2. Banana. This delicious fruit is packed with vitamin K and other essential nutrients that help with digestion and weight management. Vitamin K present in bananas is easily absorbed by the body and helps metabolise carbohydrates and fats, turning them into energy.
Vitamin K is found mostly in green vegetables and some fruits. Green leafy vegetables such as collards, spinach, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, and cabbage contain vitamin K. Some fruits such as kiwi, blackberries, and blueberries are also rich in vitamin K.
Eggs. Eggs are the easiest to make and can be eaten for any meal of the day. This protein-rich food is also packed with vitamin K. One egg yolk contains anywhere in between 67 and 192 mcg of vitamin K2.
Avocados: Avocados are high in vitamin K, although the amount varies from avocado to avocado. Vitamin K content in guacamole can varies even more.
Avoid or drink only small amounts of these when taking warfarin: Cranberry juice. Grapefruit juice.
Carrots are a great source of important vitamins and minerals. A half-cup can give you up to: 73% of your daily requirement of vitamin A. 9% of your daily vitamin K.
Reduced fat or fat free dairy products (Greek yogurt, yogurt, cottage cheese and cheddar cheese) contained 8–22% of the vitamin K found in full fat products.
Dietary intake of vitamin K2 accounts for up to 25% of total vitamin K intake and is generally of microbial origin. Important dietary sources of vitamin K2 are cheese, curd and natto (a traditional Japanese food composed of fermented soya beans).
The most common foods with high vitamin K are green leafy vegetables such as kale, collard greens, broccoli, spinach, cabbage, and lettuce. Foods with vitamin K that could affect warfarin are listed on the next 2 pages.
Vitamin K is essential to blood clotting and it regulates bone mineralization. One cup of whole strawberries has . 4 milligrams, or 3 percent, of the recommended daily intake of both vitamins.
A cup of sliced avocado can give you up to 50 micrograms of vitamin K. One-half cup of stewed prunes nets you about 32 micrograms. Blueberries (14 microgram/half-cup) and grapes (11 micrograms/half-cup) and apples (up to 5 micrograms for one small apple) have lower amounts but are easy to add to a meal on the go.
The other main vitamin found in extra virgin olive oil is Vitamin K, with about 10% of the recommended daily intake of Vitamin K in 1 tablespoon of olive oil. Research shows that Vitamin K is an important nutrient to aid in blood clotting.
Tomatoes are a good source of vitamin A, vitamin C, vitamin K and potassium.
Common foods high in Vitamin K include kale, spinach, and broccoli. It's also found in salad dressing and mayonnaise. It's OK to eat foods high in vitamin K while taking warfarin.
One-half cup of baked potato also has less than 1 microgram of vitamin K.
1 cup of sliced cucumber contains: 22% of your recommended daily value of vitamin K to support the formation of bones, tissues and hormones.
Large doses of vitamin A and vitamin E have been found to antagonize vitamin K (8). Excess vitamin A appears to interfere with vitamin K absorption, whereas vitamin E may inhibit vitamin K-dependent carboxylase activity and interfere with the coagulation cascade (129).
Just a tablespoon of butter has 2.1 micrograms of vitamin K2. However, that same tablespoon contains about 100 calories and 11 grams of fat, so make sure to keep your servings small to avoid potential health risks and unwanted weight gain.
Cauliflower is known for its weight loss benefits. But it is also rich in fiber, choline, sulforaphane and most importantly, vitamin K. Reportedly, one cup of cauliflower, raw, contains about 15.5 micrograms of vitamin K and one cup of boiled cauliflower contains about 17.1 micrograms of vitamin K.
Cucumber is relatively high in vitamin K. Eating too much cucumber could affect how a person's blood clots. People who use warfarin (Coumadin) or similar blood-thinning drugs should not increase their intake of cucumber dramatically or suddenly without consulting a doctor.