My secret is, to whom ever likes coffee black, and grapefruit with no sugar on it, that if you eat grapefruit in the morning for breakfast, and drink coffee black that the acid in grapefruit when combined with coffee it combusts and burns fat easier...
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To Bad I can't eat grapefruit, because of my blood pressure medicine doesn't allow me to. I hate that fact that I can't because I love grapefruit..
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Believe it or not, for the first diet I went on included breakfast of black coffee and grapefruit. I have read several articles about grapefruit, or citrus in general, helping to burn fat. Some studies have show that it blocks fat storage and also insulin generation. http://www.medicalnewsto day.com/articles/5495.ph p http://www.ehow.com /way_5575541_eating-grap efruit-make-lose-weight. html
EGGBASKET11/9/2011 7:50:00 PM
I LOVE GRAPEFRUIT AND I LOVE COFFEE (DOES DECAF WORK). I'M GOING TO TRY THIS. NO MATTER WHAT, IT'S A GOOD BREAKFAST !!! THANKS FOR SHARING !
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