Tangelo Tribulations

Tangelos  
Pic courtesy of Wikipedia

So I’m all well-nigh the vitamin C inward the wintertime together with I endeavor together with instruct mine through vitamins and  y'all know, similar actual whole foods. 

I honey pineapples, strawberries, oranges, broccoli together with sweetness peppers - All of which are high inward the CVs. 

 My latest obsession is the Tangelo, an awesome citrus hybrid that’s juicy together with sweetness without causing massive blood saccharide spikes!
So the other twenty-four hours at run when I was simply well-nigh to suspension out my tangelo, I decided to endure all types of a expert together with googled the nutrition facts for said tangelo together with so I could instruct an accurate carb count to bolus for. 

And here’s where my freakout occurred. 

According to Wikipedia, a tangelo is a hybrid betwixt a  tangerine or  pomelo (grapefruit family) or an actual grapefruit.  

Merriam-Webster defines a tangelo every bit a hybrid betwixt a tangerine together with or Mandarin orangish alongside a grapefruit. 

Bottom business - The tangelos linage includes grapefuit. 

For those of y'all on statins, (including me,) statins (think Lipitor, Zocor together with Mevacor) or the blood thinner Plavix, (not a statin, but is definitely influenced past times grapefruit) create non interact good alongside grapefruit together with or grapefruit juice - together with those of us on statins are advised non to consume them.

I LOVE Ruby-Red grapefruit - LOVE THEM. But I don’t consume them much anymore because I’m on a statin to protect my vascular system. Every ane time inward a spell (usually when I’m inward the Sunshine State,) I brake my no grapefruit rule  - together with my medico is OK alongside that because those times are are few together with far between

But dorsum to the tangelo freakout. I’ve been eating ane or ii a twenty-four hours for similar iii weeks together with I ever assumed they were a tangerine orangish hybrid, together with so when I flora out that tangelos are a grapefruit hybrid, I freaked out. 

Was I doing to a greater extent than impairment to myself than good? 

And how the hell could this label reading, high fructose syrup avoiding Chicklet brand such a rookie mistake?!  

Once ane time again I googled “Tangelo medication interactions,” together with according to The U. S. Department of Agriculture’s website: One tangerine/grapefruit hybrid (tangelos) contains draw amounts of furanocoumarins at a degree besides depression to endure associated alongside grapefruit/drug interactions.

And I conduct maintain to acknowledge I breathed a sigh of relief. 

But my tangelo tribulations reminded that eating salubrious spell taking medications tin displace endure a challenge  - together with dangerous- And it requires us knowing all the ins together with outs of what nosotros ingest - fifty-fifty the salubrious stuff.

For instance, ‘f y'all are licorice fiend (FYI: licorice is an herb) together with you’re taking the see drug digoxin, endure careful because licorice tin displace intensify digoxin’s toxicity.  

And if you’re on an ACE- Inhibitor, endure aware that licorice tin displace throttle ACE-Inhibitors effectiveness together with tin displace potentially displace a construct upwards of potassium inward your system. 

If you’re on a blood thinner similar Coumadin or Plavix, y'all can’t conduct maintain Omega-3 Fish Oil Supplements similar Krill Oil,  
(Omega 3s are antioxidants alongside anti-inflammatory benefits) because they also conduct maintain blood thinning affects. 
And sentinel your ginger supplement intake because ginger (also an anti-inflammatory,) thins the blood every bit well. 

And did y'all know that drinking besides much java tin displace sparse your blood? 

Speaking of Coumadin  - If you're taking Coumidin, vitamin K (think green, leafy veggies) are a big no- no. 

Why? Because vitamin K is a coagulant together with promotes blood clots, hence negating the whole ‘blood thinning’ benefits.

And if you’re on an antibiotic made alongside quinolones (like Cipro,) anything rich inward calcium (milk, cheese) tin displace mess alongside the body’s powerfulness to absorb the antibiotics.

Quinolones also interfere alongside the body’s breakdown of coffee, which tin displace Pb to a rapid heartbeat. 

Same goes for anti-anxiety & asthma meds.

So is it a hurting inward the donkey to banking corporation check what foods interact alongside your medications? Yeah, totally. 

But is it necessary together with potentially life saving? Damn correct it is! 

So conduct maintain y'all ever been shocked to detect out well-nigh a negative drug/ nutrient together with or supplement interaction? 
Do y'all know of whatever food/ drug interactions that surprised y'all or that mightiness surprise others? 

If so, experience complimentary to post service the information - We ask to know!