{"id":11026,"date":"2026-11-04T20:33:28","date_gmt":"2026-11-04T20:33:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.truthforhealth.org\/?p=11026"},"modified":"2026-11-04T20:33:28","modified_gmt":"2026-11-04T20:33:28","slug":"dr-vliets-health-tip-dangerous-combinations-cautions-with-nattokinase-multiple-anticoagulant-supplements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.truthforhealth.org\/es\/2026\/11\/dr-vliets-health-tip-dangerous-combinations-cautions-with-nattokinase-multiple-anticoagulant-supplements\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Vliet\u2019s Health Tip: Dangerous Combinations ~ Cautions with Nattokinase & Multiple Anticoagulant Supplements"},"content":{"rendered":"

I am pleased to introduce a new product to the Truth for Health store \u2013 TruNatto 4K\u2122<\/a>. Those of you familiar with our store may wonder \u201cWhy another nattokinase product?\u201d\u00a0 I am always looking for ways improve our selection of nutraceuticals, whether by enhanced delivery, or increased bioavailability, or a new beneficial ingredient, or one with additional health applications. Or, it just may be a formulation with a more convenient dosing level to help patients use more easily for specific conditions.\u00a0 Our existing nattokinase product delivered 1000 FU per capsule and recommended daily dose is 2 capsules for general use. There are specific situations, however, when a higher dose of nattokinase is recommended and then it becomes more expensive to have to buy enough per month to use 4-8 capsules a day.\u00a0 So that\u2019s why I added the option of TruNatto 4K\u2122<\/a> which reduces the number of capsules per day when higher doses are needed.<\/p>\n

Two Goals for Today\u2019s Health Tip<\/h3>\n

With all the emphasis in the media today about \u201cspike protein detox\u201d and using natural medicines rather than Rx pharmaceuticals, I wanted to review both the many benefits AND the major cautions that are often overlooked when using supplements.\u00a0 So my two goals for today are these:<\/p>\n

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  1. Discuss the potential uses and cautions with higher dose nattokinase for specific medical situations and provide you information to explore with your personal health professionals<\/li>\n
  2. Discuss the potentially serious risks of indiscriminately starting or adding multiple supplements with anticoagulant\/anti-platelet effects, OR taking combination supplements with anticoagulant effects, which can seriously increase risk of bleeding, including hemorrhagic stroke, or bleeding in the eye \u2013 as happened with Steve Kirsch taking a \u201cspike detox\u201d product with three components (nattokinase, bromelain, and curcumin) all with anticoagulant effects.\u00a0 The bleeding in his eye led to permanent blindness, as he wrote about in his Substack article.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Last year, one of my patients began having angry purple discolorations down her entire legs on both sides, and her internist and chiropractor couldn\u2019t figure out what was causing this.\u00a0 She contacted me and sent photos of these serious discolorations, which were entirely new since my last appointment with her.\u00a0 I\u00a0 had asked her what\u00a0\u00a0had changed just before this discoloration started. She said \u201cOh, I just added a new supplement with this Spike Detox product I heard a famous cardiologist recommending, since I thought it might help get rid of the spike protein.\u201d<\/p>\n

    She did not know that this combination product with bromelain, nattokinase and curcumin contained three products all of which had anticoagulant activity. There was no warning about possible bleeding risk on the product bottle OR in the TV ad. <\/em>My patient also did not realize that she Had already been taking three other<\/u><\/em> supplements on a regular basis that also had anticoagulant activity.\u00a0 She had not taken into account the combined effects of SIX natural medicine supplements with anticoagulant activity that she took every day\u2014aspirin, fish oil, and vitamin E.\u00a0 She had also not remembered that I already checked her D-Dimer and fibrinogen, which were normal.\u00a0 She did not need SIX different anticoagulants!\u00a0 It turns out the discoloration covering both legs from the groin to her feet was due to bleeding under the skin and this purplish discoloration was the blood that was in the subcutaneous fat and interstitial spaces. Once she stopped all of the anticoagulant supplements it took several months for all of the discoloration to resolve but she did not have permanent damage, Unlike what happened with Steve Kirsch who was permanently blind in his eye from the bleeding caused by the combination Spike Detox product.<\/p>\n

    Then just the other day, another one of my patients asked about taking a \u201cspike detox\u201d product containing nattokinase\/bromelain\/curcumin she heard about on TV.\u00a0 I had been monitoring her spike protein antibody levels, and also checking her D-dimer, fibrinogen, and C-reactive protein.\u00a0 Based on the TV ad, and her high spike protein antibody, she thought she should try this product.\u00a0 Fortunately, she asked about safety before just starting on her own, as other patients of mine have done and then had serious bleeding problems.<\/p>\n

