The interaction between grapefruit juice and
some medications can cause negative effects, especially on kidney level, and
sometimes it can be fatal. A woman that uses birth control pills and then
suddenly drinks too much grapefruit juice can get pregnant because this juice
makes the effects of the pills disappear.
Grapefruit juice is
not indicated to drink while taking anti-depressing medication, antibiotics and
medicine for cardio-vascular diseases. A person that takes anti-depressives and
adds to that grapefruit in huge quantities can feel that he has all of a sudden
too much or too little energy, depending on the pills taken. Combining it with
antibiotic can cause stomach sickness or can extend the illness you are taking
medication for because the antibiotics will diminuate their effect. Heart drugs
don’t work anymore, the blood pressure stays up and the heart beat irregularly.
For those that love grapefruit juice, witch is more concentrated than the fruit
itself, a recommendation would be to restrain from drinking it while they are
taking medication.
Doctors try to raise attention upon avoiding
and combating the combination of grapefruit with medicine especially because in
some diets grapefruit juice is recommended in huge quantities. Grapefruit is
benefic to organism if used properly. It belongs to that class of aliments that
burn calories, because it takes more calories to digest them than they have.
Eating the fruit is not a problem, nor is drinking a glass of juice once in a
while. The problem appears where human reasoning disappears. Wanting to loose
more weight faster, people weaken their bodies and eat only grapefruits. It is
efficient for a diet, but it also loosens the imunitary system. They become
more vulnerable, more tired and nervous and if taking any medications they are
risking their health in this combination.
So use this aliment wisely, go ask a
specialist of its precise effects in your case and don’t abuse drinking
grapefruit juice. Abusing something has never brought anything good, and it
won’t in this case either. If you want to go on with your diet and keep your
health find an alternative solution or make sure this does not affect your
organism.