that is pretty interesting! thanks
Just phoned my stock broker. "Buy all the grapefruit you can!"
I am going to grow them! Orchard planting this week! j/k would that not be cool though, some thing so simple for us/me non responders?
I read on here to not eat grapefruit? I am confuzzled!
Deb
Its confuzzling! I thought grapefruit was a no-no with meds (all meds). Too bad, I love grapefruit juice.
jd
Yeah, I've heard that I should stay away from grapefruit while on tx too. I know that grapefruit interferes with a lot of meds, so maybe it was a precationary warning and no one has actually studied whether grapefruit interferes with the riba.
hey, thanks for this! HR says that they are going to find something terrific soon, that will outstrip all that they have now, it's just a matter of time...they are making lots of inroads....
jdwithhcv....maybe this compound works differently then pure grapefruit, or grapefruit juice...who knows? I sure don't...
This is really interesting...
I wonder what the link between cholesterol and hcv is. Remember those studies about people with higher cholesterol at start of tx have higher chances of svr? What the heck is going on there?
Well here is hoping! JD, Guess we best keep the grapefruit out the diet, till they are sure:( I love it to! )
What about oj? they used to give you oj to take pills, is it the acid in citrus, or something specific in grapefruit, not found in oranges and such?
Deb
I think something specific in grapefruit.
I don't know either, still confuzzled, bad, good?? WTH?
Think you might be right, thought perhaps it was the acid..
Jamima, so I an die from Liver disease OR High blood pressure and a stroke!
Wow great choices :))
Deb
""may be combined with traditional antiviral therapies""
Grapefruit can't be mixed with several drugs as it , awww h*ll...words, keep loosing my words!! IT slows the filtration process in the liver of certain drugs, one being Xanax , therefore when you do your next dose, it's building up, etc.
OJ is no problem (was going to make a poor taste joke there!). I have tangerine, grapefruit and 3 orange tree's -loaded right now. Juice @ 2-4 gallons a week of the oj. Love it.
May have to plant a lot more grapefruit tree's!
LL
Space, I find this quite interesting. I have also read that grapefruit is a big no, no on treatment. I've stated many times here that I did not find this forum or have access to much information until I was about at the end of my 73 weeks of daily infergen. You can imagine how I felt when I read grapefruit was a no, no. I lived on grapefruit and it's juice throughout treatment. It was about the only food I could tolerate. Also my cholesterol has always been low. Think I read here that high cholesterol bodes better for svr too. I'm svr. Whew...
bought some grapefruit bath crystals in utah this past summer,when i got home and thourghly read the label it stated, Do not use if you have liver disease."
congrats on the svr!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i don't do drugs or drink or smoke.....and for the last 9 months i have eaten at least one grapefruit every day.(not on tx yet)..i am feeling a lot better...billy
Sometimes I really wish someone would just make a list.
Do eat grapefruit while not txing, Or don't..
For this do this, for that do that!
Eat this, do not eat that!
Do not drink coffee, no do drink at least cups a day!
Would make life so much easier.
Once a week they could add up dates!
Deb
This is about "naringenin" and i am curious to know what HR thinks! Wherever is he?
ok now I need to google naringenin! I am curious also,
Ok my google results thought I would share, in case no one else knew what that meant either!Naringenin (not to be confused with naringin) is a flavanone that is considered to have a bioactive effect on human health as antioxidant, free radical scavenger, anti-inflammatory, carbohydrate metabolism promoter, and immune system modulater. This substance has also been shown to reduce oxidative damage to DNA in vitro. Scientists exposed cells to 80 micromoles of naringenin per liter, for 24 hours, and found that the amount of hydroxyl damage to the DNA was reduced by 24% in that very short period of time. Unfortunately, this bioflavonoid is difficult to absorb on oral ingestion. In the best case scenario, only 15% of ingested naringenin will get absorbed in the human gastrointestinal tract. A full glass of orange juice will supply about enough naringenin to achieve a concentration of about 0.5 micromoles per liter. There are speculations that, given more time at a lower concentration, it could have similar effects.
Naringenin found in grapefruit juice has been shown to have an inhibitory effect on the human cytochrome P450 isoform CYP1A2
:)
just for whatever it is worth, and, of course, people may do whatever they see fit, but I just spoke to HR and he told me that he would advise against this...He said he already spoke about this at some length, on another thread maybe a year ago...i didn't see that either...anyway, this is just what he thinks...he has a new computer set up that he is trying to make work, and he's very busy with other things right now, but he'll come when he has more time...fyi....
Thanks for the update, I was getting really confused on this issue
YES. A list, all do's and don'ts totally covered!
LL
I was just reading some research where the've demonstrated conclusively that grapefruits can indeed reverse the aging process. You wear them in your bra.