By Lorraine Maita
Hardened arteries, weak, brittle bones, cancer and heart disease are major contributors of aging. Research suggests that Vitamin K can have an impact of preventing or reversing these effects.
Vitamin K, like other vitamins found in nature is really a group of compounds. The different forms or types of Vitamin K come from have specific actions in the body.
- K 1 otherwise known as phylloquinones are found in green leafy vegetables and are responsible for blood clotting.
- K 2 otherwise known as menaquinones (MK 4-9) are found in meat, eggs, dairy and fermented foods. The subtype MK -7 is very beneficial because it stays in your body longer to direct calcium from arteries and tissues to bones
