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Thinking Thin! Meaning Your Blood
Nicole Baird, Patient Educator
Many natural substances cause the blood to become thinner. Thinner blood
means a healthier you and can help to protect against heart disease and
stroke. At Caring Medical we
often check a patient's blood with a Platelet Aggregation test. It shows
if a patient's blood platelets are too sticky, putting him or her at
risk for clot formation, which can cause a heart attack or stroke.
"Shouldn't I try that new pill I saw on TV?" You can actually have a
positive thinning on your blood just by fine tuning your diet, and
without new, expensive pharmaceuticals.
What foods should we all include in our diets to promote thin blood?
Fresh Produce:
Avocados, Cabbage, Broccoli, Brussels sprouts, Cauliflower, Onions,
Garlic, Kelp, Kale
Fats and Fish:
Flax Seed Oil, Fish Oils, Walnut Oil
Cold Water Ocean Fish:
Salmon, Bluefish, Arctic char, Mackerel, Swordfish. These rate the
highest in omega-3 fatty acids.
We see what foods we need to add to help us thin our blood. So, what
foods do we have to take OUT?
Foods that contribute to blood thickening! This consists of packaged
foods, fast food, and any food that contains hydrogenated fats or oils
and will contribute to the thickening of the blood. Therefore it is best
to avoid these types of foods:
Packaged products with a label that lists "partially hydrogenated
oil." This means read the labels of your crackers, breads, cookies, and
other snack items.
* Ice creams and frozen desserts
* Mayonnaise
* Deli foods, especially those with mayonnaise.
* Margarine. Margarine is hydrogenated oil and also contains a number of
chemical preservatives, dyes, and other artificial substances.
* Vegetable oils such as corn oil, safflower oil, and "vegetable oil."
* Fried foods. This includes those chicken strips, fried fish fillets,
and French fries. It also includes fried
vegetables
like zucchini and
cauliflower. Learn to enjoy foods fresh and raw, steamed, broiled, or
baked.
* FAST FOOD!
In today's world, it is very easy for these bad fats to add up
throughout the day. Very often I will talk with patients who have had at
least one serving from every one of these. A day of food may very often
look like this:
Breakfast: Eggs and hash browns from a diner. Toast with
margarine.
Lunch: Ham salad on crackers either made at home or purchased
from deli.
Dinner: Fried chicken
Dessert: Ice cream sandwich
This type of diet is VERY common. It is easy to understand, from only
this one risk factor, why heart attacks and stroke are so common. We
hope that this upcoming year will be the time that you decide to take
charge of your diet and reach your health goals. Hopefully, keeping your
blood thin is one of them!
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