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Does what you eat affect your medicines? There have been awareness of drugs or medicines and how it affects the way we absorb micronutrients through our experience with statins, iron and thyroxine supplementation,

This is because medicines and foods sometime get broken down by the same pathway and can interact. An example is grapefruit juice and some statins: too much grapefruit juice can increase the amount of some statins.

Calcium can reduce the absorption of thyroxine and so on. My guest today, Yvonne Coleman has taken a step further and collated a database to put all the research together.

In this episode, we explore the topic of drug-nutrient interactions, a sophisticated interconnection that exists between what we eat and how our bodies absorb medications.

Here are some of the key takeaways from our discussion:

· We delved into the mechanisms by which medicines and foods can interact, with specific examples of grapefruit juice and statins, and calcium and thyroxine.

· Yvonne shared valuable insights on how to identify if a drug-nutrient interaction is occurring, and what to look out for when taking certain medications.

· We also explored resources available to healthcare professionals and patients to support the management of drug-nutrient interactions.

· Yvonne's 3 healthy things she does on a daily basis to optimise her health (hint: think Jerusalem artichokes)

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