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• Complete Nutrition Facts, including Vitamin K content, for each recipe
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Note: This is a revised and updated version of Dr. Harlan's The Dr. Gourmet Diet for Coumadin Users. These are the same recipes with updated Nutrition Information, with the addition of information on a Mediterranean-style diet.
How Much Vitamin K is in...?
Find out the exact amount of Vitamin K (in micrograms) of almost a thousand common foods! Listed both alphabetically and then in order of the amount of Vitamin K in the food, this list will help you know exactly how much Vitamin K you're eating. Just $4.95 for the eBook (PDF) or $12.95 for the paperback. Get your copy now!
Vitamin K Levels in Common Foods
Your quick guide to eating fruit while taking Coumadin (warfarin)
Here is a handy list of the amounts of Vitamin K in the indicated servings of common fruits. Vitamin K measurements are for the edible portion and if they are cooked, they are measured before cooking. Remember that consistency is key in your daily amount of Vitamin K so that your INR and your dosage of Coumadin (warfarin) can remain stable.
The current Recommended Daily Allowance of Vitamin K is 70-80 micrograms per day. Here's why the RDA should be your target.
| Item | Amount | Vitamin K (in micrograms) |
| Apple, red (Red Delicious) | 1 small (about 5.5 oz.) | 4.1 mcg |
| Apple, green (Granny Smith) | 1 small (about 5 oz.) | 4.6 mcg |
| Applesauce | 1/2 cup | 0.6 mcg |
| Apricot | 1 (about 1 1/2 oz.) | 1.2 mcg |
| Avocado | 1/2 cup, sliced (about 2.5 oz.) | 15.3 |
| Banana | 1 medium (about 4 oz.) | 0.6 mcg |
| Blueberries | 1/2 cup berries | 14.3 mcg |
| Cantaloupe | wedge, 1/8 of melon (about 2.5 oz.) | 1.7 mcg |
| Cherries | 15 (about 4 oz. unpitted) | 2.6 mcg |
| Cranberry sauce (canned, jellied) | 1/2 cup | 0.0 mcg |
| Fruit cocktail, canned, in light syrup | 1/2 cup | 3.1 mcg |
| Grapefruit (Warning! Avoid grapefruit if you are taking Coumadin) | 1/2 | 0.0 mcg |
| Red or green seedless grapes | 12 grapes (about 2 oz.) | 8.6 mcg |
| Kiwi fruit | 1 medium | 27.8 mcg |
| Lemon juice | juice of 1 average lemon | 0.0 mcg |
| Orange | 1 small (about 3" in diameter) | 0.0 mcg |
| Peach | 1 medium | 3.9 mcg |
| Canned pears in light syrup | 4 oz., drained | 0.4 mcg |
| Fresh pear | 1 medium pear (about 6 oz.) | 6.7 mcg |
| Plums | 1 medium | 4.2 mcg |
| Dried prunes | 1/2 cup | 51.8 |
| Canned pumpkin | 1/2 cup | 19.6 mcg |
| Raisins | 1.5 oz. | 1.5 mcg |
| Fresh strawberries | 4 oz. | 2.5 mcg |
| Watermelon | 4 oz. | 0.1 mcbg |
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Side Dishes
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