Grapefruit Normalizes Hematocrit Levels.

[Big Barry]

I'm still confused as to how it lowers hematocrit. Unless it gets rid of red blood cells I don't see it. If it does, how does it do so? Does it engage the white blood cells to attack them? Or does it not allow them to be produced? Red blood cells have a life of only 10 days.

Great question. I was wondering that myself. lol

Grapefruit does loads of weird shit to the body though... so I wouldn't be surprised if it was doing something that nothing else was capable of.

[Big Barry]

It says...

"This study was based on in vitro observations that naringin isolated from grapefruit induced red cell aggregation and evidence that clumped red cells are removed from the circulation by phagocytosis."


Phagocytosis is the cellular process of engulfing solid particles by the cell membrane to form an internal phagosome by phagocytes and protists.

[Big Barry]

^ Whatever that means. lol

[bushmaster]

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Phagocytosis in three steps:1. Unbound phagocyte surface receptors do not trigger phagocytosis.2. Binding of receptors causes them to cluster.3. Phagocytosis is triggered and the particle is taken up by the phagocyte.

[Big Barry]

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Phagocytosis in three steps:1. Unbound phagocyte surface receptors do not trigger phagocytosis.2. Binding of receptors causes them to cluster.3. Phagocytosis is triggered and the particle is taken up by the phagocyte.

Thanks for posting the diagram, bro. It makes more sense when you can actually see what they are describing.

It's curious because apart from this study from 1988 I can't find much else on it. Surely this is worthy of a follow-up study. Maybe we should drink a couple of pints of grapefruit juice each day and do our own study. haha

I might send some Dbols down with it... it's supposed to increase their half life, so simultaneously lowering hematocrit would be pretty awesome. LOL

[bushmaster]

Thanks for posting the diagram, bro. It makes more sense when you can actually see what they are describing.

It's curious because apart from this study from 1988 I can't find much else on it. Surely this is worthy of a follow-up study. Maybe we should drink a couple of pints of grapefruit juice each day and do our own study. haha

I might send some Dbols down with it... it's supposed to increase their half life, so simultaneously lowering hematocrit would be pretty awesome. LOL

No problem. This stuff is interesting. Basically the white blood cells play clean up. There are 4 kinds of white blood cells and I believe two get rid of waste.

[MattyH7688]

I use to buy it frequently. I just bought two bags last night of it because of this thread. This time to eat and not perform sex acts on webcam with them

[Big Barry]

I use to buy it frequently. I just bought two bags last night of it because of this thread. This time to eat and not perform sex acts on webcam with them

LMAO... I bought 10 liters of grapefruit juice and a bag of 6 grapefruits this morning!

[heavyiron]

Is aspirin and donating blood the only way to lower hematocrit levels? Or can coming off completely or even lowering the dose do the same thing?

Most guys see a reduction in Hematocrit from reducing the steroid but giving blood will do this much faster.

[joe d]

^ Whatever that means. lol

what it means doesnt matter. what matters is that you sounded really smart.

[Big Barry]

what it means doesnt matter. what matters is that you sounded really smart.

Exactly! haha

[bushmaster]

http://blog.caloricious.com/2011/09/...-anti-oxidant/ great read! So it basically acts like Coq10.

[Big Barry]

http://blog.caloricious.com/2011/09/...-anti-oxidant/ great read! So it basically acts like Coq10.

Awesome article, bro! ... Naringin seems to have a shit load of benefits!

[bushmaster]

Awesome article, bro! ... Naringin seems to have a shit load of benefits!

I will be now taking it with my BP meds to enhance them. Just have to watch out for it dropping too low now. Also don't use with insulin because it lowers blood glucose.

[GDavis]

So that is what Kai Green was doing in that video,... lowering his elevated hematocritis levels it appeared topically.