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Grapefruit may help gum diseasePosted Dec 26th 2005 4:06PM by Nick VagnoniFiled under: Science, Fruit, NewspapersEating two grapefruits a day seems to help heal bleeding gums, according to the results of recent study from a German
university. The high levels of Vitamin C apparently helped promote wound healing and reduced damage by free radicals,
according to a recent article in The Times of
India. Of the nearly 60 participants in the study from Friedrich Schiller University, smokers in the group
generally had 29 percent lower levels of Vitamin C than non-smokers. It's unclear why levels of the vitamin were lower
in smokers. I'm not sure why researchers focused on grapefruits in particular. I guess if you take
anything away from this news, it's that Vitamin C may help your gums. If 14 grapefruits a week is too much for you
though, just floss.[Photo: Nick Vagnoni]
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