Who can't eat grapefruit?
1, patients with abnormal liver function
Grapefruit contains an unknown active ingredient, which can inhibit an enzyme in our intestines. This will make the drugs we eat unable to metabolize normally, leading to a significant increase in blood drug concentration in the body. Eating grapefruit will affect the detoxification function of our liver and damage our liver organs. Sometimes there will be other adverse reactions and even poisoning.
2. Patients taking certain drugs
Patients with hyperlipidemia should not eat grapefruit after taking lipid-lowering drugs, otherwise muscle pain will occur, and patients with severe reactions will also have renal lesions. You can't eat grapefruit when you take anti-allergic drugs. Patients with mild reaction will have dizziness, palpitation, arrhythmia and so on. , there will be serious sudden death.
3. People who are physically weak and afraid of cold
Grapefruit is a cool food. People who have diarrhea due to spleen deficiency will have diarrhea after eating grapefruit, so people who are weak and afraid of cold should not eat too much grapefruit.
4. Women who take birth control pills
If a woman takes birth control pills in the same room. After sleeping together, eat a lot of grapefruit. Something in grapefruit will hinder the body's absorption of contraceptives.
5. Patients with kidney disease
Grapefruit contains a lot of potassium, so patients with kidney disease must consult a doctor before they want to eat grapefruit.
6. Patients with hypertension take medicine.
Patients with hypertension should not eat grapefruit for a period of time before and after taking antihypertensive drugs. Otherwise, there will be serious toxic reactions such as extremely low blood pressure.
Can I eat grapefruit in confinement?
You can eat it, but you should add it slowly from less to more, and don't eat a lot at once. Breast-feeding mothers who eat a lot of cool fruits at a time can easily cause diarrhea.
Can you eat grapefruit during menstruation?
Generally speaking, cold food is forbidden during menstruation, but grapefruit is edible. Grapefruit is extremely low in calories, and it won't get fat if you eat more, but it is also rich in potassium, which helps to reduce the accumulation of fat and water in the lower body.