When I was on Warfarin after my knee replacement, "they" told me it was very important to not flip my diet around, trying to adjust my vitamin K levels with food control. It was important I continue eating like I always did, and let the medicine control the levels. It was actually hard trying to be consistent with my diet without going excessive one direction or another after they explained this to me. It took almost 4 weeks to get my levels where they wanted them, just in time to end the regime and start an aspirin regime for a long while after that.
Basically, as I under stand it, your vitamin K levels are normal for you as they are. The medicine is forcing the levels to an abnormal level (so your blood won't clot). This was a hard concept for me to understand, but once I understood it, it made sense. I worked very hard to be consistent with my diet after that. And although it's now been 10 months since the surgery, I'm still aware of my food intake and still watch my intake anything with vitamin K. Luckily, I'm not a big vegetable eater at all, so other than occasional carrots, I'm doing pretty good actually.
It's something to think about, if you don't understand what the Warfairn is trying to do. It's taking you out of your normal and putting you into an abnormal (low clotting risk).
I know this does not answer the question about Xarelto. I see those commercials on television also. I'd work on getting the Warfairn working first. I have no clue how Xarelto is affected by diet, but you may have the same struggles switching too.
