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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 pocket- or purse-sized book (via Lulu.com)!

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Should I avoid iron if I am on Coumadin (warfarin)?

I came across your recipes on the internet and am wondering if when taking Coumadin and not being able to eat anything with vitamin K or iron, why do most of your recipes have foods with iron as well. Iron also has blood clotting properties. Could you direct me to recipes without K or iron?

Dr. Gourmet Says...

Iron does not have blood clotting properties but is a key part of red blood cells. There is sometimes confusion because iron is an important part of hemoglobin, the molecule inside red blood cells that carries oxygen.

There is a long list of the recipes that are low in Vitamin K on the Dr. Gourmet web site just for folks like you. You can find that link here: http://www.drgourmet.com/warfarin/warfarinrecipes.shtml

There's other info that can help you on this page: http://www.drgourmet.com/warfarin/index.shtml

Thanks for writing,

Timothy S. Harlan, M.D.
Dr. Gourmet

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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!