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Coumadin BookThis indispensable book includes:

  • 6 weeks of complete meal plans, with shopping lists
  • 95+ delicious Coumadin safe recipes
  • Information about managing your diet on Coumadin
  • Ingredient and cooking tips throughout the book
  • Complete Nutrition Facts including Vitamin K content for each recipe

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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 downloadable list (not available in printed book format) will help you know exactly how much Vitamin K you're eating. Just $4.95 for the eBook or $12.95 for the paperback book! Shop now!

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Is sauerkraut high in Vitamin K?

A week ago I had to go on Coumadin. I looked through the FAQs and see that cabbage is too high in vitamin K. Does that include sauerkraut?

Dr. Gourmet Says...

Sauerkraut has 81 micrograms (mcg) of Vitamin K in a cup.

If you are going to pan fry cabbage then it's best to avoid using very much oil since eating less fat is good for you. Avoid fats or oils that are higher in saturated fat like butter or lard. Because of the Vitamin K content in canola and soybean oil it is best to choose olive oil or grapeseed for your cooking. A teaspoon should be fine to cook about 2 - 3 cups of shredded cabbage in a large non-stick pan over medium heat.

There doesn't appear to be a great loss of Vitamin K during cooking. The USDA reports that a head of raw white cabbage has 748 mcg of Vitamin K. A head of cabbage boiled and drained has 617 mcg. It's probably better to err on the side of safety and use the value of a raw ingredient to see how it might fit with your diet plan for Coumadin® (warfarin).

Thanks for writing,

Timothy S. Harlan, M.D.
Dr. Gourmet
Eat well, eat healthy, enjoy life!

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How Much Vitamin K is in....?

There's an easy way to find out about the nutrition content of any food. Just use The Dr. Gourmet Diet Plan Software.

Just register to use the software, then click the Recipe Box tab. The ingredient database includes over 7,000 ingredients and will show you the nutritional information for those ingredients - including Vitamin K. Use the Food Diary section to help you track your daily Vitamin K intake along with calories and other nutrients. Try it now!