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Vitamin K benefit

Vitamin K source

Vitamin K deficiency; Deficiency - vitamin K

Specific recommendations depend on age, gender, and other factors (such as pregnancy). The best way to get the daily requirement of essential vitamins is to eat a balanced diet that contains a variety of foods from the food guide pyramid.

If you take warfarin (a blood thinner), you should know that vitamin K or foods containing vitamin K can effect how the drug works. Ask your health care provider how much vitamin K or vitamin K-containing foods you should consume.

Review Date: 01/02/2007
Reviewed By: William McGee, M.D., M.H.A., Assistant Professor of Medicine and Surgery, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, and Chairman, Nutrition Committee, Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, MA. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.