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by caseyslaught 1514 days ago
Grapefruit juice can also increase the amount of a drug absorbed into the bloodstream. It blocks an enzyme in the small intestine that breaks down many types of drugs.
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We're told as young women to avoid grapefruit, it causes the anti-contraceptive pill to fail. Interesting, right?
I read something similar about THC (weed) and mangos. The fruit either accelerated or enhanced the drug effect.
Those are called bioactivators.

The other ones are piperine from white pepper and MSM which promotes nutrient digestibility.

what's msm?
A nice word for this is potentiation.