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Paul Gammage
Guest
Having arterial thrombosis and being a vegan is a pain; I'm sure that having venous thrombosis and being a vegan is also a pain, by the way - but not so much of one, methinks.
I'm on Warfarin, an anti-coagulant. Just about everything interferes with Warfarin. My particular problem at the moment being GLVs. Green leafy vegetables are packed with vitamin k: this has the ability to raise or lower my I.N.R. (International Normalised Ratio) like nothing on Earth. E.g., I've just recently become almost addicted to tortilla wraps, four of 'em, for supper. Garlic, baby plum tomatoes, bell peppers, cucumber, soya chunkoids, Flying Goose Brand Super Hot Chilli Sauce (ace stuff!), and, here's the crunch, SPINACH - Popeye was NOT a vegan.... Spinach being the main ingredient. Since embarking on my tortilla suppers, well, my I.N.R. has plummeted. My doses of Warfarin have gone through the roof. I do, however, have to keep plugging away at this, methinks, as I'm an incredibly unadventurous eater: porridge with sultanas for breakfast. A 'crock pot' - with exactly the same stuff in it - for tea, and these boat-floating tortilla wraps for supper. I know that a varied diet is marvellous; however, it's not for me - never has been and never will be. Later rather than sooner my body (liver) will adjust, though. One's liver uses vitamin k to make blood clotting proteins. Warfarin works against vitamin K. Specifically, warfarin reduces one's liver's ability to use vitamin K to produce normally functioning forms of the blood clotting proteins.
Ha!
It makes me laugh when I hear about the hyper-healthy green leafy vegetable diet...
Any other thrombotic vegans on here?
Oh well.
Tatty bye.
I'm on Warfarin, an anti-coagulant. Just about everything interferes with Warfarin. My particular problem at the moment being GLVs. Green leafy vegetables are packed with vitamin k: this has the ability to raise or lower my I.N.R. (International Normalised Ratio) like nothing on Earth. E.g., I've just recently become almost addicted to tortilla wraps, four of 'em, for supper. Garlic, baby plum tomatoes, bell peppers, cucumber, soya chunkoids, Flying Goose Brand Super Hot Chilli Sauce (ace stuff!), and, here's the crunch, SPINACH - Popeye was NOT a vegan.... Spinach being the main ingredient. Since embarking on my tortilla suppers, well, my I.N.R. has plummeted. My doses of Warfarin have gone through the roof. I do, however, have to keep plugging away at this, methinks, as I'm an incredibly unadventurous eater: porridge with sultanas for breakfast. A 'crock pot' - with exactly the same stuff in it - for tea, and these boat-floating tortilla wraps for supper. I know that a varied diet is marvellous; however, it's not for me - never has been and never will be. Later rather than sooner my body (liver) will adjust, though. One's liver uses vitamin k to make blood clotting proteins. Warfarin works against vitamin K. Specifically, warfarin reduces one's liver's ability to use vitamin K to produce normally functioning forms of the blood clotting proteins.
Ha!
It makes me laugh when I hear about the hyper-healthy green leafy vegetable diet...
Any other thrombotic vegans on here?
Oh well.
Tatty bye.