    In this recent situation, my patient\u2019s D-dimer and fibrinogen have been normal at her last two appointments since last fall.\u00a0 I had explained at each appointment why spike protein antibody can remain high over time, due to the mRNA in the COVID shots being reverse transcribed into the body\u2019s DNA and then directing your body to keep making spike protein.\u00a0 The risk of blood clots really increases when D-Dimer and\/or fibrinogen are high, or other clotting mutations (such as Factor V Leiden, Protein C, Protein S and others) are present, not just when spike protein antibodies are elevated.<\/p>\n

    Even without any symptoms of potential blood clots, and no laboratory indicators to warrant adding anticoagulant treatment or supplements \u2013 she thought she should consider taking this combination product just to \u201cdetox\u201d spike protein from the shots.\u00a0 More and more often, I see how people hear a celebrity doctor selling a \u201cdetox\u201d product, making it sound as if it ithe magic bullet, and they want to start taking it without looking into side effects, potential risks, or how that product may combine (positively OR negatively) with their other medicines and regular supplements they are already taking.<\/p>\n

    I want to be clear.\u00a0 I recommend and use Nattokinase for many of my patients.\u00a0 \u201cNatto\u201d is an amazing and very beneficial natural medicine, but you need to use it properly and safely for your specific needs, based on your lab numbers, your risks, effects of your other medications, and what other supplements you are take.\u00a0 But there are certain cautions you need to take seriously, as I have repeatedly warned in programs, other health tips, and my individual patient appointments.\u00a0 Taking combination products with multiple components with anticoagulants activity such as\u00a0bromelain, curcumin, and\u00a0nattokinase\u00a0in large doses causes a risk of significant bleeding that can lead to a hemorrhage.\u00a0 Our Truth for Health Vaccine Injury Treatment Guide <\/em><\/strong>contains an extensive list supplements, herbs, and foods that have anticoagulant properties and this is available as a free download on our website: www.truthforhealth.org<\/a><\/p>\n

    Throughout my medical career, when evaluating new and established patients, I have tried to always be very careful to do a thorough evaluation including laboratory markers, detailed medical and family history and review of other medicines\/supplements a person is taking, and then develop an individually tailored treatment plan to implement in a systematic and step-wise fashion to reach the agreed upon goals for that patient.\u00a0 For example, based on the information gathered before and during an initial appointment, I will know the overall approach for the treatment plan that patient will need, I will have in mind several different hormone options if that is needed, and will have in mind other medicines and supplements I think can help that person.\u00a0 But, I do not make all of the changes at once.<\/p>\n

    We need to see what is working, make changes as needed, and start with lower doses and go slowly to avoid unwanted side effects. I use the same approach whether I am recommending supplements or dietary or exercise changes.<\/p>\n

    BOTTOM LINE: I URGE YOU NOT TO JUST START TAKING SUPPLMENTS ON YOUR OWN.\u00a0 Get tested, seek knowledgeable guidance, and remember: natural medicines are used because they have therapeutic effects.\u00a0 But they also have potential risks and you have to look at the whole picture and tailor supplements to your actual needs and how they fit with your medical conditions and current Rx medicines.<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Nattokinase \u2013 Overview of What it Is and What it Does<\/strong><\/h3>\n

    Nattokinase is a potent enzyme that is extracted from\u00a0natto, a fermented soybean food\u00a0that has been consumed in Japan for over 1000 years.\u00a0TruNatto\u2122 and TruNatto 4K\u2122 are both highly purified and uniquely formulated to avoid breakdown by digestive enzymes, which helps it to be optimally absorbed from the small intestine.\u00a0 Nattokinase has been used as supplement for\u00a0cardiovascular conditions<\/a>\u00a0in Japan for many years due to its ability to reduce atherosclerotic plaque and help breakdown fibrin in blood clots as its primary antithrombotic action.<\/p>\n

    Nattokinase is an enzyme in the soy-based food, natto, which is made through the fermentation of boiled soybeans by the bacterium Bacillus subtilis.\u00a0 While other soy foods contain enzymes, it is only the natto preparation of\u00a0fermented\u00a0soybeans that contains the nattokinase enzyme. Unfermented, boiled soybeans, which is the source of most soy in the American diet,\u00a0do not contain natto<\/strong>.\u00a0 <\/em><\/p>\n

    High natto consumption has been linked to the Japanese population\u2019s longer average lifespans and lower chronic disease rates. In particular, studies show that people with diets rich in natto have lower rates of death from heart diseases. Other benefits listed include:<\/p>\n