Scientists May Be Able to Make Grapefruits Compatible With Medications They Currently Interfere With
Scientists May Be Able to Make Grapefruits Compatible With Medications They Currently Interfere With
Scientists have identified a gene that causes production of a substance in some citrus that interferes with many medications.
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OH MY GOD YES PLEASE!
I miss grapefruit so much.
It's probably some years off; there's something of a roadmap on how to do it, but crossbreeding it in takes quite a few years, and something like CRISPR usually means a lot of testing of the engineered variety.
I am willing to wait. Grapefruit used to be one of my favorite things in the world.
I bet you have opinions about that xkcd comic
This is what I'm referring to in case you're one of today's lucky 10,000
That's by far the wrongest xkcd has ever been.
Well, it's definitely wrong about lemons. How dare he. Also, how is he eating grapefruit that it's considered that difficult?
I think because you either have to peel them or cut them in half and scoop them out rather than pop them in your mouth? I don't know. I never had an issue peeling them. And I think red grapefruits are very tasty.
And there's satisfaction in that damn it
There's people that scoop it?
Heresy.
Slice in half, scoop each section, squeeze remaining juice into the spoon
They even make special spoons for it! When I was a kid, that was how I thought you were supposed to do it. My parents did not teach me grapefruit properly.
Grapefruit spoon:
I have many problems with that chart, but I was not one of today's lucky 10,000.
They should brand it “omg gmo grapefruit”
They can’t possibly remove enough vitamin C for it to be OK with ADHD stimulants though 😔
I don't know if losing recreational interactions is worth it for people on actual medication to be able to eat another citrus.
Like, just eat an orange or something, idk.
I'm not seeing the issue here. They're looking into engineering a grapefruit that people like me on those medications can eat safely. It will make our lives a little better if we really like grapefruit and can't eat it. What's the problem? People get hypoallergenic cats.
If you eat grapefruit on a narcotic like codeine it "interferes" by giving you a much stronger buzz. I believe that's the recreational use the other person was talking about
I'm glad I wasn't the only one who had that as their first thought.