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Article: Grapefruit and meds.
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- The Monterey County Herald (Monterey, CA)
- Article date:
- July 13, 2007
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Byline: Barbara Quinn
Our hospital no longer offers grapefruit on our patient menu. Not because grapefruit isn't nutritious. Like other citrus fruits, it is an excellent source of vitamin C, fiber and even contains natural substances that help lower blood cholesterol and triglyceride levels.
Ironically however, some of these same substances that render grapefruit and its juice so healthful have also been found to interfere with the action of some medications ... including several that lower cholesterol levels.
What we have here, say dietitians and pharmacists, is a "food-drug" interaction _ an ingredient in food that interferes with the ...