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A good thing from the Coronavirus

Geoist said:
Salads typically have some sort of lettuce as a base. I eat everything else you mentioned in other dishes. I love raw bell peppers.
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Among other lettuce free salads, slaws, potato salads, pasta salads, cauliflower and broccoli based salads, fruit salads, combinations of all the prior, and with onions and radishes, even chicken and tuna salads. And dressings can be just olive oil and vinegar with herbs for all. Or fresh squeezed lemon or lime juice as bases, offering many different flavors when spices like ginger, turmeric, horseradish, ground black and long peppers are added. A simple salad of tomatoes, bell peppers slices and a skim mozzarella with olive oil dressing, a bit of balsamic or wine vinegar and herbs like fresh mint and basil, a few ascorbic acid cured olives can be very satisfying, tasty and healthy dining.

As a fellow cardiac patient, I'm curious about your vitamin K statement. Vitamin K, 4 week supplementation of menaquinone-7 has shown significant reduction of arterial wall and heart valve calcification, and dietary intake of vitamin K a neutral substance for the heart muscle and arterial system. While dietary vitamin K can interfere with medications for reducing potassium in those with kidney ailments that is usually a temporary therapy. Vitamin K is essential for blood coagulation, and for patients on warfarin and heparin blood thinners it is suspected of being problematic and interfering, but more modern blood thinners, which are safer for a variety of reasons, like Rivaroxaban (Xarelto), Dabigatran (Pradaxa), and Apixaban (Eliquis) show no effects providing dietary intake is a relative constant (meaning reasonable deciduous vegetable intake 4-5 times weekly). Both warfarin and heparin are suspects for causing hemorrhagic strokes, about 13% of all strokes. Dabigatran has been showing side effects for the liver, kidneys and pancreas and most be monitored monthly for those effects with blood tests, as has must be done for warfarin and heparin.
 
ModerationNow! said:
I'm washing my hands so much more often that they are uncomfortably dry most of the time, requiring multiple applications of lotion.
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Be safe. Do what I do, I don't touch myself. Some simple skin moisturizers like plain lanolin or a bit of Aquaphor used on baby bottoms after a cleaning and before a fresh diaper, both more effective than the lotions and much less expensive, and both very effective for healing cracked dried out skin.
 
Rexedgar said:
But nothing crunches in a club sandwich like iceberg!
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Stale potato chips. Hard pretzels. Thick radish and onion slices. My wife's oatmeal.
 
OldFatGuy said:
Among other lettuce free salads, slaws, potato salads, pasta salads, cauliflower and broccoli based salads, fruit salads, combinations of all the prior, and with onions and radishes, even chicken and tuna salads. And dressings can be just olive oil and vinegar with herbs for all. Or fresh squeezed lemon or lime juice as bases, offering many different flavors when spices like ginger, turmeric, horseradish, ground black and long peppers are added. A simple salad of tomatoes, bell peppers slices and a skim mozzarella with olive oil dressing, a bit of balsamic or wine vinegar and herbs like fresh mint and basil, a few ascorbic acid cured olives can be very satisfying, tasty and healthy dining.

As a fellow cardiac patient, I'm curious about your vitamin K statement. Vitamin K, 4 week supplementation of menaquinone-7 has shown significant reduction of arterial wall and heart valve calcification, and dietary intake of vitamin K a neutral substance for the heart muscle and arterial system. While dietary vitamin K can interfere with medications for reducing potassium in those with kidney ailments that is usually a temporary therapy. Vitamin K is essential for blood coagulation, and for patients on warfarin and heparin blood thinners it is suspected of being problematic and interfering, but more modern blood thinners, which are safer for a variety of reasons, like Rivaroxaban (Xarelto), Dabigatran (Pradaxa), and Apixaban (Eliquis) show no effects providing dietary intake is a relative constant (meaning reasonable deciduous vegetable intake 4-5 times weekly). Both warfarin and heparin are suspects for causing hemorrhagic strokes, about 13% of all strokes. Dabigatran has been showing side effects for the liver, kidneys and pancreas and most be monitored monthly for those effects with blood tests, as has must be done for warfarin and heparin.
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I take warfarin (two heart surgeries thanks to MRSA and a bicuspid valve and I'm 33). :lol: I'll ask my doctor about the other options you mentioned. Thanks.

I don't completely shy away from vitamin k-dense foods. I'm just more likely to put a little spinach on my sandwich than I am to have it as the base of a green salad.
 
Geoist said:
I take warfarin (two heart surgeries thanks to MRSA and a bicuspid valve and I'm 33). :lol: I'll ask my doctor about the other options you mentioned. Thanks.

I don't completely shy away from vitamin k-dense foods. I'm just more likely to put a little spinach on my sandwich than I am to have it as the base of a green salad.
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Understood. Warfarin is used as rat poison. Explore those other options.

People tend to think cardiac issues are only for the old who did not care for themselves. I've encountered young children with heart problems. Doctors tend to rely on therapies they believe tried and true, shying away from newer, better options. Even without K rich foods, there are a world of other food pleasures to explore.
 
Tucson just went into lockdown. Due to the nature of our work, I may be exempt...But I won't know until Tuesday or so. So long weekend.
 
Hamish Howl said:
Tucson just went into lockdown. Due to the nature of our work, I may be exempt...But I won't know until Tuesday or so. So long weekend.
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Got my letter today that states I'm a member of the Essential Critical Infrastructure Workforce in case we get a shelter in place order.
 
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