Archive for June, 2008
Vitamin K Foods
Vitamin K cannot created in our body, therefore, vitamin K needs to be obtained from food and bacteria in our digestion system can make Vitamin K(as also is the case with biotin). This why we need to eat Healthy to obtain vitamin K. You can get good Vitamin K from:
Cereal with Milk
Broccoli
Cabbage
Carrots
Lettuce
Spinach
Strawberries
Vitamin K deficiency Symptoms
Vitamin K deficiency Symptoms and causes
Vitamin K deficiency is often found in newborns as vitamin k is found a little in mother’s milk and provides almost 20% of a baby’s requirement. Similarly, vitamin K-producing bacteria are not found in infants’ intestines and they are born with less levels of vitamin K in their bodies.
In adults [...]
Vitamin K Deficiency
Besides new born infant, vitamin K deficiency can also occur in adults and especially those people who are treated with some antibiotics medication. Blood coagulation protein known as prothrombin is the most affected by vitamin K insufficiency.
The recommended dietary allowance (RDA) for this fat-soluble vitamin is 80 mg /day for adult man, for adult woman [...]
Vitamin K to reduce Arteries’ Calcification
Vitamin K blocks new arterial calcium buildup as well as decreases levels of calcification by 37 percent, the results of a new study show. These findings have been published by the researchers at Maastricht University, in April 1st issue of the journal of the American Society of Hematology.
“Weakening of arterial calcification may decrease the [...]