| Set a tiny mint sprig atop each cube, fill with more grapefruit juice, then freeze again. Use the cubes in punches, iced tea, or other refreshing beverages.
• Mix grapefruit juice half-and-half with club soda and garnish with a twist of lime.
• Use some grapefruit juice to vary the flavor of punches and dressings for fruit salads. |
Phyllis A. Balch, CNC
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 Drinking coffee, tea, and wine may lower the risk of kidney stones, while grapefruit juice may increase it.
Q In Japan, the incidence of kidney stones has been rising steadily since the middle of this century, when dietary changes typical of an industrialized nation began to occur. People in Japan who develop kidney stones consume far more proteins, refined carbohydrates, fats, and oils than did their forebears.
Q Most kidney stones eventually pass by themselves. |
| Do not take these with grapefruit juice.
Q Steroid drugs are even more powerful suppressors of allergic reactions than antihistamines. Doctors often prescribe the steroid beclomethasone in nasal inhalers sold under the brand names Beconase and Vancenase. These can be very effective in relieving symptoms, but some of the steroids are bound to get into the rest of the body. Steroids suppress immune function.
Q Some physicians recommend desensitization shots for people with hay fever. These are expensive, painful, and not risk-free. |
| You can substitute grapefruit juice if desired.
Q To relieve acute pain, try using hot castor oil packs on the gallbladder area. Place castor oil in a pan and heat but do not boil it. Dip a piece of cheesecloth or other white cotton material into the oil until the cloth is saturated. Apply the cloth to the affected area and cover it with a piece of plastic that is larger in size than the cotton cloth. |
| It was discovered in 1991 that grapefruit juice has the ability to inhibit an enzyme that metabolizes many drugs, thus allowing levels of the drugs to build up in the body. Older adults may have a special susceptibility to this reaction.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has been trying to understand more about drug interactions, particularly in the past fifteen years or so, and has been developing laboratory testing programs to reveal possible problems early in the game. |
by Michael Murray, N.D. and Joseph Pizzorno, N.D.
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| Freeze grapefruit juice in ice cube trays and then puree in a food processor to make a simple and refreshing granita.
• For a salad with a tropical flair, combine chopped grapefruit pieces, cooked shrimp, and chopped avocado and serve on a bed of romaine lettuce.
SAFETY
Some people are allergic to citrus peels. When such an allergy is suspected, caution must be employed when eating citrus fruit (see "Tips for Preparing"). But whether you are allergic or not, citrus peels should not be eaten in any significant quantity. |
the Editors of FC&A Medical Publishing
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 Always check with your doctor or pharmacist before taking any medication with grapefruit juice.
If you're prone to kidney stones, research shows you can lower your risk by drinking more fluids. But don't choose grapefruit juice. In a recent study, an 8-ounce serving of wine lowered the risk of kidney stones by 59 percent, while coffee and tea reduced risk by 8 to 10 percent. But grapefruit juice increased risk by 44 percent. r
Pantry pointers
Grapefruit isn't picked until it's ripe, so you don't have to worry about getting a "green" one. |
Eric R. Braverman
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 Try freshly squeezed orange or grapefruit juice, caffeine-free green tea, herbal tea, skim or soy milk, or water or no-salt seltzer with lemon. Use sugar substitutes if necessary. |
Andreas Moritz
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 Preparation
Drink 32 oz. of packaged apple juice (or see other options below) per day for a period of six days: (You may drink more than that if it feels comfortable to do so.) The malic acid in the apple juice softens the gallstones and makes their passage through the bile ducts smooth and easy. The apple juice has a strong cleansing effect. Some sensitive people may experience bloating and, occasionally, diarrhea during the first few days. Much of the diarrhea is actually stagnant bile, released by the liver and gallbladder (indicated by a brownish-yellow color). |
David Wolfe
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 Or
1/2 quart (1/2 liter) of fresh-squeezed grapefruit juice. Lunch
1 quart (1 liter) of freshly-made vegetable juice containing apples and celery. One sandwich made with toasted sprouted grain bread, avocado, clover sprouts, sliced tomato, diced zucchini and cayenne or garlic powder.
Snacks
One shot (1 ounce) of fresh wheatgrass juice. 2-3 apples or pears. 10-20 almonds or walnuts . 1 handful of Brazil nuts.
1 item of cooked starch (tortillas or baked, no-salt corn chips). |
| THURSDAY ALL-RAW
Breakfast
1/2 quart (1/2 liter) of freshly-made grapefruit juice.
2 large pomegranates and 3 oranges cut and juiced on a citrus juicer. Blend with 2-3 tablespoons of flax or hempseed oil if desired.
Lunch
Silicon Salad, (see Appendix C: Sunfood Recipes).
