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. 👏

[JaneFinn in reply to kkatz]

Hi kkatz, sorry to sidetrack with a question of my own, but I’m trying to find natural ways to resolve constipation (I already daily eat prunes, kefir yoghurt, porridge and a lot of vegetables!) May I ask how you eat your chia seeds in a way they help your constipation? Thanks!

I’m on a NOAC like you (in my case Apixaban) and sorry I don’t know if the caution applies to NOACs too, or whether they just potentially affect warfarin doses. Jx

[kkatz in reply to JaneFinn]

On cereals mainly .I use about a heaped or 1.5 teaspoons.I have a friend that grinds them for me but I will try them unground to see.Can use them in yogurt or soup.I notice you don't mention something that I always forget.Good luck nothing worse.

[JaneFinn in reply to kkatz]

Oh thank you! And thanks - I appreciate your experiment over if it works as well in whole seeds, as I don’t have a grinder

(I don’t mention something you always forget?! Sorry, I’m being dense!) x

[Bumpitybump in reply to JaneFinn]

For me, a spoon of Oat Bran helps my digestion and I try to soak the chia seeds overnight.

[PEnotGymclass]

When I changed from warfarin to the nodoac Apixaban, I was told that I shouldn't take fish oil suppliments as the omega 3 will increase the potency of the Apixaban. As Chia seeds are high in Omega 3 but not the marine version, I did look this up but found little evidence to say anything that plant based omega 3 causes over coagulation. Welcome to the world of new anticoagulant treatment, we are all guinea pigs lol.