Vitamin K

Vitamin B proved to be not one vitamin but several, which is why we have B1, B2, and so on. To add to the confusion, Vitamin K has nothing to do with an alphabetical sequence. It was called K because its Danish discoverer, Henrik Dam, dubbed it "koagulations viatmin" for its role in blood clotting - Bill Bryson

Vitamin K
Vitamin K

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Vitamin K2 and K1 on A Vegan Raw Food Diet

Vitamin K2 and vitamin K1, two similar fat-soluble vitamins generally lumped together as vitamin K, are frequently brought up as nutrients that vegans, vegetarians, and raw foodists might be deficient in. Deficiency is certainly something we'd want to avoid, as symptoms include an inability to clot blood quickly and a decline in bone health...

Vitamin K1 and K2 come from two very different sources. If you ever managed to be deficient in vitamin K1 (also called phylloquinone), your diet would have to be pretty SAD, to say the least. Vegetables of many kinds contain it, but the leafy greens healthy raw foodists feast on contain it in particular abundance...

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 Vitamin K2 and K1 on A Vegan Raw Food Diet

Vitamin K2 and vitamin K1, two similar fat-soluble vitamins generally lumped together as vitamin K, are frequently brought up as nutrients that vegans, vegetarians, and raw foodists might be deficient in.

Top 10 Foods Highest in Vitamin K

Vitamin K is an essential vitamin required for protein modification and blood clotting. Recent studies suggest that vitamin K may play a role in treating osteoporosis and Alzheimer's, and that consuming increased levels of vitamin K can help protect against cancer and heart disease. Unless you are taking medication to prevent blood clots, like Warfarin or Coumadin, there is no known risk of vitamin K toxicity, and no reason not to eat a lot of it.

Linus Pauling Institute

Naturally occurring forms of vitamin K include phylloquinone (vitamin K1) and a family of molecules called menaquinones (MKs or vitamin K2).

MedlinePlus

Vitamin K is a vitamin found in leafy green vegetables, broccoli, and Brussels sprouts. The name vitamin K comes from the German word “Koagulationsvitamin.” Several forms of vitamin K are used around the world as medicine. Vitamin K1 (phytonadione) and vitamin K2 (menaquinone) are available in North America. Vitamin K1 is generally the preferred form of vitamin K because it is less toxic, works faster, is stronger, and works better for certain conditions.

NHS

You should be able to get all the vitamin K you need by eating a varied and balanced diet. If you take vitamin K supplements, don't take too much, because this might be harmful. Taking 1mg or less of vitamin K supplements a day is unlikely to cause any harm.

WHFoods.com

Vitamin K is a fascinating nutrient with respect to bone health, and unlike some of the open-ended questions related to clotting, knowledge about the role of vitamin K nourishment in bone support is fairly well-established. Individuals who are vitamin K deficient have repeatedly been shown to have a greater risk of fracture.

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