Steve wrote on Tue, 21 Dec 2010 08:37:42 -0800:


> "Goomba" > wrote in message
> ...
>> Steve B wrote:
>>> "Leon Manfredi" > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>>> Make a Stir Fry Broccoli.....
>>>
>>> How many here cannot eat broccoli because of coumadin or
>>> other reasons?
>>>
>>> Steve
>>
>> People on coumadin most certainly *can* eat broccoli and
>> other vegetables containing Vit. K. They can eat these
>> vegetables in a routine or consistent basis and not as an
>> occasional pig-out. Their labs will reflect the consistent
>> intake and their dose of coumadin will be prescribed to meet their
>> needs.

> Thank you. I've been taking coumadin now for nearly nine
> years. I didn't know any of that.

> Now, back to the question. Just out of curiosity, and since I
> have a blog and a book that covers this very topic, does
> anyone have anything relevant to add regarding their own
> limitations.

> And yes, people who are on coumadin CAN eat anything. It's
> just that they risk spontaneous hemorrhaging. It's that
> simple.

Don't you have your clotting time measured systematically like once a
month? By the way, it's a long time since the generic warfarin replaced
coumadin but the term "Coumadin Clinic" is still used.

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James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

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