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VITAMIN K INTERFERES WITH BLOOD THINNING

VITAMIN K INTERFERES WITH BLOOD THINNING DEAR DR. DONOHUE: I have been on Coumadin for two months because I had a blood clot in my leg. My friend also takes it for a heart problem. I had lunch with her, and when I ordered a salad, she had a fit. She said that the salad greens inactivate Coumadin. My doctor never told me to watch what I eat. Am I in trouble? -- K.C. ANSWER: The story begins with vitamin K. Without vitamin K, the body can't make many clotting factors, proteins that float in the blood and aid in forming a clot when a blood vessel breaks. Coumadin inhibits the production of clotting factors that depend on vitamin K. In other words, it ''thins'' blood, meaning it makes it less likely to form a clot. That's the goal of a person who has had a vein blood clot. It's also the goal of people with atrial fibrillation, the heartbeat disturbance where the upper heart chambers are no longer beating; they're fibrillating -- squirming in an uncontrolled fashion. Clots form in fibrillating atria. I'll bet that's the reason your friend takes this medicine. People on Coumadin ought not to take - More available

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