Don't Eat to Live, Part II
As I began two posts ago, I am on a very interesting diet, interesting in that it shows how incredible our bodies are and how they were created to function. Because I am taking a blood-thinning drug orally, as well as injecting myself twice daily with another blood-thinning drug until the oral becomes therapeutic ( medicaleze for 'starts to work'), I have to limit my intake of vitamin K, vitamin E, and a host of herbal substances, including ginger and garlic. I love salads, and was trying to lose weight by increasing my intake of dark green leafy vegetables. So now, dark green leafy vegetables--and almost everything in between--are not exactly verboten , but have to be eaten consistently. Take avocados, for example: lower on the list (see below) but still on it; whenever we have them in the house, I eat one, sometimes two a day. Then days go by and we haven't bought any, so I don't eat any. NOT a good plan when you're trying to raise your INR to 2-3, when th...