As I sit here eating a grapefruit that my sister in NH sent from Florida to western PA to our grandmother's house which I then drove to Eastern PA because they can't eat them due to adverse interactions with their medications.....I have to think about the brilliant scientists who design medications. How frustrated do those people have to be that they can't beat the all-powerful grapefruit? I did a little Googling and found page after page dedicated to this very subject. How on Earth can all of that R&D money be spent on drugs and the one thing they can't skirt is this largish yellow citrus fruit? Isn't that just odd? We've had a robot on Mars for 5 years rolling around taking pictures and we can't make a Cholesterol drug that isn't thwarted by something from the produce department at ACME.
3 comments:
Yep, K can't eat them either because of his cholesterol cocktail. What's interesting is that I'm starting my new cholesterol-lowering diet tomorrow. One of the highly-recommended foods are oranges and grapefruit because of the soluble fiber they contain!
I'm not suppose to have them either due to the anti rejection medications, but I still have one every now and then. I was into the drugs for about 5 years till it was decided to be bad for you, wait a year or so and they will be on the reccomended list to have. If it taste good do it. UNC L
God gave us grapefruit to punish us. It's right up there with cranberries as the most awful stuff the Creator ever created. Ever wonder why the apple was the forbidden fruit and not grapefruit? 'Cause apples taste good. There was no temptation to try a grapefruit!
...but then God gave us beer and we knew he loved us after all.
Post a Comment