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In Today's Issue 17 June 2010 Get natural infection protection all year round Food and prescription medicine: a potentially dangerous cocktail Free report: How to read your body like a book Get Natural Infection Protection All Year Round Kick-start your body's natural immunity and stay free from infectious invaders? PLUS Help your body fight abnormal cell growth, and the aging process itself… AND Eliminate any fear that may drive you to the point of getting a dangerous jab this winter. Discover how you can bolster your body's own arsenal of defence against flu, superbugs and hundreds of other bacteria and viruses. Read the full report on this amazing immune booster here: Food and Prescription Medicine: A Potentially Dangerous Cocktail Dear Reader, Let's say you have a medical condition, which requires high strength prescription medication. Your condition also requires you to change your diet and lifestyle. What if your doctor then refers you to a dietician but fails to inform him or her about what medication you are on? Or the dietician fails to ask you? Do you think there's potential for problems to arise? Food and medicine After a series of heart-related health issues, my father was put on cholesterol lowering statins. Recently, his doctor sent him to a dietician to review his diet and to make further dietary recommendations to improve his health. The dietician suggested a grapefruit diet – specifically red grapefruit – since it has been shown to reduce cholesterol levels. Great stuff!!! Or, on further inspection, perhaps not. Within a week of starting his grapefruit diet my father started experiencing severe lethargy, fatigue and muscle pain. These are all known side effects of statins, but when I spoke to him, he said that he felt worse than ever. Of course, I told him to speak to his doctor immediately and have his statin dosage adjusted. However, for once it wasn't the satins that were the main culprit. It turned out that grapefruit is a no-go-zone when you are taking certain statins. Apparently, grapefruit juice inhibits a liver enzyme which is crucial for drug metabolism. If you eat grapefruit or drink grapefruit juice regularly, there is a risk that you will have raised levels of statins in your bloodstream. This is especially true when you're taking statins such as Crestor, Zocor and Lipitor. Official guidelines also recommend that you avoid grapefruit if you are taking the cardiac medicine felodipine, verapamil or nicardipine. Did my father's dietician not know this?! Meddling fruit medley Grapefruit seems to be a notorious offender. The popular hay fever drug terfenadine, now only available on prescription in the UK, has shown to be lethal when combined with grapefruit. A perfect example of this is a patient who died of a cardiac arrhythmia after drinking two glasses of grapefruit juice whilst taking terfenadine. Clinical studies have also shown that grapefruit can reduce the effects of other antihistamine drugs like fexofenadine. Other well recognised grapefruit interactions include the drugs cyclosporine (an immune-suppressing drug) and saquinavir (an HIV drug). But grapefruit is not the only bad apple in the basket. Some research suggests that garlic capsules, gingko biloba and fish oil may interact with warfarin, the blood thinner. Warfarin users are also advised to avoid drinking cranberry juice because it thins the blood even more. Consumption of large amounts of mango fruit has been associated with enhanced effects of warfarin and soy protein seems to negatively effect how well warfarin works too. Paracetamol interacts with alcohol. In cases of ruthless alcohol consumption whilst taking paracetamol patients can develop fatal hepatitis and frank hepatic failure which will require a liver transplant. Bottom line: Check the fine print Until a drug is developed that doesn't have a long list of interactions with foods or nutritional supplements, we should all remember to read the fine print on all our prescription medicine. Clearly, and very worryingly, we cannot rely on our doctors, and even dieticians, to consult us on the possible side effects and interactions we may experience with the drugs we take along with the food we eat... Continues below... *Highly Recommended* Free report: How to read your body like a book Dark circles under your eyes? A diagonal crease across your earlobe? Wrinkles that run vertically down your forehead? . . . There are warning signs written all over your body that may point directly to a larger problem with your health. Learn how to read these secret signs - and heal the underlying problem - with the help of one of the world's greatest pioneers of natural and nutritional medicine. Claim this report - plus FIVE others - FREE today! Click Here ...and another thing Watermelon is more than just a refreshing afternoon snack. Besides being a low-calorie, antioxidant-rich treat, watermelon has plenty of healthy nutrients, including vitamins C, A, B6 and B1. It is also a good source of the carotenoid lycopene, which has been shown to help reduce the risk of prostate and other cancers. Until next time, Francois Lubbe UK Editor P.S. This month's Health Sciences Institute (HSI) newsletter will tell you about the all-natural formula set to succeed against infections where antibiotics have failed. You'll also discover how to give yourself a 74 per cent chance of survival from sudden cardiac arrest. Plus we'll give you full details on how a substance found in broccoli could revolutionise the way we tackle cancer. All new members who sign up to the Health Sciences Institute will receive the latest issue of HSI along with a FREE encyclopaedia, HSI's 100 Greatest Underground Cures... Soon you'll discover why our premium members believe HSI is the ultimate resource for anyone seeking a better, newer solution to their health problems. Click here for full details. Sources: 'Red Grapefruit Appears To Lower Cholesterol, Fight Heart Disease' published online, 15.02.2006, medicalnewstoday.com 'Grapefruit juice and some statins do not mix, say British regulators' published online, 02.11.2004, medicalnewstoday.com 'A Dangerous Cocktail' by Margaret McCartney, FT Weekend Magazine 12.06.2010 page 43 'Terfenadine' published online General Practice Notebook, gpnotebook.co.uk Drugs.com – drug information online Customer reference number: 000052221104 You are receiving this email because you have given us permission to contact you. 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