[Sca-cooks] So... here's a challenge I'm taking on

[Terry Decker]

Oil of bergamot is used to flavor Earl Grey.  Bergamot is a hybrid citrus.

Both grapefruit and bergamot produce chemical compounds that alter how the 
liver metabolizes various drugs.  Being on statins, I avoid indulging in 
grapefruit.  Fortunately, I don't drink Earl Grey, but I have a friend who 
does and is on statins.

I hadn't connected the two.  Thanks.

Bear


I have no idea what her medical folks did or did not try
but I know that dieticians are not always cooks and may miss things such as
"used in processing rather than listed as an ingredient" - (or in my own
very dangerous case, may not be aware that what makes it so one cannot have
grapefruit also means that one should absolutely avoid Earl Grey tea - which
nearly killed a friend who was taking the same chemo meds as I was.)


Hrothny