Showing posts with label Fruits. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Fruits. Show all posts

Wednesday, November 28, 2012

Fruits that should be Avoided when Taking Medication

Fruits that should be avoided when taking medication | The chemical drugs made of effective compounds allowing it to react with other compounds. Many people already know that some foods should be completely avoided to prevent the recurrence of a particular disease. However, many people do not realize that the food in the environment around us it can also be dangerous if we consume them simultaneously with certain medications.

Here are some types of fruits that need your attention.

Cranberries
Cranberry juice, either fresh fruit or juice that comes from the packaging was found to interact with a medicine that contains warfarin, which serves as a blood thinner. Cranberry fruit has a high content of salicylic acid, such as those contained in aspirin, and has a function to thin the blood. Body with blood thinners too much can cause a deadly bleeding.

Grapefruit
Grapefruit shaped like an orange, but has a larger size. Grapefruit grain is larger than orange, and also colored orange to dark purple. Grapefruit can be found in some particular supermarket. Apparently grapefruit can interfere with the performance of some types of drugs, such as drugs for high blood pressure and statins, as well as some drugs antihistamine therapy.

Citrus family
Some types of citrus family, including grapefruit, it can cause disruption of the action of enzymes that function to ingest drugs in the gastrointestinal tract of the body. The content of naringin, naringenin and bergapten in citrus fruits could inhibit production of an enzyme in the stomach that functions to destroy drug packaging absorb it and passing it to the intended target.

Orange and Apple Juice
Orange and apple juice beverage could actually have a negative effect when taken with some kind of tablets such as etoposide, an anticancer drug, beta blockers atenolol, celiprolol and talinolol, and some types of antibiotics such as ciprofloxacin, levo-floxacin and itraconazole.

Tuesday, October 9, 2012

Benefits of Eating Peach Fruit for Health

Benefits of eating peach fruit for health | The Chinese peoples are beginning to realize the benefits of a peach for health since the 10th century. When they apply the pit for medicinal purposes, they even mention peaches as "longevity peach" which means peach prolong your life.

Here are the benefits of peaches for health:

  1. Peaches are rich in various vitamins and minerals. However, one in particular is a life-sustaining minerals known as potassium. If you have a potassium deficiency, you may experience fatigue, anxiety, muscle weakness, skin problems, poor memory, high blood pressure, congestive heart failure or heart failure, cardiac arrhythmias and vibrations in the ear.
  2. Another of the health benefits of eating a peach has several beta-carotene. Our body converts beta-carotene to retinol or vitamin A. This vitamin is important in many bodily functions. Research conducted recently show that peoples who take a higher level of vitamin A in the daily diet have less potential for cataracts.
  3. Peach fruit also has lutein and lycopene. There are numerous studies that show the two compounds may help protect against macular degeneration, heart conditions and cancer.
  4. Peach is a source of  fiber. You will find two main types of dietary fiber. Insoluble fiber does not break down in water but soluble fiber can. Definitely a heart-healthy soluble fiber because it absorbs water and then increase mostly bench. Feces then clean up the waste build-up. This helps prevent colon cancer. Detoxification additional intestinal wall to increase the quantity of nutrients the body can absorb. Soluble fiber also helps to lower cholesterol levels.
  5. Everyone is aware that the oranges and peaches are full of vitamin C. Vitamin C is a powerful antioxidant that helps fight cancer by boosting the body's immune system and prevent cellular changes.
  6. There is something you need to be careful. Just as almond, peach pit has a toxin called cyanide or hydrocyanic acid should be avoided. Consumption of large amounts may be fatal.