This combination of drinks is deadly

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Some fruits can increase the risk of side effects from dietary supplements and drinks. For example, grapefruit.

Grapefruit, as scientists have found out, interacts poorly with some medications. Some studies have also shown that grapefruit juice combined with tonic can also be dangerous to health.

The main problem associated with grapefruit is that it inhibits the CYP3A4 enzyme. And this enzyme metabolizes more than 65% of all drugs. It is especially important to pay attention to medications prescribed to lower cholesterol.

Various scientific studies have shown that when grapefruit juice is mixed with tonic water, which contains quinine, the resulting drink is also harmful to health.

Medline Plus warns that people suffering from heart rhythm disorders should not drink grapefruit juice with tonic water.

In addition, if you are taking medication, do not drink the juice and grapefruit juice together. The fact is that such a combination can negatively interact with the drugs.

There have been cases where people have been hospitalized after consuming excessive amounts of tonic water with quinine and grapefruit juice. This was the case with a 31-year-old man. He was hospitalized with a special type of heart rhythm disorder, which can cause the heart to stop suddenly.