YOUR BONES AND HEART WILL THANK YOU!
K vitamins are a group of fat soluble vitamins that are essential for the body to utilize calcium for healthy bones, healthy arteries and tissues. In addition to Vitamin K's effects on blood coagulation, the role of Vitamin K2 over the past decade has been linked also to two of the most important health issues, bone health and cardiovascular health. This link specifically centres on calcium utilization- implying that there is simultaneous calcification of the arteries (arterial calcification) and bone loss (osteoporosis) when metabolism of calcium is inadequate.
This is called the "Calcium Paradox" and vitamin K2 plays a vital role in this "double-jeopardy" situation, by activating crucial proteins responsible for promoting bone density, inhibiting bone loss and inhibiting vascular calcification.
Scientific research shows that inadequate levels of Vitamin K2 may contribute significantly to the development of Arteriosclerosis (hardening of the arteries) and Osteoporosis (bone decalcification). Critical to both processes, Vitamin K2 is the essential vitamin for effective calcium utilization, by producing opposite effects in bone and blood vessels.
HEALTHY BONES
Calcium is essential to build strong bones, but without vitamin K, our bodies cannot use calcium! Clinical studies have shown that Vitamin K is vital in supporting bone health because it activates a special bone protein (osteocalcin) that is necessary to use calcium to build healthy bone.
Without Vitamin K, osteocalcin remains inactive and thus ineffective, resulting in very little calcium being deposited.
HEALTHY HEART
New research has shown that Natural Vitamin K2 is essential for our arteries, veins and heart!
Natural Vitamin K2 is the effective form of K because it activates a special protein (Matrix Gla-Protein) that is necessary for the vascular tissues to make use of and then remove excess calcium. This protein is the strongest and most abundant inhibitor of arterial calcification-a major cause of heart attacks!
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