Published December 24, 2009

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Published December 23, 2009

When you should drink grapefruit juice with drugs

Here’s an interesting tidbit that might save you lots of money.

Many years ago, I told my readers they shouldn’t drink grapefruit juice with their drugs. Why? Because grapefruit juice has phytochemicals that increase your liver’s production of certain enzymes. These enzymes break down drugs. So, consuming the juice could lead to unwanted high levels of hazardous drugs.

But what if you’re taking a drug that’s rather costly and you need high levels of it?

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Published December 18, 2009

Add this powerful root to your cold-fighting arsenal

Most Americans are quick to take supplements at the first sign of a cold. They take a good multivitamin/mineral, lots of vitamin C, maybe some echinacea, vitamin D and resveratrol, and perhaps some other herbs and nutrients too.

But Chinese medicine takes a different approach to battle these pesky viruses. You may have heard of the yin-yang theory (balancing opposites). This theory works very well in medicine. You see, the Chinese consider the cold infection a yin state. Cold (temperature) itself is yin, while heat is yang. If you have one without the other, you’re out of balance.

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