Vitamin K » Heart Diseases

I know someone that had a mitral valve replaced because of leakage. She is now taking Coumadin and was told?

vitamin — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 17:22:43 +0000

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she could not have some dark green vegetables or Vitamin K by the doctor . She likes to eat healthy foods so this makes planning meals a little more difficult. Has anybody else had this experience or know anything about this drug..?
She wants to know the reason that she was taken off of baby aspirin and put on Coumadin.
She wants to know the reason that she was taken off of baby aspirin and put on Coumadin.

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Are there any foods that are anti-vitamin K?

vitamin — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 15:52:17 +0000

mdigitale asked:

Hello friends,

A year ago I had an emergency surgery for a condition known as “aortic dissection”. It was a real surprise to me because I had no idea my heart had any sort of problem to begin with…

Anyways, I have an artificial heart valve and in order to keep my blood from clotting on it, I have to take a medicine called Coumaden (it makes the blood clot less easily). I’m told by my Dr’s that Vitamin K has some impact on the blood (it basically undoes the effect of the Coumaden) Does anyone know of a food(s) that occurs naturally which has the same effect as Coumaden? I’m not looking for a substitute from my daily coumaden pills, but I’d just like to know something I can eat to help offset the vitamin k foods I eat (eg. lettuce I eat when I visit Subway for lunch)

Thanks!!

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Deficiency of Vitamin K can lead to build up in arteries, but then why can’t you give Vit K for blood clots?

vitamin — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 12:50:54 +0000

mm asked:

I have read that deficiency of Vitamin K can lead to build up in arteries. But at the same time I have read that if a person has blood clots you aren’t supposed to give Vitamin K since it promotes clotting of blood.

This doesn’t make sense to me. One of the reasons why a person might have had blood clots in the first place is because of a deficiency of Vitamin K. Then wouldn’t the appropriate thing be to slowly make up for the deficiency?
wiseowl_00. Excellent links. Especially:
http://www.lef.org/magazine/mag2000/feb00-report.html
“According to researchers, this is the first study in rats demonstrating that arterial calcification—and resulting decreased arterial distensibility—is reversible by a high intake of vitamin K.”

“Reversible”, thats exactly what I wanted to know.

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