2 bowls of berries (strawberries, blueberries, etc.). 8 dried prunes.
Snacks
2 mangos. 2 Asian pears.
Assorted greens (kale, spinach, baby bok choy, tak soy), Dinner
Large salad containing 80% green-leafed vegetables, 20-30 almonds, onions and an orange squeezed as dressing. |
Richard Beliveau, Ph.D. and Denis Gingras, Ph.D.
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 In the course of a study intended to determine the impact of alcohol on the effectiveness of a commonly prescribed cardiac arrhythmia medication, researchers accidentally discovered that the grapefruit juice used to mask the taste of the alcohol was responsible for doubling the amount of medication in the bloodstream, and increasing the number and severity of side effects. A similar effect was observed for statins, a class of medication used to lower blood cholesterol. These observations show to what extent citrus fruit can regulate the systems involved in the metabolism of foreign substances. |
Neal D. Barnard and Bryanna Clark Grogan
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 A glass of grapefruit juice can measurably increase the blood concentrations of cholesterol-lowering drugs, such as atorvastatin (Lipitor), simvastatin (Zocor), and lovastatin (Mevacor), among others. It does the same for drugs commonly used to control blood pressure, such as amlodipine (Norvasc), nifedipine (Adalat, Procardia), and verapamil (Isoptin, Calan). Ditto for antihistamines and some psychiatric medications, such as diazepam (Valium).
The grapefruit effect lasts for 24 hours or more, and in rare cases, the concentrations of drugs in the oloodstream can increase to toxic levels. |
Michael T. Murray
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 If you are taking a prescription medication, ask your doctor if you should avoid eating grapefruit or drinking grapefruit juice. Some drugs, such as Neoral (oral cyclosporin), already carry a warning. For a complete list of drugs currently known to be affected by grapefruit, see www.Drug-Interactions.com.
Fortunately for citrus lovers, there are plenty of other choices. Oranges, tangerines, and tangelos do not contain significant amounts of naringin but have lots of other important nutrients and flavonoids. |
Andreas Moritz
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 AIDS.
Just because your doctor prescribes a medical drug does not mean it is safe for you. Very few tests have been done on drug interactions with other drugs or with common foods. Drug prescriptions can be a gamble of life and death that you are risking when you enter your doctor's office. The bottom line is that all pharmaceutical drugs contain poisons that have a detrimental effect on your health. Your heart pays the ultimate price for these constantly offered and highly praised "shortcuts" to health; they cut your life short. |
David Wolfe
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| If colon hydrotherapy is not available, daily warm-water enemas while fasting on grapefruit juice will be helpful.
A raw herbal cleanse, such as the EJUVA 30-day program, can work wonders for those with eczema as I have seen first hand several times.
Eyesight
From years of observation and study, I am convinced that the primary cause of poor eyesight is the habit of reading in the dark or with dim lighting. To maintain excellent eyesight for a lifetime, please be sure to read under bright full-spectrum lighting or outdoors whenever possible. |
Textbook of Natural Medicine 2nd Edition Volume 1Michael T. Murray, ND
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| For example, grapefruit juice decreases the rate of elimination of drugs from the blood and has been found to substantially alter their clinical activity and toxicity.25 Eight ounces of grapefruit juice contains enough of the flavonoid naringenin to decrease cytochrome P450 activity by a remarkable 30%. The common inhibitors of phase I detoxification are listed in Table 50.6.
Curcumin, the compound that gives turmeric its yellow color, is interesting because it inhibits phase I while stimulating phase II. This effect can be very useful in preventing certain types of cancer. |
Steven G. Pratt, M.D. and Kathy Matthews
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 Enjoy a 4-ounce glass of unsweetened pink grapefruit juice while mixing together your morning melange. |
Gary Null
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| Pomegranate juice, two times a day, and grapefruit juice with the seeds and the skins are valuable too. Lemon, lime, and bee propolis with 10 drops of colloidal silver are also helpful. Because of the vitamin C content, these juices will create acidic urine (but not acid in the body), which creates an unfavorable environment for bacteria in the urine and bladder. Chlorophyll from spirulina is exceptionally good for the body as well.
Recommended vitamins and minerals are vitamin C, vitamin A, and zinc. Actually, the best treatment is intravenous vitamin C, for which you have to go to a doctor. |
Janet Zand, LAc, OMD, Allan N. Spreed, MD, CNC, James B. LaValle, RPh, ND
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 At the same time, grapefruit juice has been shown to compete with some antibiotics (such as erythromycin [also sold under the brand names ERYC, llotycin, and others]), certain sedatives and antianxiety agents (such as the sleeping medication triazolam [Halcion]), as well as the calcium-channel blocker felodipine (Plendil). Anyone taking any of these drugs should avoid grapefruit juice altogether.
