Health Foods High In Vitamin K

Leafy green vegetables rank highest in the health foods high in vitamin k.

Vitamin K is involved in blood clotting, as well as manufacturing (with vitamin D), a protein that binds to minerals that are stored in the bone.

It also enables the process where glucose is combined with phosphate so that it can be stored in the body's cells until it is needed in exercise or other things.

Vitamin K is also needed for good liver health.

There are 3 types of vitamin K. K1 and K2 are fat soluble, and made in the colon in the presence of the 'good' bacteria. K3 is man made, and water soluble. It is used for patients who cannot use the other types because they do not have enough bile (which breaks down fats) to absorb the fat soluble forms of vitamin K.

Health Foods High In Vitamin K:

1. kale 1/2 cup 660% rda
2. spinach (fresh and boiled) 1/2 cup 560% rda
3. turnip greens (frozen, boiled) 1/2 cup 530% rda
4. collards (fresh) 1/2 cup 520% rda
5. swiss chard (fresh) 1/2 cup 360% rda
6. raw parsley 1/4c 300% rda
7. mustard greens 1/2c 260% rda
8. brussel sprouts 1/2 c (frozen) 190% rda
9. raw spinach 1 cup (180%) rda
10. raw turnip greens 1c 170% rda
11. leafy green lettuce(not iceberg) 1 cup 125% rda
12. broccoli raw 1 cup 110% rda
13. endive lettuce raw 70% rda
14. romaine lettuce raw 1 cup 70% rda

{Source: nih.gov information on coumarin}

Particularly if you are taking coumarin, you need to keep your vitamin k daily intake fairly stable, so the list of health foods high in vitamin k from the above coumarin factsheet is of particular use.

For the RDA of vitamin k and other vitamins, check out these tables:

1. Woman's RDA
2. Pregnancy RDA
3. Breastfeeding RDA
4. Men's RDA

A list of food tables, for more research into health foods high in vitamin K, can be found here.

For more information on vitamin k, including symptoms of vitamin k deficiency, check out this article.