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Pineapple has many health benefits. It's high in vitamin C and contains bromelain, an enzyme with anti-inflammatory properties. The fruit can help with sleep.
One whole grapefruit, or a small glass (200 mL, 6.8 US fl oz) of grapefruit juice, can cause drug overdose toxicity. [ 1] Fruit consumed three days before the medicine can still have an effect. [ 5] The relative risks of different types of citrus fruit have not been systematically studied. [ 1] Affected drugs typically have an auxiliary label ...
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Alcohol: This one is the most obvious offender of good liver health, and studies show that cutting back (five or more drinks for men or four or more drinks for women at any one time) reduces the ...
Bromelain (pharmacology) Bromelain, a concentrate of proteolytic enzymes from the pineapple plant, is used in medicine. It is approved in the European Union for the debridement (removal of eschar, that is dead and damaged tissue) of severe burn wounds under the brand name Nexobrid. [1] [3] It was developed by MediWound.
The pineapple[ 2][ 3] ( Ananas comosus) is a tropical plant with an edible fruit; it is the most economically significant plant in the family Bromeliaceae. [ 4] The pineapple is indigenous to South America, where it has been cultivated for many centuries.
Specialty. Endocrinology. Fructose malabsorption, formerly named dietary fructose intolerance ( DFI ), is a digestive disorder [ 1] in which absorption of fructose is impaired by deficient fructose carriers in the small intestine's enterocytes. This results in an increased concentration of fructose.
Fatty liver disease ( FLD ), also known as hepatic steatosis and steatotic liver disease ( SLD ), is a condition where excess fat builds up in the liver. [ 1] Often there are no or few symptoms. [ 1][ 2] Occasionally there may be tiredness or pain in the upper right side of the abdomen. [ 1] Complications may include cirrhosis, liver cancer ...