A well-known type of food-drug interaction occurs with a class of drugs known as monoamine oxidase (MAO) inhibitors, commonly prescribed for depression. |
Dianne Onstad
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 To approximate the tangy juice, combine three tablespoons each of orange and grapefruit juice with two tablespoons of lemon juice and one teaspoon of grated grapefruit zest to make one-half cup. The leaves and flowers, more aromatic than those of the sweet orange, are used in cosmetics for fragrance.
Tangelos are deliberate or accidental hybrids of the mandarin orange and either the grapefruit or the pummelo. They look rather like large unsymmetrical oranges, with skin a deep orange shaded with bronze. The most popular variety, Minneola, has a very distinct knoblike projection on the stem end. |
Janet Zand, LAc, OMD, Allan N. Spreed, MD, CNC, James B. LaValle, RPh, ND
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| Recent studies have shown that taking medicine with grapefruit juice can cause some drugs to stay in the body longer, and at higher levels, than taking them with plain water. While this property of grapefruit juice appears to be beneficial for people taking the antire-jection drug cyclosporine (it can reduce the need for high doses), it can dangerously multiply the effect of some blood-pressure medicines. |
Ann Blake Tracy, Ph.D.
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| To get an idea of how she was reacting to a combination of Prozac and alcohol as a test she was given three drinks of vodka in grapefruit juice - one inch of vodka with the remainder of the glass containing grapefruit juice. Two hours later she was given one glass of wine. The local hospital emergency room then ran a blood alcohol test. The doctor administering the test was clearly shocked when her blood alcohol level registered 2.2. He wanted to know how she was still on her feet and functioning and "appearing" alert with that much alcohol in her blood. |
Janet Zand, LAc, OMD, Allan N. Spreed, MD, CNC, James B. LaValle, RPh, ND
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| While this property of grapefruit juice appears to be beneficial for people taking the antire-jection drug cyclosporine (it can reduce the need for high doses), it can dangerously multiply the effect of some blood-pressure medicines. At the same time, grapefruit juice has been shown to compete with some antibiotics (such as erythromycin [also sold under the brand names ERYC, llotycin, and others]), certain sedatives and antianxiety agents (such as the sleeping medication triazolam [Halcion]), as well as the calcium-channel blocker felodipine (Plendil). |
Dianne Onstad
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| Substitute lemon, tomato, or grapefruit juice in recipes where white vinegar is called for.
Wine vinegars have a 5 percent acidity and may derive from red, white, or rose wines. They are robust and perceptibly fruity and combine well with salads, sauces, and dressings.
Violet, Sweet
(Viola odorata)
Viola is the Latin form of the Greek name lone; odorata means "odorous" or "fragrant." Violet is the diminutive of the Latin viola. |
Alan Keith Tillotson, Ph.D., A.H.G., D.Ay.
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 When certain drugs are ingested with grapefruit juice, the blood levels of those drugs can reach five times their normal levels, which is especially dangerous with cardiac glycosides.
These concerns are limited to people taking drugs where lowering below therapeutic levels is dangerous. If you are not taking such medicines you certainly can drink grapefruit juice.
Blood Thinners
Many herbs contain mild to moderate blood-thinning or -thickening properties. |
Simon Mills and Kerry Bone
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 The character of inhibition of the metabolism of 1,2-benzopyrone (coumarin) by grapefruit juice in humans. European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology 1997; 53: 265-269.
315. He K, Iyer KR, Hayes RN et al. Inactivation of cytochrome P450 3A4 by bergamottin, a component of grapefruit juice. Chemical Research in Toxicology 1998; 11 (4): 252-259.
316. Woo WS, Shin KH, Lee CK. Effect of naturally occurring coumarins on the activity of drug metabolizing enzymes. Biochemical Pharmacology 1983; 32 (11): 1800-1803.
317. Steinegger E, Hovel H. |
Earl L. Mindell, RPh, PhD with Virginia Hopkins, MA
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| And these are just the most commonly used drugs. grapefruit juice also uses this pathway, which is why drinking it is contraindicated with some drugs.
Are you getting the picture? This is a very popular pathway through the liver for clearing certain types of waste matter from the body. |
Phyllis A. Balch, CNC
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 Before Retiring
Drink a glass of grapefruit juice or Lemon Quality Water with 2 tablespoons of pure cold-processed olive oil added. This aids in cleansing and healing the gallbladder.
Decision Point 2
At this point, you can choose to repeat the entire regimen for the preceding five days for more dramatic results. Or you can continue with the program for Day 6 if you are satisfied with the weight-loss and healing results you have achieved thus far.
Day 6
This day reintroduces your body to regular solid foods. It is a gentle way to break the fast and introduce easily digested foods. |
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