Grapefruit-Drug Interactions Found to Be More Common. (cover story)

BODY weight; DIET; DRUG-food interactions; FOOD -- Sodium content; GRAPEFRUIT; HEALTH promotion; HEALTH status indicators; CARDIAC patients; SALT-free diet; SOCIAL attitudes; HEALTH literacy

This section offers health and nutrition news briefs. London (Ontario) Health Sciences Center physician David Bailey states that solid and liquid grapefruit has been observed to have additional contraindications with drugs. The American Heart Association has warned consumers in a "Food Research International" journal report that sea salt is not a low sodium alternative to table salt while a Gallup poll reports Americans to have raised their stated ideal weight.