My bottle of metformin has no warning about grapefruit. I just did a Google
search and found several references to a South Africa study that advised T2s
on metformin to not drink grapefruit juice as it could cause lactic
acidosis. In my opinion, a diabetic should never drink juice unless
treating for a low. The report said nothing about grapefruit segments. I
have 1/2 of a grapefruit several days a week and have never had any problems
from eating it, despite the fact that I take metformin. Not advocating you
start eating it but just saying.
-----Original Message-----
From: magootsie@yahoo.com
Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2011 8:36 AM
To: Healthy_Recipes_For_Diabetic_Friends@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [Healthy_Recipes_For_Diabetic_Friends] In honor of Texas
Independence Day - Rio Grande Valley Citrus Slaw - 13g Carbs,
Sounds good but grapefruit is not allowed if you are taking metformin and
certain diabetes medicine! I would love to eat this! Mmmm
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