Re: Hunt for DVT Cause Reveals Link to Grapefruit

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If you are at risk for clotting, it is important to gradually change things that increase/decrease clotting ability. I wasn't aware of grapefruit was one of those because it contains no vitamin K, but when I was on warfarin (which at least one person who participates here is on) I could eat lots of healthy greens (source of vitamin K, which increases clotting) as long as the quantity I ate was relatively stable so the warfarin could be adjusted to keep my blood appropriately "thinned." Guess it's the old, "check with your doctor before beginning a dietary or exercse regimin" - not that I think the doctor would really ahve caught this one. What surprises me about this case is that the amount consumed was around a cup of juice a day - not that much. (But - she did have a lot

of other risk factors, including a predisposition to clotting combined with oral contraceptives.) , Mom to 18 yo daughter UC 6/95, PSC 3/09To: Sent: Monday, April 6, 2009 11:02:11 AMSubject: Hunt for DVT Cause Reveals Link to Grapefruit

Grapefruit appears to have been the proximate trigger

for one woman's case of severe deep venous thrombosis, suggesting that a

"healthy diet" can have unforeseen consequences….. http://www.medpagetoday.com/Cardiology/VenousThrombosis/13594?utm_source=mSpoke & utm_medium=email & utm_campaign=DailyHeadlines & utm_content=GroupB & userid=99361 & impressionId=1238984253061

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