Vitamin K2 for Bone, Teeth & Heart Health

Vitamin K1 is important for the clotting of blood, but vitamin K2 works synergistically with calcium, magnesium and vitamin D3.

Vitamin K2 makes sure that calcium gets into the bones and the teeth, where it belongs and away from the soft tissues and the blood vessels, where it doesn't belong.

There are also important cardiac benefits of vitamin K2.

I prefer the MK7 variety of vitamin K2, which is plant derived. The proper proportion in my opinion is 10 micrograms of the MK7 version of vitamin K2, for every 1,000 IU of vitamin D3 that you take in supplemental form.

Vitamin K2 deficiency can actually produce the symptoms of vitamin D toxicity, which includes the calcification of arteries that can lead to arteriosclerosis.

The health benefits of vitamin K2 range from the reduction of osteoporosis, the reduction of heart disease, the optimization of sexual function and the reduction of the risk of diabetes and the risk of cancer. The alleviation of the symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis are a bonus.

Research found taking that MK-7 version of vitamin K2 for three years, improved arterial stiffness in postmenopausal women.

Research indicates that vitamin K2 can potentially reduce vertebral fractures by 60% and hip and other nonvertebral fractures by a whopping 80%.

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