Grapefruit juice

[Adelaide]

I'm sure a lot of people are aware that taking medication with grapefruit juice, or really any juice that is high in citric acid, is detrimental to the medication's action. But here is an interesting article about how it can actually be deadly to take certain medications with grapefruit juice.


More prescription drugs are on the market that can interact with grapefruit juice with potentially serious effects including sudden death, Canadian doctors warn.

David Bailey, a clinical pharmacologist at the Lawson Health Research Institute in London, Ont., discovered the interaction between grapefruit and certain medications more than 20 years ago. Since then, he said, the number of drugs with the potential to interact has jumped to more than 85.

Grapefruit juice is known to interact with some types of medications, leading to an overdose hazard.

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Many of the drugs are common, such as some cholesterol-lowering statins, antibiotics and calcium channel blockers used to treat high blood pressure. Others include agents used to fight cancer or suppress the immune system in people who have received an organ transplant.

People older than 45 buy the most grapefruit and take the most prescription drugs, making this group the most likely to face interactions, researchers said in an article published in Monday's issue of the Canadian Medical Association Journal, titled "Grapefruit-medication interactions: forbidden fruit or avoidable consequences?"



Grapefruit Juice Interaction With Drugs Can be Deadly (http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2012/11/26/grapefruit-juice-drug-interactions.html)

[waltky]

Concerns about rising childhood obesity and tooth decay...
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Fruit Juice Consumption Discouraged for Young Children
May 22, 2017 - Children younger than one should drink breast milk or formula, and should only drink fruit juice if advised by a doctor, according to the American Academy of Pediatrics. The organization made the recommendation in the journal Pediatrics amid concerns about rising childhood obesity and tooth decay.


This is the first time since 2001 that the doctors' group has reviewed its recommendation on fruit juice, which is a leading source of dietary sugar. Between the ages of one and four, young children should consume no more than 118 milliliters of fruit juice, the doctors' group says. The academy recommends that children between the ages of four and six restrict their juice intake to no more than 177 milliliters a day, while children between seven and 18 should limit their fruit juice consumption to 236 milliliters.


The new guidelines recognize that 100 percent natural and reconstituted juice can be a healthy part of a child's diet. However, the group said juice should count for no more than one of the two to two-and-a-half recommended servings of fruit per day. If fruit juice is given to young children, the academy discourages parents from putting it in a bottle or "sippy" cup, which may be in a child's mouth all day, promoting cavities. Instead, it's recommended that the juice be consumed all at once in a cup.



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The American Academy of Pediatrics revised its recommendation on fruit juice consumption for children in light of concerns about rising childhood obesity and tooth decay.



The group had previously recommended that parents wait until a child is six months old before introducing fruit juice to the diet. However, in light of the growing rates of obesity and other negative health effects, the American Academy of Pediatrics revisited the recommendation. Juice is a frequent beverage of choice among U.S. teenagers and children, who experts say would rather drink it than water.


Dr. Steven A. Abrams, chairman of the Department of Pediatrics at the Dell Medical School at the University of Texas, and co-author of the policy statement, said there was nothing "magical" about the academy's revised recommendation. Dell said the group simply saw no need or beneficial role for juice in very young children.


http://www.voanews.com/a/fruit-juice-consumption-discouraged-young-children/3865379.html