Likewise, as with all citrus oils, it has an uplifting aroma which may help with feelings of anxiousness, bad moods, or stress, all of which impact our hormones and thus our weight. It can help a person hold their body in gratitude for all it does, treat it with honor and care, and therefore encourage healthy habits out of a sense of love, instead of self-hatred. The aromatic effects include support of one's own sense of self-love and approval, especially in regards to loving and honoring our bodies. In addition to the physical support grapefruit offers, the emotional and spiritual support of this oil coincide beautifully. And it increases your overall system, helping to return your body to its optimal health. It supports cleansing of the system from the inside-out.
This oil has been reported to increase your energy levels with its uplifting scent, giving you more energy and stamina, and helping you increase your activity levels. The aroma of the oil is clean, fresh, a little bitter, and of course, citrusy.
The oils in this fruit are incredibly beneficial to the metabolism. There's a reason eating a grapefruit for breakfast was a long-time weight loss fad. So, as usual, you can rest assured that when you’re shopping with Miracle Botanicals, you’re always getting the most potent, medicinal, and pure essential oils available anywhere.Grapefruit essential oil ( Citrus x paradisi), a lesser used but very potent and therapeutic oil, is created by cold-pressing the rind of the fruit to extract the oil. Our pink grapefruit essential oil, and ALL our citrus essential oils are cold pressed and extracted from the rinds of fresh, ripe, juicy citrus fruits. Even worse, some products being sold as “pure citrus oils” contain artificial or natural fragrance that was added back into the oil in an attempt to recreate the fruit’s natural aroma.Ĭold pressed essential oils are more expensive to produce, but it’s well worth the cost, because the chemical components of pink grapefruit essential oil are easily altered by heat. While steam distillation is great for many botanicals, the same does not go for citrus essential oils.Ĭitrus oils are susceptible to damage from heat, which reduces their healing properties and distorts their lovely aroma. Many of them have been extracted by steam distillation, which is the WRONG process to extract citrus oils. However, not all citrus essential oils sold today are created equal.
That’s because it’s the same essential oil that naturally lives in the rinds of citrus fruits, and it hasn’t been compromised by heat, adulterated with artificial fragrance, or contaminated with cheap fillers. When pink grapefruit is processed correctly, the essential oil’s aroma is identical to the aromatic mist that’s naturally expressed when you peel the fresh fruit. With regard to pink grapefruit essential oil, we are looking for an aroma that’s identical to what you would expect from peeling a fresh, ripe, juicy pink grapefruit.Īn identical aroma is exactly what we get when fresh, ripe, juicy pink grapefruit rinds are pressed without using any heat, and the oil is collected without any added ingredients or processes.
That aromatic mist is the essential oil of the fruit escaping from the rind’s delicate outer membrane. You probably noticed that when you peel a pink grapefruit, or any citrus fruit, a lovely aromatic mist gets released into the air. Like all citrus essential oils, pink grapefruit essential is most potent and aromatically pleasing when it’s cold pressed from the rinds of fresh, ripe, juicy pink grapefruit.