Canola oil

[McCln]

I don't know if I have asked this question, but here we go anyway. If canola oil will affect the INR. I have been trying other oils, such as olive oil. But wondered about canola oil. If Al, or someone has a answer, please post. Thanks a bunch.

Caroline
09-13-01
Aortic valve replacement
St. Jude's valve

 

[Guest]

There is vitamin K in all of the plant oils. The Coumadin Cookbook suggest sitting the container in sunlight to degrade the vitamin K. However, I don't think that this is necessary since you don't ordinarily consume more than a teaspoonful or so a day. If you do eat more than that the lipids are more likely to get you in the long run.

 

[Marge]

I am pretty sure I consume more than a teaspoonful a day of olive oil! We use it in salads, in most of our cooking, on bread, etc.

I asked about it at the anti-coagulation clinic when I went on warfarin. Basically they said just stick to my normal diet, don't try to change things for the sake of the warfarin, we'll work the dosage around your diet.

After the first week and a half to two weeks they got the hang of what I needed to take to stay in range and I've been in range ever since.

Still I am glad to be going off warfarin. My three months are up. Today I take my last pill.

 

[Guest]

The question was about canola oil.

 

[ticktock]

Al
Could you point me to a source for Vitamin K in foods?? I haven't found a really good, easy to read chart. I only use it when I'm really bouncing around and trying to identify the culprit!
Last week, I brought down my 5.6 INR with green tea, broccoli (sp?) and spinach. It worked.
Mindy

 

[Guest]

I don't know of a good, easy-to-read chart. Maybe somebody else has found one.

 

[JimChicago]

Coumadin cookbook

Untreated
Canola Oil 39 mcg per ounce
Olive Oil 14 mcg per ounce

Treated (sunlight exposure for 48 hours)
Canola Oil 6 mcg per ounce
Olive Oil 2 mcg per ounce

(figures rounded to nearest digit)

So it looks like canola has 3 times more K than olive oil. I like olive oil better anyway. I've been eating about 3 tblspn a day of olive oil (treated).