Foods that Help Form Blood Clots

Saturated Fats

It is recommended that animal products such as whole milk, fatty red meats, butter and cheese comprise less than 6 percent of our daily diet.  Commercial baked goods like cakes, cookies and pies are also full of saturated fats.

Another study suggests that eating one high-fat meal a day takes your body about nine hours to rid itself of the stagnation that accompanies it. This includes blood circulation -- it slows after a high-fat meal. This suggests that eating two or three high-fat meals a day could mean round-the-clock blood sluggishness for the consumer.

Diet Soda

A large study of diet soda drinkers aged 40 and older had a surprising outcome. Sixty percent of diet soda drinkers had elevated risks for coronary heart disease and strokes. The funny thing is that researchers don’t yet know what causes this risk, but they caution against drinking any diet sodas at all if you are concerned about stroke risk. They estimate one soda a day may increase stroke risk by 48 percent.

Vitamin K 

Vitamin K is known to thicken blood when taken in high doses. It is found in parsley, spinach, Brussels sprouts, wheat bran, Swiss chard, broccoli, liver, cauliflower, celery, leeks, collard greens and soybean oil. The list also includes miso and natto, both Japanese dishes, and fermented dairy such as yogurt and cheeses.