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"Vitamin K Vitamin K is a fat-soluble antihemorrhagic agent comprising three similar compounds: • Vitamin Kj (phylloquinone), found naturally in all green plants • Vitamin K2 (menaquinone), products of bacteria • Vitamin K3 (menadione), a synthetic derivative Researchers at the UCLA School of Medicine discovered that vitamin k is a very effective cancer-cell fighter. Tests have shown that vitamin k can stop and sometimes shrink tumor growth. It also acts as a tumor analgesic.27 Vitamin K3 has been widely researched in cancer studies." - Donald R. Yance, j r.,C.N., M.H., A.H.G., with Arlene Valentine, Herbal Medicine, Healing and Cancer: A Comprehensive Program for Prevention and Treatment (Get the book.)

"Probiotics enhance the conversion of vitamin Kl, the predominant form of vitamin k in the diet, into the bone healthy vitamin K2. Keeping your intestinal probiotic population at high levels throughout your life may help reduce the risk of bone loss and other diseases. Yogurt, supplements and prebiotics can help keep your probiotic colonies happy and healthy. Prebiotics Prebiotics can help support the health of probiotics in your intestines. This may help increase the ability of your digestive tract to absorb bone-building nutrients and convert vitamin Kl into vitamin K2." - Allison Tannis, Probiotic Rescue: How You can use Probiotics to Fight Cholesterol, Cancer, Superbugs, Digestive Complaints and More (Get the book.) "Vitamin K2 is found in egg yolk, butter and fermented soy foods; it makes up about 10% of the vitamin k consumed in a typical Western diet. Why do you need vitamin K2? Vitamin K2 helps the body turn on biological switches that activate three critical proteins: osteocalcin, calcitonin and matrix Gla. Osteocalcin, calcitonin and matrix Gla are calcium-binding proteins that are essential in guiding calcium into the bone. In particular, these proteins ensure calcium reaches the osteoblast cells of the bone, which are the cells responsible for making bone." - Allison Tannis, Probiotic Rescue: How You can use Probiotics to Fight Cholesterol, Cancer, Superbugs, Digestive Complaints and More (Get the book.) "Researchers have con- Probiotics enhance the conversion of vitamin firmed in studies that vitamin Kl the predominant form of vitamin k in the K2 plays a significant role in diet, into the bone-healthy vitamin K2, bone health. A double-blind, placebo-controlled study, by researchers at Maastricht University and the Cardiovascular Research Institute, followed 325 healthy women with no osteoporosis for three years. The researchers found that vitamin K2 supplements boosted the women's bone mineral content, compared to placebo." - Allison Tannis, Probiotic Rescue: How You can use Probiotics to Fight Cholesterol, Cancer, Superbugs, Digestive Complaints and More (Get the book.)

"Coumadin blocks the action of vitamin k, the body's naturally occurring fat-soluble vitamin essential for blood clotting. vitamin k contributes to the production of a protein in the liver involved in the clotting process. In chapter 6, we will discuss the alternatives to Coumadin, such as the natural clot busters nattokinase and lumbrokinase. But at this time we do not recommend them for patients highly vulnerable to clot formation or stroke related to clot dislodgement, where Coumadin has a long track record of protection." - Stephen Sinatra, M.D. and James C., M.D. Roberts, Reverse Heart Disease Now: Stop Deadly Cardiovascular Plaque Before It's Too Late (Get the book.)

"Unfortunately, K-3 is a more toxic version of vitamin k. Vitamin K-1 may also have some cancer-preventive activity, but the studies are not definitive. Other Actions Vitamin K is essential for proper blood clotting and bone development. Toxicity Vitamin K can cause excess clotting for persons with liver disease. Suggested Use Vitamin K is an essential nutrient. A daily oral dose of 1 mg is adequate for a normal adult. VraEATGRASS Category: Botanical Antitumor Actions Wheatgrass juice is made from wheatberry seeds." - Dan Labriola, Complementary Cancer Therapies: Combining Traditional and Alternative Approaches for the Best Possible Outcome (Get the book.)

