"Goomba" > wrote in message
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> SteveB wrote:
>> "Janet Wilder" > wrote in message
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>>> jmcquown wrote:
>>>> "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
>>>>> 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.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Janet Wilder
>>> Bad spelling. Bad punctuation
>>> Good Friends. Good Life
>>
>> You, apparently are an uninformed person. Spinach is one of the top
>> three things that one taking Coumadin can NOT eat.
>>
>> Where did you get your medical degree?
>>
>> Steve
> Well, actually we *do* tell our patients that they can have moderate
> amounts of these vegetables as long as the consumption is consistent and
> in routine amounts. The routine consumption of Vit K rich vegetables will
> be accounted for in their routine labs. The problems come up when people
> eat them only occasionally or eat far more or less than they have been
> accustomed to.
> Patients don't need to do any "adjusting" of their medicine to accommodate
> the intake. The routine labs will show if their PT level is therapeutic or
> not and the doctor will adjust the daily dose as needed.

So, are you a cardiologist? Janet said that her husband's cardiologist told
them there wasn't anything he needed to watch out for. Either foods or
portions.

Steve