Raw carrots are a great source of vitamin A, the vitamin known to support eye health and so much more. They also contain a decent amount of vitamin K. Try chopping carrots into sticks for a snack that's great with dips like hummus or guacamole.
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.
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.
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 contain vitamin K and small amounts of calcium and phosphorus. All of these contribute to bone health and may help prevent osteoporosis.
1 cup of sliced cucumber contains: 22% of your recommended daily value of vitamin K to support the formation of bones, tissues and hormones.
It isn't destroyed by cooking. But light can cause some loss of effects.
100g of quality Olive Oil usually contains 14mg of vitamin E and 62mcg of vitamin K, and that generally means about 1 tbsp. Of olive oil provides a 93 percent of the daily signaled allowance, or RDA, of vitamin E and a 59 percent of the RDA for vitamin K.
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.
One-half cup of baked potato also has less than 1 microgram of vitamin K.
Avocados: Avocados are high in vitamin K, although the amount varies from avocado to avocado. Vitamin K content in guacamole can varies even more.
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.
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. Other foods that could affect warfarin are beef liver or other animal liver products.
All the fruits in the berry-family, including strawberries, cranberries, and blueberries are significant blood thinners.
While strawberries are not one of the best sources of vitamin K, eating this fruit will help you meet your recommended intake of vitamin K for the day. Each one-cup serving of sliced strawberries contains 3.7 micrograms of vitamin K.
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.
Cauliflower, courgettes, mushrooms, peas, peppers, sweetcorn, swede and tomatoes are a few examples of vegetables low in vitamin K. *These vegetables are particularly high in vitamin K, so keep to one portion only of these vegetables each day, unless you have discussed this first with your GP.
Grapefruit and other citrus fruits can interfere with how your body metabolizes these medications.