had my dad on warfarin and he didn't want to quit his Natto. it does make the blood "thinner" as in increases (prothrombin) clotting time, and INR.
I let the coumadin clinic know -- who dose weekly based on INR, and we just adjusted the dose according to INR. he needed less warfarin on Natto to maintain the target INR.
Makes sense. When my mother went on Coumadin, they told her to try to eat roughly the same amount of foods daily that can have a blood thinning effect. Same principle.
Now that I think about it, the type of foods she was to eat in a consistent way were high Vitamin K foods. Natto is the highest source of Vitamin K.
While I was googling around I found this: "Vitamin K: The secret to healthy blood pressure your doctor hasn’t mentioned."
Also, people in NE Japan like natto a lot. They have stronger teeth than other parts of Japan. Vitamin K helps keep calcium in your teeth and bones instead of being deposited in your blood vessels.
had my dad on warfarin and he didn't want to quit his Natto. it does make the blood "thinner" as in increases (prothrombin) clotting time, and INR.
I let the coumadin clinic know -- who dose weekly based on INR, and we just adjusted the dose according to INR. he needed less warfarin on Natto to maintain the target INR.
Makes sense. When my mother went on Coumadin, they told her to try to eat roughly the same amount of foods daily that can have a blood thinning effect. Same principle.
Now that I think about it, the type of foods she was to eat in a consistent way were high Vitamin K foods. Natto is the highest source of Vitamin K.
While I was googling around I found this: "Vitamin K: The secret to healthy blood pressure your doctor hasn’t mentioned."
Also, people in NE Japan like natto a lot. They have stronger teeth than other parts of Japan. Vitamin K helps keep calcium in your teeth and bones instead of being deposited in your blood vessels.
Sounds better than rat poison.