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VitaK acquired ISO-9001 certification click |
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Dietary vitamin K2 intake found to be inversely related to cancer risk click |
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Vitamin K in Daily Mail click |
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Vitamin K may reverse arterial calcification - study click |
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New Human Study Shows Vitamin K2 Superior to Vitamin K1 click |
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Vitamin K May Help Clear Arteries click |
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Vitamin K2 protects against heart attacks.click |
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Vitamin K may reverse artery hardening, suggests study click |
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Anouncement Alliance Vitak NattoPharma click |
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Vitamin K supplements could improve anti-blood clot control |
| Vitamin K supplements could improve anti-blood
clot control
By Stephen Daniells 28/11/2006-Daily supplements of vitamin K could help to control anticoagulation in over half the people taking the blood thinning medication warfarin, scientists from the UK have reported. The result is particularly important because
daily dietary control of vitamin K intake is difficult to maintain
and even small changes in vitamin K intake are reported to translate
into large variations in the production of clotting factors.
Additionally, because vitamin K is known to participate in blood clotting, people taking blood thinners like warfarin are usually recommended to avoid supplementation with the vitamin. However, researchers from Newcastle University and the Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle, have built on previous research that reported that unstable control of anti-coagulation is linked to low vitamin K intake (Thrombosis & Haemostasis, Vol. 93, pp. 872-875). "We hypothesised that supplementation with oral vitamin K would improve stability in patients with previously unstable control of anticoagulation," explained lead author Elizabeth Sconce in the journal Blood. Vitamin K is traditionally less well known than vitamins A to E, but this increasing body of research, as well as increased marketing and advertising from supplement makers, is raising public awareness of vitamin K. |
