A 31-year-old member asked:
what is vitamin k? what does it do in our body?
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Dr. Carlos Jesurun answered
Neonatology 48 years experience
Helps blood clot: Vit K is necessary in the cascade for clotting. Infants dis not have enough Vit K in the old days and would present with fatal hemorrhaging at 7-8 days-called Hemmorhagic Disease of the Newborn. Fortunately this is rarely seen today. There is tremendous benefit at birth where the recommendation is for an injection of 1 mg right after birth.
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Dr. Jan Lei Iwata commented
Ophthalmology 26 years experience
The K2, K5, K7 are also close cousins that help with maintaining bones, reduce fractures, and slow down bone density loss in osteoporosis, and helps with absorption of calcium and are ubiquinols.
Nov 30, 2014
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A 47-year-old member asked:
What does it mean if you don't have enough vitamin K in your body?
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Dr. Thomas Namey answered
Rheumatology 48 years experience
You will...: Vitamin k promotes clotting of blood by making more factors that promotes this. Greens and broccoli are rick in vitamin k. But people susceptible to clotting can be adversely affected, especially if on coumadin (warfarin). But for most of us this not a concern.
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