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
glucoraphanin, which is found naturally in ordinary broccoli and is thought to
help lower the risk of heart disease and some forms of cancer.
US shopper can find a similar souped-up broccoli
on their shelves from controversial agribusiness giant Monsanto and Apio Inc
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