Vitamin K Levels in Common Foods
Your quick guide to eating vegetables while taking Coumadin (warfarin)
Here is a handy list of the amounts of Vitamin K in the indicated servings of common vegetables. Vitamin K measurements are for the edible portion and 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 |
Artichoke | 1 medium (about 4 1/2 oz.) |
18.9 mcg Vitamin K |
Asparagus | 4 oz. | 27.9 mcg Vitamin K |
Green beans | 4 oz. | 21.5 mcg Vitamin K |
Lima beans | 4 oz. | 4.4 mcg Vitamin K |
Beets | 4 oz. | 0.1 mcg Vitamin K |
Broccoli, chopped | 4 oz. | 46.2 mcg Vitamin K |
Brussels sprouts | 4 oz. | 77.9 mcg Vitamin K |
Cabbage, shredded | 1/2 cup | 26.6 mcg Vitamin K |
Carrot | 4 oz. | 14.9 mcg Vitamin K |
Cauliflower | 4 oz. | 17.5 mcg Vitamin K |
Celery | 2 large ribs | 37.5 mcg Vitamin K |
Swiss chard | 4 oz. | 937.9 mcg Vitamin K |
Chives | 1 Tablespoon chopped | 6.4 mcg Vitamin K |
Collard greens | 4 oz. | 493.9 mcg Vitamin K |
Cilantro | 1 Tablespoon | 3 mcg Vitamin K |
Corn, yellow or white | 4 oz. | 0.3mcg Vitamin K |
Cucumber (with peel) | 1/2 cup slices | 8.5 mcg Vitamin K |
Eggplant | 4 oz. | 4 mcg Vitamin K |
Endive | 1/2 cup chopped | 57.8 Vitamin K |
Kale | 4 oz. | 796.4 mcg Vitamin K |
Leek | 4 oz. | 53.1 mcg Vitamin K |
Bibb lettuce | 1 cup shredded | 56.3 mcg Vitamin K |
Red leaf lettuce | 1 cup shredded | 39.3 mcg Vitamin K |
Iceberg lettuce | 1 cup shredded | 17.4 mcg Vitamin K |
Romaine lettuce | 1 cup shredded | 48.2 mcg Vitamin K |
Mustard greens | 1 cup chopped | 144.2 mcg Vitamin K |
Shiitake mushrooms | 4 oz. | 0 mcg Vitamin K |
Button (white) mushrooms | 4 oz. | 0 mcg Vitamin K |
Okra | 4 oz. | 35.4 mcg Vitamin K |
Green onion | 1/2 cup, chopped | 103.5 mcg Vitamin K |
White or yellow onion | 1/2 cup, chopped | 0.3 mcg Vitamin K |
Parsley | 1 Tablespoon | 62.3 mcg Vitamin K |
Parsnip | 4 oz. | 25.4 mcg Vitamin K |
Green pepper | 1/2 cup, chopped | 5.5 mcg Vitamin K |
Potato | 4 oz. | 2.3 mcg Vitamin K |
Radish | 1/2 cup slices | 0.8 mcg Vitamin K |
Spinach | 4 oz. | 545.7 mcg Vitamin K |
Yellow squash | 4 oz. | 3.6 mcg Vitamin K |
Acorn squash | 4 oz. | 0 mcg Vitamin K |
Sweet potato | 4 oz. | 2 mcg Vitamin K |
Tomato | 1 cup chopped | 14.2 mcg Vitamin K |
Turnip | 4 oz. | 0.1 mcg Vitamin K |
Turnip greens | 4 oz. | 283.6 mcg Vitamin K |
Watercress | 1 cup chopped | 85 mcg Vitamin K |
Zucchini | 4 oz. | 4.9 mcg Vitamin K |