I love grapefruit, it is one of my fruits of choice. I take 1000mg of metformin
a day. I have never read it should be avoided except if taking certain
statins.
BTW - as a treat sometimes I make a drink of about 1/4 to 1/3 of orange or
grapefruit juice and the rest diet sprite or diet sierra mist - something like
that. It gives me a bit of juice taste with some fizz and dilution.
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From: Michael <bigbear@acsalaska.net>
To: Healthy_Recipes_For_Diabetic_Friends@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thu, March 3, 2011 3:54:42 PM
Subject: Re: [Healthy_Recipes_For_Diabetic_Friends] In honor of Texas
Independence Day - Rio Grande Valley Citrus Slaw - 13g Carbs,
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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