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“Vitamin K can interact with warfarin, while iron and other nutrients can become excessive when products are stacked. Diet, medicines, laboratory findings, age, pregnancy, kidney or liver health, and a demonstrated need can guide product selection.”

“The body has limited vitamin K storage capacity, so the body recycles it in a vitamin K redox cycle and reuses it multiple times. Naturally occurring forms of vitamin K include phylloquinone (vitamin K1) and a family of molecules called menaquinones (vitamin K2).”

“The routine is personal and changes over time. Combined products can duplicate vitamin D, magnesium, zinc, vitamin K, or iron, and iron is especially important to match with evidence of need.”

“Kale supplies folate, magnesium, vitamin K, fiber, lutein, and zeaxanthin; blueberries supply anthocyanins. Avocado adds fat, and a small feeding study found that avocado increased absorption of lutein and other carotenoids from salad.”

“The body has limited vitamin K storage capacity, so the body recycles it in a vitamin K redox cycle and reuses it multiple times. Naturally occurring forms of vitamin K include phylloquinone (vitamin K1) and a family of molecules called menaquinones (vitamin K2).”

“Vitamin K is a fat-soluble vitamin. Naturally occurring forms of vitamin K include phylloquinone (vitamin K1) and a family of molecules called menaquinones (vitamin K2). Vitamin K1 is synthesized by plants and is the major form found in the diet.”

“These findings suggest that regular consumption of foods rich in vitamin K1—such as kale, spinach, broccoli, and plant oils—may help protect older women against both early artery changes and serious cardiovascular events later in life. Learn more about vitamin K in Aliquot #62: How vitamin K influences cardiovascular and bone health, a member-only perk.”

“A study of 766 otherwise healthy adolescents showed that those who consumed the least vitamin K1-- found in spinach, cabbage, iceberg lettuce and olive oil -- were at 3.3 times greater risk for an unhealthy enlargement of the major pumping chamber of their heart, according to the study. Vitamin K1, or phylloquinone, is the predominant form of vitamin K in the U.S. diet.”

“Researchers collected information about the participants' dietary intake (to include vitamin K-rich foods), physical activity, smoking status, and education and then monitored the participants' health for several years.”

“1, 2 00:39:49 - Daily or weekly supplementation of vitamin D reduced the risk of acute respiratory infection by more than 50% in people with the lowest baseline vitamin D levels. People with higher baseline vitamin D levels also benefited, although the effect was more modest (10 percent risk reduction).”