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The Paleolithic Diet is the only diet that is over 2 million years old. While it is ideal for most people, there are exceptions. It is definitely not suitable for people with iron overload (haemochromatosis, hemochromatosis) as it is very high in iron. It is not suitable at this stage for people with kidney disease as it is high in protein. Its effect on gout is not yet known and it should be avoided in uncontrolled gout.
It is recommended that you have regular checkups from your registered licensed health care provider and follow their advice.
In pregnancy and other situations, care must be taken to observe advice from your registered licensed health care provider- for example to avoid foods that are at risk for Listeria infection in pregnancy.
The information in this website is of a general nature only and may not be suitable for you. It is not a substitute for advice from your registered licensed health care provider. This website is not intended to diagnose treat prevent or cure any illness.
Wishing you the best of health
Dr Ben Balzer
September 15, 2009 at 1:14 am |
Dear Herman
Thrombosis is a complex field.
Pulmonary emboli (P.E.) are very dangerous. In Australia they are one of the top 3 causes of sudden death (others are heart attack and stroke). I nearly died of a P.E. when I was 17 years old, following a fracture, so I have a healthy respect for them!
Currently we use warfarin to prevent them. This is a complex drug but with due diligence and education of the patient, it has reasonable safety.
Significant changes of the diet can affect the vitamin K balance, and may affect the INR. So you need to check your blood test regularly.
It is true that paleo diets improve the tendency of blood to clot, but it would not generally be regarded as sufficient to replace warfarin. Paleo diets will reliably reduce homocysteine and CRP, which are 2 factors associated with clotting. Sadly once the veins are damaged they will always have a tendency to clot more easily.
You are probably aware that there are 4 or more candidate drugs to replace warfarin, currently in late stage research. The first of that class was ximelagatran http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ximelagatran but it was withdrawn due to toxicity.
Warfarin isn’t so bad, we have about 60 patients on it, mainly for atrial fibrillation. I estsiamte if it weren’t for that then 10 of those would be dead, and 5 in nursing home with strokes. It is said that complications of haemorrhage should affect 1 to 2 % per annum of patients, but we have not had such a problem. Occasionally a patient will have a very high INR of 6 or 10 but it is easay enough to reverse the warfarin.
NB beware of flying in 747- the air pressure is only 0.65 atmosphere which makes the blood react and go very thick, cf A380 is 85% atmosphere which may well be safer. (await research to confirm).
Regards
Dr Ben Balzer