"Don Foreman" wrote in message
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On Mon, 26 Apr 2010 08:16:43 -0700, "Steve B"
wrote:



*raw spinach salad with vidalia onion and sliced strawberries,
dressed
with poppyseed dressing

If she's on blood thinners of any type, take a look at the spinach idea.
Google coumadin and vitamin K to find the foods with the most vitamin K in
them, which, in conjunction of some foods can increase the bleeding rate
at
up to 5 times.

Steve

Good catch, Steve. We were aware of that, she is on coumadin. The
doc said a little spinach is OK, the main thing is to be consistent.
BTW, vitamin K aids clotting rather than impeding it. More at
http://www.clotcare.com/clotcare/vit...dwarfarin.aspx

She had an INR check this morning. It was right on target.

Mine has to be right around 3.0 because of the artificial valve. Yes, K
aids clotting, which lowers the INR number, which means that if you have
more of a tendency to clot internally, which is not a good thing. K works
against the coumadin, hence one should limit their K and let it bleed so as
to avoid clots that can kill you or make you a vegetable forever.

Steve

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