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K Vitamin - Psychology, Special Needs, Health - Posted: 3rd Jun, 2017 - 2:51pm
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Vitamin K Research
Post Date: 5th Mar, 2009 - 8:52pm / Post ID: #
K Vitamin
The K vitamin is essential for the blood to clot to repair injuries. Whenever a person has a bleeding wound, it is the K vitamin that is present in the blood that stops the bleeding and enables most minor cuts to heal quickly.
There are three different forms of the K vitamin. The first variant of the K vitamin is vitamin K1, also known as phylloquinone. This is the form of the K vitamin that is found in types of plant foods. Vitamin K found in plant foods. The second form of the K vitamin is the vitamin K2, or menaquinone. This type of the K vitamin is formed by friendly bacteria in the intestines. Thirdly, there is vitamin K3 which is also known as menadione and is actually an artificial form of the K vitamin. All three of these types of K vitamin end up in the liver where it is used to create the blood clotting substances.
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Post Date: 3rd Jun, 2017 - 2:51pm / Post ID: #
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Vitamin K
Dairy products a good dietary source of some types of vitamin K. US dairy products are a significant source of the MK form of vitamin K and indicates that MK forms of the nutrient are more present in commonly-consumed foods than previously thought, new research shows. Source 5c.
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