Goomba wrote:
>
> Mark Thorson wrote:
>
> > Obviously not. Note that neither of the posters
> > who advocated eating anything you want has responded
> > to the issue of food-provoked modulation of the
> > drug clearance mechanisms. I happen to be rather
> > familiar with these mechanisms, and I know I'm right.
> > These people have propagated very bad advice that
> > could send people to an early death. Don't expect
> > me to be quiet when I see fools giving such bad
> > advice. Food-drug interactions are not something
> > to be dismissed lightly.
>
> Don't go patting yourself on the back so soon.
> SOME drugs are potentiated by grapefruit for example. That doesn't mean
> all drugs are. So should anyone taking any medicine give up all
> grapefruit products?

All drugs which are transported by P-glycoprotein,
which is darn near all of them. My position is
that in the absence of certain knowledge that it is
safe, you should not eat foods known to affect drug
clearance during chemotherapy of any kind.

You position seems to be (I don't want to stuff words
in your mouth here) that in the absence of specific
information that grapefruit (or any other food known
to modulate the mechanisms of drug clearance) affects
the chemotherapy drugs you are receiving, you should
feel free to indulge in those foods.

If that's really what you advise, I consider that to be
monumentally stupid and dangerous advice. My advice
is to err on the side of caution, and avoid foods which
affect drug clearance. In my opinion, suggesting any
other course may lead to harm and even death. This is
why I feel strongly about bad medical advice being handed
out by uninformed people.

> I think most of the "advice" you give very foolish and when it comes to
> your own neurotic diet modifications that you've written about in the
> past... foolish again and certainly slightly obsessed and fearful.

Ah, the _ad_hominem_ attack. Attack the critic, not
the criticism. I've been rather clear about the issues,
and why I think you are wrong. When you run out of
logical responses to what I say, you try to smear me.