To think that fruit salad shouldn't have grapefruit in?

[WhoWasThatMaskedWoman]

We went away at the weekend for a family trip. Hotel was lovely and had all inclusive breakfast and lunches including big fruit salad.

Great, except that it was full of grapefruit, and all four of us are on (different) medications which mean we can't eat it.

AIBU to say that given the number of people who are on statins, blood pressure medication, anti depressants, anti-anxiety drugs and god knows what else. And given that grapefruit is bloody horrible. That people making fruit salad for buffets should leave The Devil's Fruit out of it and offer it separately on the side for the unmedicated weirdos who like it.

Grapefruit I consider a breakfast fruit, so I think you are being unreasonable.

Some anti depressants are OK with grapefruit, some aren't - check your packet.

Bacon might be a breakfast food but I wouldn't put it in my cornflakes. Or my fruit salad. Just straight in my mouth, unadulterated, please.

Damn, I need a bacon sandwich now.

Yep, it's just a few that don't mix with grapefruit — sertraline I think is one, off the top of my head, and one of the tricyclics? There's probably more antidepressants out there that don't mix with Marmite (though those ones are rarely prescribed).

As PP say, it's not all medications in the relevant categories that don't go well with grapefruit. People who are taking different ones will be fine with it. Some people taking those listed can take a small amount of grapefruit occasionally.

But most foods cause a problem to someone somewhere. Rather than taking every ingredient out in case someone has a problem with it, perhaps it would be better to let the majority enjoy a normal range of foods and food combinations, while those who need to take care to avoid what they must.

Labelling helps, but the presence of some things, like grapefruit, is hard to conceal.

better to let the majority enjoy a normal range of foods and food combinations

Unless you consider that grapefruit is not normal in a fruit salad. Which it isn't.