The health benefits of vitamin K
James J. DiNicolantonioMid America Heart Institute at Saint Luke's Hospital, Kansas City, Missouri, USAJaikrit BhutaniPt. BD Sharma Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Rohtak, Haryana, IndiaJames H. O’KeefeMid America Heart Institute at Saint Luke's Hospital, Kansas City, Missouri, USA
2015en
ABI
Abstract
Vitamin K has important functions within the body, some of which are still being discovered. Research has shown that vitamin K is an anticalcification, anticancer, bone-forming and insulin-sensitising molecule. Recent data indicate that subclinical vitamin K deficiency is not uncommon. Additionally, vitamin K antagonists such as warfarin may cause detrimental side effects, which may partly be blunted through vitamin K supplementation.
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