Pulmonary Embolism - Foods to Avoid with Vitamin K

Since my wife recently had a Pulmonary Embolism we have to watch what foods she eats. Vitamin K is one thing she doesn’t want to get to much of as it will interact with her coumadin medication. We know to say away from green vegetables, but there are a lot of other foods high in vitamin K too.

We recently came across Ptinr.com, a great website that lets you put in any food and it’ll tell you if it’s high, medium or low in vitamin K. Did you know that Cheetos are high? Starbursts are low. Chocolate Milk is high. Chicken Nuggets are low. They also have a great, 10 page, print out of most foods and their vitamin K value that you can take with you.

Pintar’s Vitamin K Registry is by far the best resource we’ve found for looking up foods with vitamin K.

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Tags: coumadin, pulmonary-embolism, vitamin-k

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4 Comments to Pulmonary Embolism - Foods to Avoid with Vitamin K

Thank you so much-I would not have found it by myself.

- Helen MacMillan December 10th, 2006 at 8:02 am
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With my history of PE, I really appreciate the link to Pentar’s Vitamin K registry. There are many foods I’ve had which I had no idea caused elevation in Vit K levels.

Since March is DVT (pulmonary embolism) Awareness month, I blogged about it yesterday. Grandpa and I are newbie bloggers and would sure appreciate you dropping by to read by DVT Awareness post on my blog yesterday and leaving a comment? You can find us at Grandparents Cyber Corner.

Thanks again for the valuable Vitamin K registry link. I wish you all the best.

Bonnie/Grandma

- Grandma aka Bonnie March 5th, 2007 at 3:24 pm
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Thanks, thanks, thanks. I was having a lot of problems to identify food high in vitamin K and my blood tests were going lower every week. Now I can Identify what to eat and still maintain my levels. People who have survived PE are very lucky to be alive. Thanks for helping me stay that way for my family.

- Zoila November 27th, 2007 at 6:07 am
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Thank you so much for the information on the ptinr.com website. I’m new to all of this and it gives me more information and guidance than any other sites I’ve found.

- Ann July 9th, 2008 at 11:52 am
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