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.

some-controversy and peekaboo (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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    hi, does anyone wanna make the mega in the upcoming weeks? if so, reply to this post and i’ll add you to the list!

    the list as it stands:

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    CW genital talk

    Yo it’s been 6 weeks since I started HRT and I tried to trim my public hair and ending shaving everything and woah my scrotum is already like a few shades darker and I got that very dark line under my penis. Which I understand all is normal but I didn’t think it would be this fast.

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    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

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    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 joke 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.

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    Started doing the ring glitch in no-copyright unleashed to make sonic consume hundreds of chili dogs. Like it works but damn I don’t think I’m a major fan of this level up mechanic. I understand it in secret rings beforehand, with how short the game is they had to do something to pad it out (though with how broken a level 99 sonic is I’m eh). Anyway maxed out day time sonic now need to fully unleash the (were)HOG