Chia seeds & Anticoagulants.

[kkatz]

A friend has advised I take chia seeds but I have been reading they need to be taken with caution when taking anti coagulants.Anyone know more about this please.

[moo196]

I'd ask for advice from the anticoagulant team.Personally I was advised to dose the diet don't diet the dose. As a vegetarian I would regularly have at least 3 or 4 of the "banned" items daily. Just had to up my warfarin.

[Gilli54 in reply to moo196]

thank you for pointing me to your post. 😊That sounds sensible and is what I do with other items. I don’t restrict my vegetables like leafy greens but I just have a checking routine that enables me to keep my INR on track.

I guess it’s the same principle with the chia seeds. And start low and go slow. 😊

[kkatz in reply to Gilli54]

Well I use a heaped teaspoon once a day and it has solved my constipation problem.More reading says use with caution so I use a quarter to half of what my friend recommends.I am on the noac edoxaban and have no way of testing.

[Gilli54 in reply to kkatz]

Thank you. Of course. That sounds very sensible. Glad it’s working for you. 👏