Nowadays, obesity is a
major public health problem, not only in Malaysia, but worldwide. Even more
alarming is the increasing numbers of childhood obesity. The presence of
obesity is highly associated with metabolic syndrome. When seeing any health
care providers, they will focus more and more on macronutrients including
carbohydrate, protein and fat intake as dietary management in preventing
complications of metabolic syndrome. However, there are some functional foods that have ability
to fight against metabolic syndrome (obesity, diabetes, hypertension and
dyslipidemia) and cardiovascular disease.
Warfarin and Vitamin K
Warfarin is a small anticoagulant drug that is used to
reduce the formation of blood clots. Most commonly, it is vitally used to
prevent heart attacks, strokes or any blood clots in arteries or veins. Warfarin
is a vitamin K antagonist. It inhibits the actions of clotting factors II, VII, IX and X in
blood. This causes depletion of vitamin K functions and slows down the rate of
blood clotting.
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