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Sawbones: Grapefruits

· 42 min · Episode 444

Episode Sawbones: Grapefruits

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Dr. Sydnee and Justin don't actually like grapefruits, so it's irrelevant to them, but grapefruit juice is known to interact poorly with many medications. Given the wide variety of fruits and their juices, it seems strange this is such an outlier. How was this anomaly discovered, and why exactly does it do what it does?

Atlas Obscura article, "Grapefruit is One of the Weirdest Fruits on the Planet" by Dan Nosowitz: atlasobscura.com/articles/grapefruit-history-and-drug-interactions

Music: "Medicines" by The Taxpayers https://taxpayers.bandcamp.com/

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