The Coumadin Cookbook: A Guide to Healthy Meals when Taking Coumadin

One week after brining my elderly Mother in law to live with us, my husband suffered a traumatic carotid artery dissection & was put on Coumadin. Between my MIL - a non compliant, sugar addicted diabetic and the terror of having my husband either throw a clot or bleed from having too much Vitamin K - I was at my wits end trying to keep them both fed while accommodating their dietary restrictions.This book is a God-Send and a lifesaver. With lists of low Vit K foods as well as the most comprehensive food index of Vit K I've been able to find - including exhaustive internet searches and trips to the library to search medical texts - this book is a reference that will save me hours! Plus, with recipes that list both Vit K AND CARBS ... I can choose recipes that won't kill either one of them. If you have a need to balance your Vitamin K intake BUY THIS BOOK! Our doctors had little insight and the ICU dumped us onto the street with the words: "don't eat grapefruit or cranberries... Oh, and don't eat green vegetables like kale". Totally not helpful. Buy this book, you'll be glad you did!Update:A good friend recently was prescribed Coumadin “for life”. His particular problem is not treatable with a more user friendly medication.I immediately loaned his wife my copy. She was EXTREMELY happy to have this wonderful book to help her make meals that her husband will enjoy and that will keep his INR in the correct range.Sadly, this book is becoming very hard to find.If you happen to be the publisher: please publish an updated version and print a ZILLION COPIES!!

Good at providing quantity of vitamin k in easy recipe ingredient yet never mentions what a daily amount we shouldn't exceed

DID YOU KNOW ONE A DAY MAKES A MULTIVITAMIN WITHOUT THE VITAMIN K (THAT YOU CANT HAVE VITAMIN K WITH COUMIDIN) ............DID YOU KNOW BASIL IN MOST SPAGHETTI SAUCE CONTAINS BASIL WHICH IN THIS BOOK LIST 456 MG. OF VITAMIN ( K ) DID YOU KNOW A PRODUCT NAMED ..."THE SILVER PLALATE " CORRECT SPELLING TO BE NOTICED HERE . BRAND OF SPAGHETTI SAUCE WITH LOWER SODIUM AND IS MARINARA FLAVORED. SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO RUN TO THE HOSPITAL WITH A 4.5 INR FROM VITAMIN K DIGESTION PROBLEM MAKING YOUR BLOOD TOOOOO THIN ! GO TO THE SILVER PALATE . COM SITE ON THE INTERNET FOR A STORE NEAR YOU . GOT MINE AT FOOD LION..GET THIS BOOK TONS OF INFORMATION REFERENCED IN BACK OF BOOK MAYBE EVEN SAVE YOUR LIFE.

My dad had recent heart surgery and will be on Coumadin for life so this book was a great help in figuring out a good diet plan for him. The recipes are straightforward and simple, plus there is a list of foods along with their vitamin K content that is great for keeping track of it.

This is a good Cookbook, however, what I most especially appreciate are the tables of the vitamin K content of various foods. The list is extensive, as opposed to the "list of green vegetables" the physicians office hands you that is simply a placard with admonitions against "eating anything green". You certainly CAN eat green vegetables, but must do so with the knowledge of vitamin K content and CONSISTANT knowledge and habits of eating. You need green veggies and salads. Coumadin can be adjusted. You need not deprive yourself and this book helps you understand that. I think it is worthy.

Good information. Great tables. Interesting and relevant recipes.

I find this cookbook not only great for the recipes, but also for the other helpful hints.The information ranges from what people on blood thinners should or should eat to how to store yourtomatoes for the best possible flavor! I highly recommend the Hamburg Casserole. This was not only avery tasty meal, but also provided with enough leftovers for the next day.I even take it to the grocery store if I am in any doubt of what to buy. It has a very handy guide for the foods thatare high in Vitamin K. The guide is very well done and easy to use.I do strongly feel if you are a user of Coumadin, this book should be a must for you.

I love this cookbook! As a person who is taking Coumadin & limited in foods I can eat, I found this book to be a gift from heaven. Kudos to the author who wrote it. My meals would be so boring without this book! I keep this book on my dining room table where it only a "touch" away." I have recommended this book to others who take Coumadin. When one is taking a medication which definitely limits what foods they can or should not eat, life can get pretty boring. I have "dog-eared" many pages in the book, I haven't tried all the recipes yet, but I certainly will! That's a sure bet!Marcia Essig, Ph.D.Marcia Essig, Ph.D.

Excellent information, and the tasty recipes have stopped a lot of the "what shall we have for dinner" discussions...:-)

humdinger

very good book for anyone concerned about vitiamin intake

Received on time. Have not used as yet. Arrived just as I went into hospital for an op. Something to look forward to when I am up on my feet again and in a position to cook

I have been taking Warfarin for 10yrs now and this is a good information guide on the medication and the takers lifestyle guide!