08-02-2010

Food that interact with medicationsIt’s a bit strange but very true, some foods interact with medication, causing reactions that may be dangerous.

Most of us have the mistaken idea that plants and natural foods, necessarily have to be healthy and safe. Unfortunately not. More often than we imagine, many foods may interact with medications that were prescribed and we trigger adverse reactions, some severe and dangerous. Let us know how to prevent such difficulties.

If you are receiving medical treatment and note any unusual symptoms, this could be a harbinger of an undesirable interaction between the medication and some food eaten.
Since both share the same route of entry to the body, one may interfere with or disrupt the process by which the other is metabolized.
Some drugs interfere with the ability to absorb nutrients, also, some plants or foods may even decrease or increase the work of medicine.
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