Warning: Grapefruit can interact with drugs, such as decreasing the effectiveness of estradiol, making Oxycodone last longer, increasing blood levels when on Viagra, and much more.
Grapefruit inhibits multiple enzymes in the small intestine, most notably CYP3A4. CYP3A4 is involved in the breaking down of a lot of drugs, so when it’s inhibited Oxycodone becomes inactive slower, and estradiol won’t break down all the way into estrogen. Drugs that are affected by grapefruit will often have warnings on their packaging
Personally, I like putting just a little bit of salt on my grapefruit, to counteract the bitter flavor. Dumping sugar on it doesn’t help. Grapefruits are about half as sour as lemons, since they have half the citric acid content.
Grapefruits were accidentally created as a cross between the sweet orange and the pomelo, in Barbados. Those fruits originate from Asia, but were brought to the Caribbean in the 17th century. Since it’s parent fruits are native to Asia, it grows well in Asia too.
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(China and Vietnam) are the two largest producers of Grapefruits, producing collectively 6.3 million tons out of the 9.8 million tons of worldwide production.
The painting was made by Robert Papp, who has a website here: https://robertpapp.com/. I don’t really know anything about the guy.
The lemon things with all of the recipes was really cool, but to be honest I just like grapefruit raw, cut in half and ate with a spoon.
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Can I be put on the end of the list?
that works!
thank you
Stick me at the end of the list
done and done
I rewatched Legally Blonde last night and I was surprised how well it holds up. Especially how unproblematic it is.
There’s bi-erasure with the pool guy (but they had only just invented bisexuals in the 90s so it might have not have reached them).
The autistic guy is a bit rough but displayed as morally good and helps Elle in the last act.
The character of Enid Wexler is interesting because it feels like she’s mean spirited in intent but just comes off as cool af in modern context.
She’s a black Jewish lesbian with a PhD in women’s studies (with an emphasis on combat) who organised a lesbian march against drunk driving. That feels like a conservative Jones but none of that is bad. In fact it’s cool.
Even the scene where she has cornered the cishet white Warner (who the film agrees sucks), and is telling him the university should change the name of “semester” to “ovester” could be fixed with a wink to show she’s yanking his chain.
relationship shit
I’m 99% breaking up with my long term gf.
Tonight.
Been a long time coming, i just need to actualize it.
On the other hand I started seriously talking online to this enby that’s been super cool and has the same kind of adhd and autism as me and it’s been crazy fun. We’ve known each other for a year but recently got super into things together in the last month.
I’m trying not to conflate the two events, but being around this new person has made me realize how stagnant my relationship got and how important queerness is to me in relationships, platonic or otherwise. I also realized how my gf is still kinda seeing me the same way she’s always seen me even if she’s been supportive to my transition, whereas this new person treats me… like a woman? idk it’s different for sure. I don’t know where things are going with this new person but they’re super flirty with me and me with them. We’re both poly (though my relationship wasn’t so I’ve even monog in practice) and things have been freeing hearing about them and their experiences. We’re kinda sorta making plans to meet up later this year or next and I’m almost in disbelief that this is happening so fast and they are as well.
idk im scared and excited and nervous and
Money me. Me needing money a lot now
my bralettes have been feeling a bit tighter recently which either means my tits or my muscles are getting bigger. either one is fucking great
E gave me freckles! Never knew that could happen
Ugh. Both my parents are being weird about my gender
Should I actually look at myself in the mirror?
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dating, anxiety, sex (overall things are pretty good)
The person that asked me out on a second date/meetup finally got back to me. I wanted to show some initiative, and she had suggested the first location, so I suggested a couple options for dinner and activities. Was very nervous since she has been a bit slow in communication, and I was anxious that I didn’t make a first impression and that she was just going to let me down lightly or ghost me. That was just anxiety talking, and she liked some of the suggestions! She’s just busy right now and maybe coming down with something. So, definitely excited. I really like her, and I hate that my anxiety has been needlessly souring my feelings.
The other person that I scheduled a date with, well, I decided to stop playing coy/hard to get and ask some questions about sex to make sure that we were actually compatible in that department. It sounds like we are. It feels really good to be desired. I think that some clear communication here was very valuable in increasing my comfort levels. Definitely nervous, but increasingly excited. They’re going to a convention that my BFF is concidentally going to, so I am going to orchestrate a meetup so my BFF can give them a secondhand vibe check for me.
In non dating news, my ears have healed up enough (8+ weeks post piercing) for trying out new pairs. Well out last night with some spiked hoops and some chain earcuffs. The earmuffs didn’t match since I didn’t interpret the multipack product description correctly, but I was able to use a pair of those pieces and mod them into a better option (one of the cuffs has a dangling stud, the other a dangling sword.) I didn’t get any specific compliments on those, but got a ton of compliments on my outfit in general, especially my studded PU leather jacket. I honestly thought it was a bit much or a bit corny, but I guess my inner alt/goth girl knows better than my grown-up woman brain.
The Caro-Kann goes hard
name stuff
Had a big city adventure and went to a protest and hung out with rad queer and trans ppl and it really lifted my spirits
First day in ages where I was with friends who only know me as me and not (deadname) and omg I needed that so much
It’s not a big deal really but I got dinner with friends and gave my full (femme) name on my order which is still kinda nerve-wracking for me but was with friends and the staff were very nice gay guys who were very kind to me and god I really appreciate queer friendly neighborhoods
Saw a lot of cis ally stuff for trans rights from a surprisingly older and more lib seeming crowd and seeing trans people in public being accepted and defended and thriving really got me emotional and happy
Love my friends and am really grateful to have their support and acceptance
I’m learning kernel module development for the first time and so far the most challenging thing is typing “dmseg” correctly and remembering that I have to use sudo for pretty much every command
Is my hair getting in my mouth going to get better when it gets a bit longer or is this just an issue I have to deal with now? It was kinda cool at first but now its like every time I eat
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