# Gender and grapefruit **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 12, 2009, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gender-and-grapefruit/517285 "2009-11-12T05:18:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2009, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gender-and-grapefruit/517285/41 "2009-11-15T01:49:44Z")
> [@Polerius](#): > > In case you’re not joking: No, this is about the fruit. So, we’re talking breasts of gay guys? Jeez. Can I take my vote back? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Flutterby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Flutterby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flutterby)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2009, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gender-and-grapefruit/517285/42 "2009-11-15T05:45:56Z")
> [@Juliana](#): > > Girl, and ewwickgrodytothemax. Agreed. They taste like vomit to me, I can’t eat them. The closest I get to grapefruit is the soda which tastes NOTHING like it. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Il\_Palazzo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Lord\_Il\_Palazzo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Il_Palazzo)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2009, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gender-and-grapefruit/517285/43 "2009-11-15T05:52:55Z")
Male and yes, please. ---
**Author:** ![MsAnneThrope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3d9bf3/32.png) [@MsAnneThrope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsAnneThrope)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2009, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gender-and-grapefruit/517285/44 "2009-11-16T17:49:56Z")
Female. Love both the fruit and the juice, as long as it hasn’t been “sweetened up”, either by genetic modification or addition of crap. Grapefruit isn’t supposed to be sweet. I peel 'em and eat 'em segmented, like oranges. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Fight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/90ced4/32.png) [@Cat\_Fight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Fight)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2009, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gender-and-grapefruit/517285/45 "2009-11-16T19:01:36Z")
> [@Necros](#): > > Well, I answered my own question. Grapefruit messes with the enzymes that metabolize drugs in the digestive system. Here is a link: > [Grapefruit: Beware of dangerous medication interactions - Mayo Clinic](http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/food-and-nutrition/AN00413) It’s not on that list, but grapefruit can also hinder the absorption of estrogen found in many types of hormonal birth control. ---
**Author:** ![bluecanary](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bluecanary/32/3614_2.png) [@bluecanary](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bluecanary)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2009, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gender-and-grapefruit/517285/46 "2009-11-16T19:12:15Z")
Male. I love all sour fruits - eat limes and lemons as well as grapefruit (I don’t think my dentist thinks much of this). ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2009, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gender-and-grapefruit/517285/47 "2009-11-16T21:13:51Z")
Female, and I love Texas Rio ruby red grapefruit dearly. I peel them and separate them into segments, then peel each segment if they have a tough leathery membrane. They’re tart and sweet and bitter simultaneously! Yum! Unfortunately, I’m now on statin drugs for high cholesterol and can’t eat them anymore. However, last week I totally zoned out and forgot and bought a couple of them and ate them up over the course of a week. I then remembered that was a big no-no and called the doc; he said it wasn’t a big deal for now, but to go forth and sin no more. So no more ruby grapefruit for me, ever. Damn. ---
**Author:** ![Polerius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d78d45/32.png) [@Polerius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polerius)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2009, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gender-and-grapefruit/517285/48 "2009-11-16T21:38:57Z")
> [@Polerius](#): > > Yes, it’s pretty amazing how similar the results are between the sexes The trend continues: ```auto Women Love it! 29% Like it 24% Meh 16% Don't like it 12% Hate it 18% Men Love it! 28% Like it 29% Meh 15% Don't like it 14% Hate it 13% ``` ---
**Author:** ![manila](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e5b9ba/32.png) [@manila](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manila)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2009, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gender-and-grapefruit/517285/49 "2009-11-17T07:52:00Z")
> [@Lightnin](#): > > I absolutely LOVE grapefruit. The only thing is, I can’t have it due to the medication I take. This makes me very sad. Me too! I have taken statins so have had to limit how much grapefruit I use. At the moment my Doc thinks I need statins plus fibrates so while he is working out the baseline fibrate the simvastatin remains in the bathroom cabinet! While its there am in tarty bitter grapefruit heaven! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gender-and-grapefruit/517285.md?page=2)