{"id":121589,"date":"2025-09-05T10:41:15","date_gmt":"2025-09-05T10:41:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/121589\/"},"modified":"2025-09-05T10:41:15","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T10:41:15","slug":"5-common-foods-that-can-mess-with-medicines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/121589\/","title":{"rendered":"\u200b5 common foods that can mess with medicines\u200b"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 10.6667px; font-size: 14px; list-style: none; -webkit-user-drag: none; overflow: visible; font-family: &quot;Source Sans 3&quot;, Lato, &quot;Open Sans&quot;, sans-serif; color: windowtext; display: block; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 500; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; font-kerning: none; background-color: transparent;\">It looks harmless, even virtuous \u2013 that pink, tangy wedge at breakfast. But <a href=\"https:\/\/pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/articles\/PMC3589309\/#:~:text=The%20lower%20innate%20oral%20bioavailability,(%3E%2070%25)%20absolute%20bioavailability.\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">grapefruit <\/a>contains compounds that interfere with enzymes in the gut and liver, the very enzymes that normally break down medicines. Block those, and suddenly the drug lingers longer in the bloodstream, building up to levels higher than the doctor prescribed. Cholesterol-lowering statins, blood pressure tablets, even certain anti-allergy pills are on that list. The solution is simple: try oranges, lemons, or sweet lime instead \u2013 all the citrus taste, without the trouble.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It looks harmless, even virtuous \u2013 that pink, tangy wedge at breakfast. But grapefruit contains compounds that interfere&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":121590,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[67546,67549,67554,49,48,67551,67553,67548,67545,67547,84,67550,377,67552],"class_list":{"0":"post-121589","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-medication","8":"tag-alcohol-and-drug-interactions","9":"tag-alcohol-and-prescription-drugs","10":"tag-avoiding-food-drug-interactions","11":"tag-ca","12":"tag-canada","13":"tag-common-food-drug-interactions","14":"tag-dairy-antibiotics-interaction","15":"tag-food-medicine-interactions","16":"tag-foods-that-interfere-with-medicines","17":"tag-grapefruit-and-medication","18":"tag-health","19":"tag-leafy-greens-blood-thinners","20":"tag-medication","21":"tag-vitamin-k-and-warfarin"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121589","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=121589"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121589\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/121590"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=121589"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=121589"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=121589"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}