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Many times we hear from our parents or some elders not to have grapefruit juice if you are taking any cholesterol medications. This is not the only combination of food and drugs which should be avoided, there are so many other combinations too. Grapefruit juice can react with other medications too and similarly many other foods can interact with drugs too. Steve Plogsted, BS, PharmD, BCNSP, CNSC, clinical pharmacist with Nutrition Support Service of Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, tells us about the most commonly reactive five foods that react with other medications. So let’s discuss these foods. 1. GRAPEFRUIT JUICE “Grapefruit juice has the ability to interact with medications in numerous ways,” says Plogsted. One way is to increase the absorption of certain drugs, this is the case with some cholesterol-lowering statins but not with all sort of drugs. MedinePlus recommends you not to have grapefruit juice if you are taking any sort of cholesterol lowering me