Grapefruit juice

[Mari]

Just reading again for the umpteenth time warnings about drinking grapefruit juice at the same time as taking drugs because it causes more of the medication to enter your bloodstream.

If this is so, would drinking grapefruit juice at the same time as taking your supplements make them more potent so that you could use less of them?

Just wondering,

Mari

[Iggy Dalrymple]

Originally Posted by Mari

Just reading again for the umpteenth time warnings about drinking grapefruit juice at the same time as taking drugs because it causes more of the medication to enter your bloodstream.

If this is so, would drinking grapefruit juice at the same time as taking your supplements make them more potent so that you could use less of them?

Just wondering,

Mari

I heard an altmed doc theorize years ago that grapefruit juice affected the potency of fat soluble medicine and supplements. Based on that, for years I mixed my CoQ10 with oil and washed it down with grapefruit juice.

[EarlyBird]

Might be a good idea, Mari, esp for supplements like fish oil,
cod liver oils, etc. :

I heard on TV news that we can expect oranges, lemons
and grapefruit to cost more due to the weather/cold in
California.