You’re so right about the coumadin and Vitamin K consumption. It’s amazing how much impact your diet can have on your INR. We limit ourselves to one serving of Vitamin K rich vegetables (usually collards) per week. We really do miss all the broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, asparagus, etc. that we used to love to eat.
We found that my husband is ok as long as he avoids:
lettuce
cabbage
broccoli
spinach (and kale and collard greens)
and brussels sprouts
He can have almost everything else in any quantity he wants, and we’ve adjusted his Warfarin so that he can (he’s on 15mg so that he can eat some greens). He has one small “cheat” portion a week, whether it’s part of a salad, lettuce on tacos or a couple brussels sprounts (which he loves). We’ve found that alcohol affects his INR too, so he tries to have a glass of bourbon after work the same number of times every week.
I also have found ways to cook differently, like offering shredded zucchini and alfalfa sprouts on tacos instead of lettuce, and finding a million different ways to cook the same old veggies. The zucchini somewhat tastes like lettuce, and the sprouts provide the “crunch”.
It’s a lifestyle now. :)