If it could be a problem, GIVEN WHAT I KNOW, then NO, I DON'T "have to take a chance" because I have many, many, many OTHER options that DON'T HAVE THE SAME RISK.Īs for the cinnamon, yes, there can be an issue with it, too. They can't police every bottle that gets back into the US via the tourist, but they try to at least give people a heads up. Basically, they don't want "fake" products in our food supply, nor do they want coumarin in our food supply, where it can be avoided. The FDA decides to warn the public to be wary-just don't bother with it because it may be OK, but it may not. The FDA began to examine imports of Mexican vanilla, including bottles imprinted with the disclaimer "Does Not Contain Coumarin", and found that many DID contain coumarin. The FDA discovered that Mexican producers were taking the cheap route of using tonka beans, containing coumarin, rather than the much more expensive vanilla beans. It seems more natural to be more concerned about that then the possibility that the bottle would be mislabeled and your mil would ingest very small amounts ( as in a tbsp in an entire recipe) Are you as worried about cinnamon- should we not be baking or eating that as well? It can also have a fair bit of coumarin in it as well. I personally would use a mexican vanilla that was labeled as not having Coumarin in it. My mom is on it as well as well as I administer it very often to my patients in my day job as an RN Yes coumadin is warfarin and the same thing that kills rats. They have to make sure that the dose of rat poison is effective. They have to be pin cushioned regardless of what they eat/drink. To figure out why, if a person who is on blood thinners has to think about all of these common things-and my MIL DOES watch every one of those very carefully-WHY, if we aren't being "watched by Big Brother all the time" we shouldn't take it upon ourselves to remove one small thing that they DON'T have to worry about?ĭoes not being "watched" somehow make it OK to add to even one person's cummulative risk load?Įven though these (poor) people have to be pin cushion tested to death at Coumadin Clinics- and are held responsible for their own compliance with diet and medication-, I still don't see how using what could be a potentially adulterated product is justifiable.īeyond individuals already on blood thinners-who should know "what to look for" when there is a problem, there is also a small percentage of the population with "high normal bleeding times"-basically living at the "edge" of a bleeding disorder-who wouldn't even know that they could be at risk for a problem if exposed to a product containing coumarin.īut how do you know that anything you use is what it says? here or in mexico. I'm sorry, but I really fail to see the point here. Yes Mexico has regulations that are more lax then we have but anyone who has heard horror stories about nasty food establishments or other shoddy businesses know that can happen easily here as well. Basically people on blood thinners or who are at risk for bleeding should be getting their blood checked for PTT and INR's rather then worry about a small amount of vanilla or these other foods. Things like garlic, vitamin e, green tea,onions, parsley, gingko, celery etc that are known to thin the blood. People on blood thinners probably have more to worry from other foods/herbs/vitamins that are known to thin the blood. My MIL is on blood thinners and I'd chase down and ruin ANYONE who knowingly, or unknowingly, caused her a moment of worry or harm. Every time, I've passed up lovely smelling, cheap vanilla because I don't want the risk. "The FDA is advising consumers to be cautious when buying vanilla in Mexico and other Latin American countries, to look for vanilla bean on the labels ingredient list, and to not buy the product if it says tonka bean or has a vague ingredient list or no list at all." They wouldn't know it was in there and the baker might never hear about the problem. If someone already taking a blood thinner or who has issues with this blood thinner, eats something with courmain in it, it could be harmful to them. Just because a baker "hasn't had any problem with it" doesn't mean all is well. The issue has been use of the tonka bean-a source of coumarin, a blood thinner. YOU ARE SO WISE TO BE WARY!!!! It's one of those products that may be OK, but then again, it may not, so why chance it?
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