romaine lettuce and Vitamin K

[witzkeyman]

http://www.nutritiondata.com/facts/vegetables-and-vegetable-products/2475/2
after you check out the link, let me know if this is accurate? romaine seems to be much lower in Vitamin K than other types of lettuces. I understand dose the diet, but if I eat a nice chicken ceasar (sp?) salad twice a week, will me INR be affected by much? opinions?

 

[Cooker]

http://www.nutritiondata.com/facts/vegetables-and-vegetable-products/2475/2
after you check out the link, let me know if this is accurate? romaine seems to be much lower in Vitamin K than other types of lettuces. I understand dose the diet, but if I eat a nice chicken ceasar (sp?) salad twice a week, will me INR be affected by much? opinions?

IMHO.....NO .... I eat salad everyday almost, various kinds of lettuce.....I am stable

 

[dick0236]

I'm not sure I know the difference between Romane, Bibb or any other type of lettuce, but I eat salads made from some kind of "lettuce" several times a week. I have seldom, if ever, noticed salad having any noticeable effect on INR.

 

[Ross]

Not unless you start eating 3 salads a day suddenly.

 

[Blanche]

You have heard of making a mountain out of a mole hill.

Well, the amount of vitamin K in romain lettuce is about as big as a pimple on a microbe's nose. Al and I are both on coumadin and we eat salads with all sorts of greens, including romaine lettuce, almost everyday and sometimes more than once a day.

Witzkeyman, please believe me!!! You have to relax and eat what you like in moderation. You're going to drive yourself crazy with worry otherwise.

Best wishes,
Blanche

 

[Jkm7]

A chicken casear salad eaten twice a week will have almost zero affect on your INR.

Don't eat the whole head of lettuce daily but a normal salad is fine.

The key is consistency.
If you like caesar salad, eat it regularly. Have what you like but be relatively consistent about it.

 

[Bina]

That web site will show several different serving sizes, or one leaf, etc. It will make you crazy.
I believe the lettuce with the least amount of Vitamin K is Iceburg....is also has the lowest nutritional benefits.
Enjoy your chicken caesar salads! (easy on the fatty dressings).

 

[aussigal]

Eat your greens and if you prefer one type of lettuce to another then go ahead an indulge. You will give yourself a headache if you start counting milligrams of vit.K.

 

[lance]

Let's put it this way

Let's put it this way

A recent thread mentions an INR of 9.

How many pounds of greens, including cauliflower, broccoli. brussel sprouts and everything else containing high amounts of vitamin K would it take to lower that INR to a more acceptable level?

A full bath tub, a full dumpster? I suspect it would be more than a person could eat in a week.

 

[Ross]

A recent thread mentions an INR of 9.

How many pounds of greens, including cauliflower, broccoli. brussel sprouts and everything else containing high amounts of vitamin K would it take to lower that INR to a more acceptable level?

A full bath tub, a full dumpster? I suspect it would be more than a person could eat in a week.

I suspect your right.

 

[catwoman]

Forget that list of vitamin K in foods!!!!!!!

Just be fairly consistent, i.e., don't boycott green things for a month and then have salad 3 times a day for several weeks.

And remember: CONSISTENT does not equal MONOTONOUS.

 

[Karlynn]

I've always read that the darker the green - the higher the K. That being said - I don't care. I just eat what I want.

 

[witzkeyman]

Blanche, this is only my first year on Coumadin. I want to be extra careful.

 

[Jkm7]

Witzkey... Not a person can blame you. You have to stay in your comfort zone and what works for you. I found I needed to continue to my high in veggie diet for the brief time I was on coumadin. I have always eaten lots of greens/vitamin K foods and continued to do so. But I so understand someone who wishes to be more cautious. As you become more comfortable, perhaps you will slowly add back some foods you are currently avoiding or severely limiting.

I had very serious conversations about this while at Mass General. Thankfully, all with whom I spoke agreed that, within reason, I could continue to eat all I was used to eating but to do so with consistency.

This community is so extremely helpful with the fabulous info from those who have been there and have/are living it.

Who but a valve surgery patient really knows what it is like? Who but you knows your coumadin comfort zone?

Is your INR stable for the most part?

 

[Bina]

Witzkey, my first year I was very nervous about greens too and I missed out on some nice broccoli soups and salads.
The real turning point for me was when I got my home monitor....it makes me feel safe when I test more often.

 

[JCSydney]

I can certainly understand your concerns, and at the start when I came out of hospital I obsessed about Vitamin K, but now 7 months post surgery I eat all kinds of foods, lettuces and have Caesar salad for lunch several times a week. My INR is very stable, and my list of Vitamin K foods is now being utilised as a scribbling pad.

Jeff.

 

[witzkeyman]

thanks cooker. I just want to enjoy a full chicken ceaser salad twice a week. I was under the impression that a couple of full salads (not side salads) a week would drop my INR from 3.0 to 1.5. thanks again

 

[witzkeyman]

I haven't been brave enough to try broccoli. thanks bina

 

[Ross]

I think we all obsessed over the vit k issue. I know I was using the guides to make my meals with and all it did was frustrate the heck out of me. Until I threw the guides out the window and decided screw it, eat what I want then dose that diet, I was a mental moron.