The basic thing is that vitamin K deficiency can cause all sorts of problems (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitamin_K#Deficiency), and it's not just this article's advice. I've been slogging through all sorts of stuff for ages trying to figure out why something wasn't adding up, and this is what did it.
Fish oil definitely is a blood thinner, as are all the other foods I have listed on the first page of my personal recipe book. Believe me, I've been doing this research for months now.
Also, and I know people who say things like this are painted as crazies, but doctors really are quite controlled by pharmaceutical companies. They really do get paid to give you pills that combat symptoms rather than step back and look at the big picture.
As for coumadin, it's usually given to much older people, so long-term effects of a lack of vitamin K on the body probably aren't given very much thought. However, I am 23, and they're saying they want me on this pill for the rest of my life--maybe SIXTY YEARS. Sixty years of no vitamin K?
I'm also very convinced that the embolism resulted from being on birth control and sitting still for nearly a week as I pouted about my life, only getting up to refill my water bottle and go to the bathroom. My birth control was taken away at the hospital, and though I miss it I know better than to get any more. I've begun a simple running regime sort of thing as well (on hold now as I settle into NYC, but I kept it up for nearly a month before the move).
Basically, the question is, do I want to risk the horrible life-ending things that come from a vitamin K deficiency (and given that I'm taking 10mg of a vitamin K-destroying medication every day and avoiding spinach or broccoli or any of those other greens like the plague, I think that's a description of my situation rather than a crazy internet person's opinion) just to keep preventing something that very likely was a freak occurence?
As for coumadin, if it wasn't making me so unhappy I wouldn't spend so much time trying to find a viable substitute. I'm not allowed to get dental work done while on coumadin. I can't donate blood. I can't take aspirin. The doctor wouldn't prescribe me anything for a sinus infection that's been irritating me since Christmas because she said the two pills would interfere. I can't eat spinach, did I mention that? I fucking hate it.
I'm also interested in promoting natural healthcare over the rat poison the pharmacy prescribed me. It has been firmly proven that healthy food and an exercise regime can REVERSE the effects of heart disease. Acupuncture is a real, valid form of health care. You've probably heard people complain about fish oil because they think it will clear up your skin or something, I don't know, but the fact is, it is a blood thinner.
And American doctors are pretty skeevy. They get sent free shit from pharmaceutical companies and paid by the number of patients they diagnose rather than the quality of care the give. They're also paid highly when people go to the hospital. They're not bad people, they're just in a fucked-up system.
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Fish oil definitely is a blood thinner, as are all the other foods I have listed on the first page of my personal recipe book. Believe me, I've been doing this research for months now.
Also, and I know people who say things like this are painted as crazies, but doctors really are quite controlled by pharmaceutical companies. They really do get paid to give you pills that combat symptoms rather than step back and look at the big picture.
As for coumadin, it's usually given to much older people, so long-term effects of a lack of vitamin K on the body probably aren't given very much thought. However, I am 23, and they're saying they want me on this pill for the rest of my life--maybe SIXTY YEARS. Sixty years of no vitamin K?
I'm also very convinced that the embolism resulted from being on birth control and sitting still for nearly a week as I pouted about my life, only getting up to refill my water bottle and go to the bathroom. My birth control was taken away at the hospital, and though I miss it I know better than to get any more. I've begun a simple running regime sort of thing as well (on hold now as I settle into NYC, but I kept it up for nearly a month before the move).
Basically, the question is, do I want to risk the horrible life-ending things that come from a vitamin K deficiency (and given that I'm taking 10mg of a vitamin K-destroying medication every day and avoiding spinach or broccoli or any of those other greens like the plague, I think that's a description of my situation rather than a crazy internet person's opinion) just to keep preventing something that very likely was a freak occurence?
As for coumadin, if it wasn't making me so unhappy I wouldn't spend so much time trying to find a viable substitute. I'm not allowed to get dental work done while on coumadin. I can't donate blood. I can't take aspirin. The doctor wouldn't prescribe me anything for a sinus infection that's been irritating me since Christmas because she said the two pills would interfere. I can't eat spinach, did I mention that? I fucking hate it.
I'm also interested in promoting natural healthcare over the rat poison the pharmacy prescribed me. It has been firmly proven that healthy food and an exercise regime can REVERSE the effects of heart disease. Acupuncture is a real, valid form of health care. You've probably heard people complain about fish oil because they think it will clear up your skin or something, I don't know, but the fact is, it is a blood thinner.
And American doctors are pretty skeevy. They get sent free shit from pharmaceutical companies and paid by the number of patients they diagnose rather than the quality of care the give. They're also paid highly when people go to the hospital. They're not bad people, they're just in a fucked-up system.