Vitamin K for bones and the heart (the body is linked together)

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Taken from mercola.com:

http://www.mercola.com/forms/vitamin_k2.htm

 

Heavy Minerals and Pesticides, and plastic chemicals

in margarine and plastic mimic hormones which cause

health problems, doctors don't specialize or study the

body as a whole, but it's changing.

 

Vitamin K is unique because it acts like a hormone,

but shows no toxicity. With research now focusing on

its potential effects on the brain, liver and

pancreas, vitamin K is one of the most promising

vitamins of our time.

 

In 1929, Danish scientist, Dr. Henrik Dam discovered

vitamin K. The " K " is for Koagulation -- essential for

proper blood clotting. Sometimes referred to as " the

forgotten vitamin, " the many other benefits of vitamin

K are often overlooked.

 

Vitamin K plays a crucial role in many bodily

functions. It may be a key anti-aging vitamin -- it's

a stronger antioxidant than vitamin E or coenzyme Q10.

Japanese researchers found that vitamin K deficiency

can have effects similar to diabetes. And now,

scientists are even looking at vitamin K to be the

future of treating certain kinds of cancer and

Alzheimer's disease.

 

Considering the importance of this vitamin, it's

reasonable to question if you're getting enough.

Vitamin K exists in three forms, K1, K2, and K3. All

are fat-soluble. This is important because dietary fat

is necessary for the absorption of the vitamin

-meaning that in order for your body to absorb it

effectively, you need to eat some fat along with it.

 

Vitamin K1, or phylloquinone, is found naturally in

plants. Vitamin K2, also called menaquinone, is made

by the bacteria that line the gastrointestinal tract.

Vitamin K3, or menadione (that I do not recommend) is

manmade and is generally regarded as toxic because it

generates free radicals. It's important to note that

toxicity has occurred in infants given synthetic

vitamin K3 by injection.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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