Medically reviewed by Lindsay Cook, PharmD Mixing grapefruit, whether as a juice or in a dietary supplement, with some ...

People who take statin drugs are doing it for a life-saving reason: to treat high cholesterol and protect their hearts. Many of those same people also reach for grapefruit, a food long associated with ...

Statins lower cholesterol levels, reduce the risk of heart attack and stroke, and improve overall heart health. In the late 1970s, researchers found that a substance called mevastatin, isolated from a ...