Cucumbers are rich in copper, potassium, vitamin B, vitamin K, vitamin C and manganese.
Blood clotting
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.
Choose unpeeled cucumber over the peeled variety to maximize your vitamin K consumption -- peeled cucumber slices contain only 8.6 micrograms.
What is high in vitamin K? The most common foods with high vitamin K are green leafy vegetables such as kale, collard greens, broccoli, spinach, cabbage, and lettuce.
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.
Tomatoes are not only sweet, delicious and a wonderful addition to many entrees, they are a great source of fiber, potassium and vitamins A, C and K.
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.
Tomatoes are a good source of vitamin A, vitamin C, vitamin K and potassium.
“Eating just one cucumber a day can be great! It mostly contains water. So, even if you were to eat more than one, it won't cause any harm. In fact, it will keep you full and help you avoid reaching out for any junk food,” said nutritionist Manisha Chopra.
One-half cup of baked potato also has less than 1 microgram of vitamin K.
Avoid or drink only small amounts of these when taking warfarin: Cranberry juice. Grapefruit juice.
People on blood thinners should not consume too much cucumber, as Vitamin K in them can make blood clotting further difficult.
Foods You Can Eat on a Warfarin Diet
These are the foods that are considered safe to consume: Meat, fish, and eggs. Milk, cheese, and yogurt. Grains, bread, rice, and pasta.
When preparing a lettuce-based salad, choose lighter-in-color lettuces, which are lower in vitamin K than darker lettuces and trendy greens. Keep your serving size small, generally to a ½ cup if raw and chopped or 1 to 1 ½ cups if raw and leafy.
Each one-third cup serving of dry oatmeal contains 0.5 micrograms of vitamin K, less than 1 percent of your daily recommended intake, reports the Linus Pauling Institute.
The best way to lower your INR will depend on several things. In some cases, the doctor may have you stop taking warfarin for a few days. You may also be given other medicines to take. You will need to be tested often to make sure your INR level is going down.
Chicken. Next on the list is chicken, one of the most preferred food options among non-vegetarians. It is also a great source of vitamin K2. Including just about 100 gms of chicken in your meal can give you 60 mcg of vitamin K!
No interactions were found between grape juice, purple and warfarin.
Jayne Hurley, senior nutritionist at the Center for Science in the Public Interest, reminds us that people on blood thinners don't need to avoid greens, they need to avoid big swings in the amount of greens -- and vitamin K -- they have from one day to the next. That's what could cause a problem.
All the fruits in the berry-family, including strawberries, cranberries, and blueberries are significant blood thinners. Oranges, tangerines, cherries, raisins, prunes, pineapples, and tomatoes work in the same manner.