After surgery I have been given Coumadin, and told not to eat dark leafy greens, garlic and cranberry juice and they thin the blood and react badly with the Coumadin. If–they thin the blood then why not eat them instead of Coumadin?
That is a great question. Eating those foods in high amounts is not as [...]
Healthy Ways to Thin the Blood
April 12th, 2011 · 9:11 AM
Tags: blood, blood thinner, Coumadin, Nattokinase
Weaning off Plavix?
March 15th, 2011 · 12:55 PM
Hi Dr Stan, I wanted some advice on what is a safe way to wean my mother off Plavix tablets. She has been on them for 2 1/2 yrs after having a TIA and after finding out that people have died from heart attacks after going suddenly off this medication within a month I was [...]
Tags: Coumadin, heart attacks, Nattokinase, Plavix, strokes, TIAs
Alternatives to Coumadin
March 30th, 2010 · 3:14 AM
I take coumadin.I don’t like that it restricts me from taking many beneficial supplements and foods that interact with the coumadin. Is there a natural therapy that works as well? I am impressed by your explanation re: medication and hypertension; have there been similar studies re: stroke and coumadin?
I don’t like [...]
Tags: blot clotting, Coumadin, Nattokinase



My doctor says I can get all the vitamins and minerals I need from my food. What is your opinion on this?
I used to say the same thing to my patients, back in the days before I studied healthy alternatives. It is the party line of allopathic medicine, although that is starting to change. Here's the bottom line, and I'll follow up with some info on what allopaths are now doing: