Does vitamin K prevent strokes?

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James Castle, M.D. is a neurologist at NorthShore University HealthSystem (affiliated with The University of Chicago) and an expert on strokes.

You may be overthinking these issues.

Vitamin K would only be contraindicated if you take the medication warfarin (brand name Coumadin). If you are on warfarin, which works by inhibiting See also:
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the action of vitamin K, you are supposed to limit vitamin K intake and keep it at a constant low level every day. Otherwise, to my knowledge, there is no reason you should not be able to eat vitamin K. Anti-phospholipid antibody production should not be effected by vitamin K intake, and the amount of estrogen in products like Soy should be negligible. I would certainly avoid taking any hormone medications or supplements, but ingredients in basic foods should not increase your estrogen levels enough to be of any concern.

Bottom line, I would not concern yourself with any of these food related issues unless you are specifically taking warfarin (Coumadin), in which case you should be on a stable, low to negligible, amount of vitamin K intake daily.

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