Grapefruit Juice Improves Cancer Medication

December 07, 2020

Yesterday we covered the health benefits of pomegranates - today lets discuss grapefruit! Researchers at University of Chicago Medicine found that a glass of grapefruit juice so improved the body's uptake of a potent drug called sirolimus that they could cut the drug dosage by a third to reach the same desired effect as a full dose. The lower dose meant that patients had far fewer side effects from the drug! Read more at http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=grapefruit-juice-improves

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