"Ed Pawlowski" > wrote in message
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> "SteveB" <toquervilla@zionvistas> wrote in message
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>> Any here who are post CABG (coronary artery bypass surgery). Would you
>> care to share your recipes and food practices with regard to cholesterol,
>> coumadin, et al? Other tips or practices?
>>
>> Thanks in advance.
>>
>> Steve
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> My wife takes coumadin. The most important thing is to know what foods
> affect it and be consistent with them. Green salads are OK if you eat
> them in moderation two or three times a week, but if you eat spinach every
> day for a week, then don't eat any for a month, you will be out of whack
> for the PT test.
>

They put my mother back on coumadin while she was in the hospital. When she
came home and I went over the list of (30!) meds they had her on (he wasn't
the one who prescribed this madness) I pointed out spinach is one of the few
things she'll eat. And she can't eat spinach if she's taking coumadin. He
prescribed a low-dose aspirin instead. You do indeed have to be careful
about food and drug interactions.

Jill