Is miso a good food to add to your diet if you have an mpn?

[Camelian]

Hi,

I'm attempting to improve my diet to reduce my blood pressure. I bought a couple of anti inflammatory recipe books a while ago as I read on here an anti inflammatory diet is good if you have an mpn. Some of the recipes in this book include some foods I read weren't good if you have ET as they could increase platelets for example : sweet potato because they are high in vit k, spinach again high in vit k??

I've come across a recipe that appeals to me me but it has miso in the ingredient and on reading the nutritional info it mentions mission is Rich in vit k? It's also high in salt which wouldn't help my bp?

Just wondered if anyone includes miso or any of the other ingredients mentioned in their diet??

[Applesnpears]

I'm not sure that vitamin k increases your platelet count but it can make clotting more likely.

Discuss with your doctor but its never a good idea to have an unbalanced diet to try to achieve a particular health goal.

Its unlikely that a single bowl of soup containing miso will pose a problem but its a meal, don't think about it a "cure".

Everything in moderation and in balance.

[Camelian in reply to Applesnpears]

Yes sorry I wrote that wrong vit k increases the risks of clotting.

[Deefen]

I don’t think the occasional use of miso is an issue. I occasional have miso soup or use it in cooking - but maybe less than once a month?

[Camelian in reply to Deefen]

Thanks for the reply. I don't think I'll include miso in my diet as there's lots of alternative s that are as good without the salt content.

[Ebot]

I suspect you’d have to eat an awful lot of miso for it to have an adverse effect on you, ditto spinach, kale etc. I’d be far more worried about the salt in miso. (I have some lurking in my cupboard too .....!)

[Camelian in reply to Ebot]

Yeah the salt was my concern as I have elevated BP.

[Lifam]

Vitamin K helps our blood to clot but even we have high platelets our body still need vitamin K which is very important

I monitor myself, any high vitamin K food (veg etc) can have less but not being excluded from our diet. Mediterranean diet is a very helpful anti-inflammatory diet, U follow this diet since diagnosed with ET, although I still very careful on sodium, sugar and saturated fat, eat lots of fish except farm fish.

[Camelian in reply to Lifam]

Thanks for replying. Yes I do still eat foods with vit k but like you I have smaller portions. I eat lots of fish and small amounts of organic meat. Tbh I eat a lot of the food for an anti inflammatory diet because I enjoy it not because it's anti inflammatory because I didn't know it was before I before I read the book so that's a win win.

I think moderation in all food is probably key😁