Guest guest Posted March 31, 2005 Report Share Posted March 31, 2005 If you're taking certain medications, your doctor will want to know if you're a grapefruit juice drinker. There's a chemical in grapefruit and grapefruit juice that inhibits the enzyme needed to break down many drugs, including antihistamines, calcium-channel blockers (used to treat high blood pressure), immunosuppressants (taken by organ-transplant patients), sedatives and protease inhibitors (treatment for AIDS). As a result, blood levels of these drugs may stay high, with serious side effects. Get baseline readings on your blood cholesterol. Total cholesterol should be below 200; your HDL should be 35 or more. High cholesterol is a risk factor for heart disease. The good news is you can get a handle on your cholesterol. Be proactive! Achieve a healthy weight for your height, stay physically active and have your cholesterol level checked regularly. Big restaurant portions typically shatter any healthy limit for fat and calories at a single sitting. Don't feel you're wasting your money if you can't eat it all -- eat half, wrap up the rest, take it home, and make it a second meal later. If there's a lot left over, ask your server to put the food into two take-home containers and make more than one extra meal out of it. Or, if you know your eyes are bigger than your stomach, ask to have half your portion wrapped up to take home before it ever reaches the table, so you won't even be tempted to eat it all in the restaurant. Jacy jacymailIM: jacygal - ICQ: 96949087www.geocities.com/mtn_rose Add me to your address book... Want a signature like this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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