This indispensable book includes:
• A primer on WHAT a Mediterranean-style diet is and WHY it's great for you
• 95+ delicious Coumadin safe recipes
• Information about managing your diet on Coumadin
• Ingredient and cooking tips throughout the book
• Complete Nutrition Facts, including Vitamin K content, for each recipe
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Note: This is a revised and updated version of Dr. Harlan's The Dr. Gourmet Diet for Coumadin Users. These are the same recipes with updated Nutrition Information, with the addition of information on a Mediterranean-style diet.
Find out the exact amount of Vitamin K (in micrograms) of almost a thousand common foods! Listed both alphabetically and then in order of the amount of Vitamin K in the food, this list will help you know exactly how much Vitamin K you're eating. Just $4.95 for the eBook (PDF) or $12.95 for the paperback. Get your copy now!
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My husband has been on warfarin for almost 15 years, and eats a huge salad each day. His Coumadin rarely needs to be regulated other than the dose he is currently on. I have become very concerned that the medication dose could be lowered if he stops eating the salads each day.
I serve all the K no no's regularly. Should I stop? He was told years ago that since greens are a regular part of his diet he should continue eating as always.
While limiting Vitamin K is one strategy for keeping the INR stable while taking Coumadin® (warfarin), being consistent is just as important.
By having a salad every day, your husband is getting the same amount of Vitamin K every day from the greens, so the intake is consistent. This allows your husband's doctor to adjust his Coumadin dose relative to that stable intake of Vitamin K. This is a great way to get healthy greens and take Coumadin at the same time. As long as his salad consumption is uniform he should continue to do as well as he has in the last 15 years.
There is some research now that shows eating too little Vitamin K can have the same effect on one's INR as eating too much or being inconsistent. By having a similar amount of Vitamin K in the salad he eats each day, your husband may have contributed to his INR being so stable.
I would not change your husband's diet if his INR remains stable.
Thanks for writing,
Timothy S. Harlan, MD, FACP, CCMS
Dr. Gourmet
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vinegar help my acid reflux while I am on Coumadin (warfarin)?
Is it okay to cook with
garlic while on Coumadin (warfarin)?
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for those on Coumadin (warfarin)?
Is my husband's Coumadin dosage stable because
he eats a big salad every day?
Are freeze dried acai berries
and changa mushroom powder OK with Coumadin?
Are Aronia berries (chokeberries)
safe with Coumadin?
Thanks for your lists of foods containing
Vitamin K!
Can you eat green
pickled tomatoes if you are on Coumadin (warfarin)?
Does eating garlic counteract
eating high amounts of Vitamin K?
Will non-alcoholic beer affect
your Coumadin dose?
Is Lean Cuisine Coumadin
safe?
Does grapefruit really interact
with medications? (See
also....)
Are almonds a good snack
for those on Coumadin?
Is regular tea, iced or
hot, contraindicated while taking Coumadin?