Well-known as the low-calorie, diet-friendly fruit, grapefruit should be rightfully known for its abundance of vitamins, nutrients and powerful health-promoting plant chemicals.
Named for the way they grow in grape-like clusters, grapefruit actually are a cross between the pomelo, which is the largest citrus fruit, similar to but sweeter than grapefruit, and the orange. It’s a cross breeding that occurred either deliberately or naturally more than 300 years ago.