"The reporting physician attributed this interaction to coenzyme Q10, which he suggested had a vitamin k effect. I have seen patients on Coumadin who ate foods high in vitamin K—like broccoli or spinach—the night before their blood work, and these foods also counteracted the Coumadin and lowered their protimes (the time it takes the several clotting factors in the blood to form a clot). Changes in protimes may be related to diet, temperature changes, and many other drugs." - Stephen T. Sinatra, M.D., The Sinatra Solution Metabolic Cardiology (Get the book.)

"Consider increasing the intake of green leafy vegetables and/or supplementing with 150 to 500 meg per day of vitamin k. Vitamin K 150-500 meg per day Vitamin C. Vitamin C helps to reduce heavy bleeding by strengthening the capillaries. In at least one study, vitamin C was able to reduce heavy bleeding in 87 percent of the women.8 Vitamin C also is an important supplement for women who have acquired iron-deficiency anemia from menstrual blood loss. It helps to increase iron absorption and can be used to prevent anemia as well as to treat it. Vitamin C 2,000-4,000 mg per day Bioflavonoids." - Tori Hudson, N.D., Women's Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine: Alternative Therapies and Integrative Medicine for Total Health and Wellness (Get the book.)

"Tea, especially green tea, is rich in vitamin k. Make sure to take a daily multivitamin that contains 75 to 100 percent (80 to 120 micrograms) of your DRI for vitamin k. Potassium Your body needs potassium to maintain acid-base balance, strengthen bones, and lower blood pressure, and the best source of potassium is food. Vegetables, fruits, and fresh seafood contain potassium, but grain-based foods have very little. Because it's impractical to try to supplement your way to enough potassium, eating plenty of vegetables and fruits is a far better plan." - James Dowd and Diane Stafford, The Vitamin D Cure (Get the book.)

"A deficiency of vitamin k can lead to impaired mineralization of the bone, and markedly depressed serum vitamin k levels have been found in patients with fractutes due to osteoporosis, with the severity of fracture strongly correlated to the level of circulating vitamin k.127 vitamin k deficiency is common in individuals with chronic gastrointestinal disotders or poor fat absorption and in some who have used large amounts of antibiotics. Calcium, boron, magnesium, and vitamin k are found in green leafy vegetables and may be one of the reasons that vegetarians have less osteoporosis." - Joseph Nd Pizzorno, Total Wellness: Improve Your Health by Understanding and Cooperating with Your Body's Natural Healing Systems (Get the book.)

"Such formulas are rehydrated Warning—Green Tea VJreen tea, green drinks, green leafy vegetables, and other natural sources of vitamin k can interfere with the blood thinner Coumadin (Warfarin). This drug blocks blood clotting in part by interfering with the actions of vitamin k. However, Coumadin can effectively be used even if you consume vitamin K-containing foods, as long as the quantities you intake remain constant from day to day." - Michael T. Murray, Beat Diabetes Naturally: The Best Foods, Herbs, Supplements, and Lifestyle Strategies to Optimize Your Diabetes Care (Get the book.)

"Not many people are deficient in vitamin k, but, because the vitamin must be absorbed in fat, if you have a problem with fat absorption as in gallbladder disease, celiac disease, or ulcerative colitis, you could have trouble absorbing vitamin k. If you frequently use antibiotics such as penicillin and tetracycline, you could also have trouble absorbing vitamin k. If any of these conditions apply to you and you suffer from easy bruising, you should discuss the possibility of vitamin k supplementation with your doctor. You should take vitamin k only under a doctor's supervision." - Robert M. Giller, M.D., Natural Prescriptions: Dr. Giller's Natural Treatments & Vitamin Therapies For Over 100 Common Ailments (Get the book.)

"In 12 of the 13 clinical trials, this meta-analysis concluded that supplementation with large doses of vitamin k can prevent bone loss of the hip and vertebrae. (The one trial that showed no effect was a study of premenopausal athletic women who were given 10 mg per day of vitamin Kj.) Even more impressively, fracture data was available in seven of the studies. The rates of hip fractures were reduced by 77 percent, other non-vertebral fractures by 81 percent, and vertebral fractures by 60 percent." - Tori Hudson, N.D., Women's Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine: Alternative Therapies and Integrative Medicine for Total Health and Wellness (Get the book.)

