Researchers in Canada found that orange juice taken alongside a drug for hayfever - fexofenadine - reduced its absorption by half. It is likely that there would be similar effects on many other drugs.
The researchers suggested that the spike in blood sugar was the mechanism which caused the reduction in drug absorption. In this case, other fruit juices will have a similar effect. (The previously identified interference of grapefruit juice with some drugs involves a different mechanism.)
The researchers advised drinking fruit juices 4 hours away from any drugs being taken.
Fruit Juice And Diabetes
The blood sugar spike caused by drinking fruit juice is also responsible
Researchers at Georgia Tech, Atlanta have managed to target cancer cells by attaching magnetic nanoparticles into them.
Having attached the magnetic nanoparticles, a magnet applied at the skin surface attracts the cancer cells to the skin surface. In this position it is much easier to deal with them in a safe way.
The trick used with the magnetised nanoparticles follows a lock-and-key type of approach.
The Alexander Technique has very successfully treated recurring back pain in a study of 500 people. The British Medical Journal reports the study.
Researchers in the UK universities of Southampton and Bristol asked doctors to select a total of 500 patients for the study. They had a history of back pain recurring over five years. Half were given the Alexander Technique and half normal back treatment by the doctor. Half of each category were also prescribed an exercise programme of brisk walking.
In a further variation, half the Alexander Technique patients were given just six sessions and half were given 24 lessons.
Anti-aging researchers in New York have successfully blocked the aging process in the livers of mice livers by impeding the build-up of harmful proteins inside the liver. This has tremendous implications for the extension of healthy aging.
As humans - and mice - age, the cells have more and more trouble disposing of damaged proteins. The damaged proteins produce a toxic buildup which damages, and eventually kills, the cell.
The lysosome is the ‘organelle’ within the cell which should digest the damaged proteins.
Drug companies researching Alzheimer’s Disease have focused on two of the probably causes involving the presence of the two proteins beta-amyloid and tau.
It is thought that beta-amyloid may well be the starting point of Alzheimer’s. Two drugs aimed at this protein have, after considerable research, been dumped. another drug being developed by a Scottish company targets tau. Tau is a key protein in the formation of the tiny tubules which transport substances around the nerve cell.
The True Causes of Alzheimer’s
To treat Alzheimer’s disease effectively it would be best to focus on the general causes of the disease. The "four ‘-ations’" are all involved in Alzheimer’s disease; methylation, oxidation, glycation and inflammation.
If these "four ‘-ations’" are dealt with then Alzheimer’s disease will be much less likely. Then the drugs will not be necessary.
There is news currently about how statin drugs are associated with lower levels of Alzheimer’s disease.
This is not surprising - because statins lower inflammation; and there is a link between Alzheimer’s disease and low-level inflammation.
However, the solution to low-level inflammation is NOT to take statin drugs. Just as the answer to cholesterol is not to take statin drug - except in isolated cases.
I hate to report this, but a solid study has shown that drinking orange juice once a day increase type II diabetes risk.
The reason I hate to report it, is because many people will be as shocked as I was - or even disbelieving - when first hearing that their morning ‘health’ drink could actually be unhealthy.
But it is true.
The Whole Fruit, Nothing But The Fruit
All fruit juices are similar to sugar water. True, the sugar is not glucose; it’s fructose. But it still spikes up blood sugar after drinking it.
The whole fruit contains fibre which slows sugar absorption down. The juice has most or all of the fibre removed so that the passage of sugar into the blood stream is rapid.
The Path To Diabetes (type II)
The 3-step pattern leading to diabetes can then emerge:
Metabolites are substances formed either during, or at the end of, one process of our metabolism. There provide a valuable key to how our body is functioning, or how it responds to introduced elements, such as drugs or food.
There are thousands of the metabolites being formed every minute, so analysing them is a mammoth task. But with computer power doubling every year, this analysis will soon become a reality.
Just as humans have evolved to have hair, 2 legs and a nose, we have evolved to die at an age between 80 and 120. Currently, an absolute maximum age of 120 is inbuilt due to a component of every cell nucleus called the telomere, which shortens every time the cell divides. Eventually the cell can divide no more.
Interestingly cancer cells are immortal partly because of their ability to repair this telomere. There is a process taking place here which will eventually be understood. It will then be applied to humans; estimates vary from 20 to 40 years before this starts to be possible.
Researchers in Canada found that orange juice taken alongside a drug for hayfever - fexofenadine - reduced its absorption by half. It is likely that there would be similar effects on many other drugs. 
