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Dietary vitamin K2 intake found to be inversely related to cancer risk A new study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition (March 24, 2010) reveals that vitamin K2, and not K1 has a role in the prevention of a variety of different forms of cancer.
In the prospective EPIC-Heidelberg cohort study, over 24 thousand participants aged 35-64 y were monitored for cancer incidence and mortality for 10-14 years. The association of K2 intake with mortality was stronger than with cancer incidence, with a statistically significant risk reduction of 28% for the highest quartile of vitamin K2 intake. Cancer risk reduction was more pronounced in men than in women, mainly because of the strong associations with prostate and lung cancer.
Katharina Nimptsch, Sabine Rohrmann, Rudolf Kaaks and Jakob Linseisen: Dietary vitamin K intake in relation to cancer incidence and mortality: results from the Heidelberg cohort of the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC-Heidelberg). Am. J. Clin. Nutr. 2010 (epub) |
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