"Look for a brand-name bruise-diminishing cream containing vitamin k, such as vitamin k Formula Clarifying Cream, at drugstores. "The cream penetrates your skin and provides vitamin k at the bruise site, which your body needs to break down blood and resorb it," says Dr. Clark. "I've found that vitamin k cream helps resolve bruises faster. A lot of my patients really like it," she says. Rub vitamin k cream into a bruise right away and reapply twice a day until the bruise is dissolved." - Prevention Magazine Health Books, The Doctors Book of Home Remedies for Women: Women Doctors Reveal over 2,000 Self-Help Tips on the Health Problems That Concern Women the Most (Get the book.)

"For vitamin k, that process takes places in the intestines, where about 50 percent of the vitamin k you need is produced. The rest comes from your food. The RDI is 30 to 60 meg for children, 60 to 80 meg for adults 25 to 50 years old, and 70 to 80 meg for adults over age 50. • Benefits: vitamin k produces the substances needed to clot blood. Without vitamin k, you could bleed to death from a bump, bruise, or cut. vitamin k also helps bring calcium to the bones, reduces severe menstrual flow, and prevents internal bleeding." - Deborah R. Mitchell, The Home Healing Almanac: Solutions That Will Help You Make the Best Choices About Your Health and Safety (Get the book.)

"This drug blocks blood clotting in part by interfering with the actions of vitamin k. However, Coumadin can effectively be used even if you consume vitamin K-containing foods, as long as the quantities you intake remain constant from day to day. The standard blood tests done when you are taking Coumadin allows your doctor to simply adjust the Coumadin dose to compensate for any increase in vitamin k intake. by mixing with water or juice. Some of the more popular brands are Enriching Greens, Green Magma, Kyo-Green, Greens +, Barlean's Greens, and ProGreens." - Michael T. Murray, Beat Diabetes Naturally: The Best Foods, Herbs, Supplements, and Lifestyle Strategies to Optimize Your Diabetes Care (Get the book.)

"Magnesium, manganese, zinc, copper, boron, vitamin k, vitamin D, and other nutrients determine bone health, each in their own way. In Chapter 14, I discuss this in detail. Botanicals Chaste Tree (Vitex Agnus Castus). Chaste tree is probably the best-known herb in all of Europe for hormonal imbalances in women. Since at least the time of the Greeks, chaste tree has been used for the full scope of menstrual disorders, including amenorrhea. Chaste tree acts on the hypothalamus and pituitary glands by increasing LH production and mildly inhibiring the release of FSH." - Tori Hudson, N.D., Women's Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine: Alternative Therapies and Integrative Medicine for Total Health and Wellness (Get the book.)

"Research suggests you can reduce your risk of hip fracture if you get over 100 micrograms (meg) of vitamin k each day. Not getting enough, on the other hand, has been linked to poor bone mineral density. As a minimum, senior men should get 120 meg of vitamin k and senior women need 90 meg. Here are some foods that can give you this bone-supporting vitamin." - The Editors of FC&A, Unleash the Inner Healing Power of Foods (Get the book.)

"The chemical structure of coenzyme Qio is very close to that of vitamin k, so it may be that coenzyme Qio does slow the protime and could have a blunting effect on Coumadin therapy. This association should raise interest in performing a study to answer this concern conclusively. In a rat model there has been no association of a coenzyme Qi0 and Coumadin interaction. New research indicates that coenzyme Qio may also reduce platelet stickiness, which could help prevent clot formation, which is a desirable effect for prevention of thrombic episodes." - Stephen T. Sinatra, M.D., The Sinatra Solution Metabolic Cardiology (Get the book.)

"It's high in vitamin k, a nutrient that's essential for blood clotting. Just sprinkle a little pepper on the abrasion, and the bleeding will stop almost instantaneously. One warning: Don't try this trick on deeper cuts. If you do, you may feel a burn from the pepper, only adding to the discomfort. • Honey—A Natural Salve u. 'sing honey as first aid on a cut or scrape is something people outside the US do a lot more often than we do. According to a study in a British journal of plastic surgery, pasteurized honey has been found to reduce infection and promote wound healing." - Bottom Line Books, Uncommon Cures For Everyday Ailments (Get the book.)

