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quaicheng
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Grapefruit:

Not only increase the effectiveness of many ABX, raising toxicicty in the bloodstream, it also limits the livers ability to break down the elevated toxins.

Inhibitors of phase I detoxification

Many substances inhibit cytochrome P450. This situation can cause substantial problems as it makes toxins potentially more damaging because they remain in the body longer before detoxification. For example, grapefruit juice decreases the rate of elimination of drugs from the blood and has been found to substantially alter their clinical activity and toxicity. Eight ounces of grapefruit juice contains enough of the flavonoid naringenin to decrease cytochrome P450 activity by a remarkable 30%.

http://tuberose.com/Liver_Detoxification.html

quai

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blueskyfaith
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The fluconazole is an inhibitor of fungus P450 and has a remarkable curing effects on Lyme, see below. Also Ketek is a strong inhibitor of P450. Wondering if grapefruit has some positive effects on Lyme?

Eur J Med Res. 2004 Jul 30;9(7):334-6.

Clinical effects of fluconazole in patients with neuroborreliosis.

Schardt FW.

Betriebsarztliche Untersuchungsstelle, Bayerische Julius-Maximilians-Universitat, Wurzburg, Germany. [email protected]

Eleven patients with neuro-borreliosis had been treated with 200 mg fluconazole daily for 25 days after an unsuccessful therapy with antibiotics. At the end of treatment eight patients had no borreliosis symptoms and remained free of relapse in a follow-up examination one year later. In the remaining four patients, symptoms were considerably improved. At the end of therapy immune reactivity (IgM+) disappeared in three patients. Since borrelia spp. are almost exclusively localised intracellular, they may depend on certain metabolites of their eucaryotic host cell. Inhibition of P450 and other cytochromes by fluconazole may incapacitate Borrelia upon longterm exposure.

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