Vitamin k is one of the most important nutrients which helps in preventing blood clots as it maintains the health of bones, heart, and rarely occurs deficiency in vitamin k because the body needs large amounts of it to fill his needs.
Where to meet 120 micrograms of vitamin k daily needs of the body as well as its availability in many of the foods that we eat daily.
Fruits containing vitamin K :
- Dried plums: each 100 grams of dried plums contain 60 micrograms of vitamin K (50% of the daily requirement for)
- Kiwi: each 100g of Kiwi contains 40 micrograms of vitamin K, 34% of the body's daily need)
- Avocado: every 100 grams of avocado contains 21 micrograms of vitamin K (18% of the daily requirement for)
- Cranberry: every 100 grams of cranberries contains 19 micrograms of vitamin K (16% of the daily requirement for)
- Pomegranate: every 100 grams of pomegranate contains 16 micrograms of vitamin K (14% of the daily requirement for)
- Dried figs: each 100g of dried figs contains 16 micrograms of vitamin K (13% of the body's daily need).
- Tomatoes (sun-dried): every 100 grams of tomatoes contains 43 micrograms of vitamin K (36% of the body's daily need).
- Grapes : each 100 grams of grapes on 15 micrograms of vitamin K (12% of the daily requirement for)
- Red currant: every 100 grams of red currant contains 11 micrograms of vitamin K (9% of the daily requirement for)
- Vegetables contain vitamin k in a higher proportion than fruits and vitamin K is found in the following vegetables:
- Cabbage saggy cooked: it is one of the types of cabbage contains each 100 grams of 817 micrograms of vitamin K (681% of the daily requirement)
- Cooked mustard: each 100 grams of cooked mustard contains 593 micrograms of vitamin K (494% of the body's daily need)
- Spinach : every 100 grams of spinach contains 483 micrograms of vitamin K (402% of the daily requirement)
- Kale “cabbage”cooked: every 100 grams of cabbage, cooked contains 109 micrograms of vitamin K (91% of the daily requirement)