Food & Medicines

Medicines, as we all know, are supposed to make us better. The whole point in taking medicine is to cure yourself of whatever ailment you have. If...

Taking drugs isn’t as simple as just swallowing them with a glass of water - the food we eat before we take the drug changes how a drug is absorbed....

A high fibre diet can affect the absorption of many drugs taken orally (swallowed), and so reduce their availability to the body. However, a high...

A high protein, low fat, low carbohydrate diet can help promote and maintain weight loss. However, changing the proportion of protein in the diet can...

With some food and drug interactions we already know the effects. For example we know if you take pain killers on an empty stomach you could be...

The dangers of food allergies are well known today, as are the adverse reactions that certain people can have to certain medicines. But what are...

Because food can interact with drugs in different ways, perhaps making the drugs more or less effective, it can be very important to take the drugs...

Some vitamins can interact with drugs, changing how they are absorbed or how they act. Some can improve the effectiveness of drugs, or reduce the...

Taking medicines is always somewhat risky. As safe and careful as you may be when reading the label of what the medicine contains sometimes we...

Drug interactions with food can make drugs more or less effective, and can make drug side effects worse, but why does this happen? Delaying...

When you take medication to help with an illness, sometimes the drugs can have an adverse reaction and often because they have an interaction with...