For people on certain medication, grapefruits are on off- limits fruits, no thanks to compounds within them that can dangerously interact with blood pressure and heart drugs. Published in Scientific American recently, a new seedless, hybrid grapefruits has been bred in University of Florida that contains very, very low or have no furanocoumarins, the compound that can dangerously increase the effective dosage of some medications To create the new grapefruits, those knowledgeable team crossed a relative of grapefruit called pummel or pomelo with ordinary grapefruits. Other foods that have similarly low amount of furanocoumarins include lemons and celery, which are generally considered safe by doctor for patient on medication. The findings were published in a recent issue of the journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science. A hybrid vegetable to recently hit UK groceries stores is a new super broccoli, beneforte, that content extra potent levels of glucora...
