Comments on: Anti-cancer foods http://conceptnutrition.com.au/anti-cancer-foods/ Live a healthy life you love - a Dietitian's Contribution Sun, 13 Nov 2011 09:36:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Charla http://conceptnutrition.com.au/anti-cancer-foods/comment-page-1/#comment-5534 Charla Sat, 12 Nov 2011 20:57:43 +0000 http://conceptnutrition.wordpress.com/?p=78#comment-5534 It is very important if taking pharmaceuticals or chemotherapy to NOT take pomegranate. The liver enzyme CYP3A4 that breaks down most drugs is DEACTIVATED 96% by pomegranate and pomegranate extract making an overdose HIGHLY LIKELY. If making juice drinks, DO NOT use citrus peels because of the possible amplification of the medication by d-Limonene in the peel. I almost died of anaphylactic shock. Sources: National CML Society http://www.nationalcmlsociety.org/living-cml/drug-food-interactions And Department of Cancer Research and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway. torsth@alumni.ntnu.no 1. Star fruit (Averrhoa carambola) 99.9% blockage midazolam 1'-hydroxylation 2. Pomegranate (Nephelium lappaceum) 96.8% blockage midazolam 1'-hydroxylation 3. Pawpaw, common papaw, papaya (Carica papaya) 88.6% blockage midazolam 1'-hydroxylation 4. Grapefruit (white) (Citrus paradise) (furanocoumarins) 85.3% blockage midazolam 1'-hydroxylation Another good source of information regarding herb reactions with cancer medications is Sloan Kettering http://www.mskcc.org/mskcc/html/11570.cfm It is very important if taking pharmaceuticals or chemotherapy to NOT take pomegranate. The liver enzyme CYP3A4 that breaks down most drugs is DEACTIVATED 96% by pomegranate and pomegranate extract making an overdose HIGHLY LIKELY. If making juice drinks, DO NOT use citrus peels because of the possible amplification of the medication by d-Limonene in the peel. I almost died of anaphylactic shock.
Sources: National CML Society http://www.nationalcmlsociety.org/living-cml/drug-food-interactions
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Department of Cancer Research and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway. torsth@alumni.ntnu.no

1. Star fruit (Averrhoa carambola) 99.9% blockage midazolam 1′-hydroxylation
2. Pomegranate (Nephelium lappaceum) 96.8% blockage midazolam 1′-hydroxylation
3. Pawpaw, common papaw, papaya (Carica papaya) 88.6% blockage midazolam 1′-hydroxylation
4. Grapefruit (white) (Citrus paradise) (furanocoumarins) 85.3% blockage midazolam 1′-hydroxylation

Another good source of information regarding herb reactions with cancer medications is Sloan Kettering http://www.mskcc.org/mskcc/html/11570.cfm

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