In article >,
Janet Wilder > wrote:

> jmcquown wrote:
> > "Ed Pawlowski" > wrote in message
> > ...
> >>
> >> "SteveB" <toquervilla@zionvistas> wrote in message
> >> ...
> >>> 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
> >>
> >> 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
>
> He could have adjusted the dosage to accommodate the spinach.

Uh, I think that's harder than you think. You'd have to have access to
constant lab testing.
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