If you eat too much grapefruit at one time, it will not only affect the detoxification of the liver, but also cause other adverse reactions, even poisoning, including dizziness, nausea, palpitation, tachycardia, fatigue, low blood pressure and other symptoms. Eating grapefruit or drinking grapefruit juice is particularly dangerous during taking the antiallergic drug Terfenadine, which can lead to arrhythmia and, in severe cases, cardiac fibrillation.

There are many drugs that can interact with grapefruit, such as calcium antagonists such as nifedipine, verapamil and diltiazem, antipsychotics such as clozapine, gastrointestinal drugs such as cisapride, immunosuppressants such as cyclosporine A and central stimulants such as caffeine. Experts pointed out that when taking these drugs, just drinking a glass of grapefruit juice may cause the above effects. Therefore, medical experts warn patients not to eat grapefruit or drink grapefruit juice when taking medicine, especially elderly patients, in case of accidents.

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Taboos for eating grapefruit:

1, people with diarrhea due to spleen deficiency should not eat more.

Grapefruit is cold, and people who have diarrhea due to spleen deficiency will have diarrhea after eating grapefruit. Therefore, people with deficiency and cold should not eat more. Grapefruit is often used to reduce fire, and if it falls too much, symptoms such as diarrhea will appear.

2, grapefruit can not be taken with some drugs.

Clinically, it is found that taking one tablet of American lipid-lowering drug with a glass of grapefruit juice is equivalent to taking 12 ~ L5 tablets with a glass of water, which will lead to muscle pain and even kidney disease.

Some patients may have dizziness, palpitation, arrhythmia, etc. if they eat grapefruit or drink grapefruit juice during taking the antiallergic drug Terfenadine, and in severe cases, they may die suddenly.

In addition, drugs that have adverse effects on grapefruit include cyclosporine, caffeine, calcium antagonists and cisapride. Drinking a glass of grapefruit juice will last for 24 hours.

Patients taking medicine, especially the elderly, had better not eat grapefruit or drink grapefruit juice.

3. Women who take birth control pills should avoid eating.

In a recent statement, Hardtmuth Dehrendorf, director of the Center for Food and Drug Impact Research and Education at the University of Florida, said that studies have shown that grapefruit can inhibit the metabolism of human enzymes, thus affecting the absorption and utilization of certain drugs, among which grapefruit has the most prominent effect on contraceptives.

That is, women eat 2-3 grapefruit after taking the contraceptive, or take the contraceptive directly with a large glass of grapefruit juice, then this contraceptive will not have any effect, because grapefruit hinders women's absorption of the contraceptive.

Grapefruit is full of treasures. In addition to the edible pulp, grapefruit peel is also very useful. Pomelo skin is the white skin (also known as grapefruit gourd ladle and grapefruit white) close to grapefruit meat after removing the epidermis. Because it is rich in fiber, it can promote intestinal peristalsis, thus playing a laxative role. Here are some recipes for grapefruit peel.

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