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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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.