"The women with reduced bone mineral density had lower serum vitamin k levels than those with normal bone density. Researchers also have shown that supplemental vitamin k reduces the amount of calcium lost, which indirectly benefits bones. Results of a recent study from the Netherlands showed vitamin k, when combined with calcium, magnesium, zinc, and vitamin D, substantially reduced bone loss in postmenopausal women. The daily requirement for adult women (not pregnant or nursing) is 65 micrograms." - Holly Lucille, Creating and Maintaining Balance: A Woman's Guide to Safe Natural Hormone Health (Get the book.)

"In case of poor vitamin k absorption, hemorrhagic disease may result. The body cannot fully absorb this vitamin when a problem with the digestion of fat exists. The main cause of inadequate vitamin k absorption is an insufficient supply of bile, pancreatic lipase, and pancreatic fat. It stands to reason that following a lowfat or no-fat diet can actually endanger your life. Calcium is essential for the hardening of bone and teeth, the coagulation of blood, and the mechanism of muscle contraction." - Andreas Moritz, The Liver and Gallbladder Miracle Cleanse: An All-Natural, At-Home Flush to Purify and Rejuvenate Your Body (Get the book.)

"Serum vitamin k levels in individuals with osteoporosis were found to be 74% lower compared to a healthy control group.110 Age-related dietary changes, reduced efficiency of absorption, and use of antibiotics that destroy vitamin K-producing intestinal flora may all contribute to vitamin k deficiency. Boron: Evidence suggests that boron may promote synthesis of compounds related to bone health, including estrogen, testosterone, DHEA, and vitamin D, and may play an important role in maintaining bone mass." - Michael Friedman, ND, Fundamentals of Naturopathic Endocrinology (Get the book.)

"Unlike the other fat-soluble vitamins, vitamin k is not stored in the body. CHAPTER 3 Vitamin A The Night Sight Vitamin As long ago as 300 B.C., the Hippocratic School of Medicine recommended liver (rich in vitamin A) for children with night blindness or infections. Vitamin A was the first vitamin discovered. In 1907, the fat-soluble vitamin A was found necessary for growth. In 1930 it was learned that there were two related forms—beta-carotene and a fat-soluble Vitamin A. Vitamin A was first synthesized in 1947." - Dr. Steve Blake, Vitamins and Minerals Demystified (Get the book.)

"They are an excellent source of vitamin k (154.9 percent of the daily value in one cup). vitamin k is essential for maintaining strong bones. Greens beans are also a rich source of the equally important vitamin A (notably through their concentration of carotenoids, including beta-carotene). And, as you may know, when you chew on green beans they contain loads of useful fiber, which helps prevent colon cancer. In addition, green beans are packed with vitamin C, riboflavin, potassium, iron, manganese, folate, magnesium, and thiamin." - Andreas Moritz, Timeless Secrets of Health & Rejuvenation: Unleash The Natural Healing Power That Lies Dormant Within You (Get the book.)

"Which one is a real vitamin? (a) vitamin k. (b) Vitamin T. (c) Vitamin P. (d) Vitamin U. 18. Which of the following is NOT a cure for scurvy? (a) The tips of young arbor vitae evergreen needles. (b) Sauerkraut. (c) Limes. (d) Fresh fish. 19. Vitamin C is: (a) Synthesized by only a few animals. (b) Synthesized by humans. (c) Synthesized by most animals. (d) Must be obtained from food for all animals. 20. The amount of vitamin C synthesized by a 154-pound dog each day is: (a) 2800 mg. (b) 280 mg. (c) 28 mg. (d) 2.8 mg. 21." - Dr. Steve Blake, Vitamins and Minerals Demystified (Get the book.)

"The main cause of inadequate vitamin k absorption is an insufficient supply of bile, pancreatic lipase, and pancreatic fat. It stands to reason that following a lowfat or no-fat diet can actually endanger your life. Calcium is essential for the hardening of bone and teeth, the coagulation of blood, and the mechanism of muscle contraction. Poor bile secretion can, therefore, undermine the uptake of calcium, a mineral the body requires for some of its most vital activities. What applies to vitamin k also applies to all other fat-soluble vitamins, including vitamins A, E, and D." - Andreas Moritz, The Liver and Gallbladder Miracle Cleanse: An All-Natural, At-Home Flush to Purify and Rejuvenate Your Body (Get the book.)

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