacking these important organs. Your heart will remain protected and healthy as well. For that, you need to consume this fruit with a daily routine.

7. Increase red blood cells
   Grapefruit is a fruit that contains iron. This compound is good for adding red blood cells in the body. Sufficient red blood cells will not make your body suffer from red blood cell deficiency disease such as anemia.

8. Prevent hypertension
   Hypertension is a disease caused by high blood pressure. To control it, you need a food intake that can prevent hypertension. Citrus fruits can be the right choice for this disease because the nutrient content in it will make your body stronger.