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Health Risks of Mixing Grapefruit With Medicine

Recent studies indicate that grapefruit and certain medications don't mix well.

An enzyme identified as P-450 located in the intestinal wall works in breaking down certain medications. Grapefruit prevents P-450 from performing this function.

This is very vital because now the medication becomes super-sized and ultra potent. This situation can be much worse than fastfood supersizing!

Therefore, if you take medication, be sure to ask your doctor if it would be best to space it an hour or so after eating grapefruit or drinking grapefruit juice. 

Examples of complications of grapefruit & certain medications when mixed:

High blood pressure meds containing calcium channel blockers:  effects when combined with grapefruit include faintness, dizziness, and weakness due to an excessive drop in blood pressure.

Cholesterol medication (statins) become 15% more potent when mixed with grapefruit.

Grapefruit and antihistamines become a volatile combination as the individual may develop a heart rhythm disturbance.

In 'legalized drugs' such as caffeine, grapefruit raises caffeine intake levels in the blood, creating a definite 'coffee buzz'.

For those individuals craving 'double caffeinated coffee', we could be talking 'straight jacket'.

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