Vitamin K Foods
We need vitamin K foods for bone growth and repair; it works along with vitamin A and vitamin D to do this.
Foods with vitamin K; leafy vegetables, brussels sprouts, broccoli, cabbage, parsley, cauliflower, carrots, spinach, lettuce, leaks, watercress, green beans, peas, apples, eggplant, cereals, collard, turnip greens, onions, spring onions, scallions, asparagus, alfalfa, kelp, nettle and green tea.
Chlorophyll is a rich source of this particular vitamin, and if you are not getting enough foods with this vitamin take wheat grass. It is also an anti aging supplement, and is packed full of other vitamins as well as chlorophyll.
Vitamin K benefits is also needed for blood coagulation (another term for blood clotting, where bleeding is stopped in the body). Abnormal or internal bleeding would result, if this vitamin were not present in our bodies.
The amount required daily is very small, around 70 – 140 micrograms for adults and around 15 – 100 micrograms for children and adolescents. (1 million micrograms = 1 gram), as you can see, the amount we need is rather small. You don’t have to pack in heaps of vitamin k foods, to get your daily requirement.
It is classed as a fat-soluble vitamin, meaning it can be stored in the body, and able to dissolve in the body fat. Other vitamins classed as fat-soluble are vitamin A, D and E.
At this moment there are only a small amount of researchers studying the effects of this vitamin, and they are discovering more and more important functions it has on the body all the time.
Vitamin K benefits has been found to activate at least three proteins for bone health.
In this day and age where beating the aging process and looking younger has now become something many people are conscious of; vitamin K is finding a following.
It has been discovered eating plenty of vitamin K foods can help prevent osteoporosis, a disease which weakens the bones. This was once believed to be calcium’s job.
Besides eating foods with vitamin k, our intestine’s bacteria produce it as well, which is pretty much why is it uncommon to have a deficiency.
People who have been known to have a deficiency of vitamin k are those whose bodies do not absorb fats properly.
This can be sufferers of cystic fibrosis or liver diseases, and people who have been on antibiotics for a long period of time, as these drugs destroy the bacteria in the intestine, where this vitamin is produced.
If you are suffering from a deficiency, your blood does not coagulate normally. This means bleeding is prolonged and could lead to hemorrhages, or severe blood clotting.
Eating lots of foods with vitamin k, has also been found to help prevent certain cancers which affect the inner linings of the organs. It helps the intestines aid in changing glucose into glycogen (carbohydrate), to promote healthy liver function.
Some companies use vitamin K in eye and wrinkle creams, to help erase wrinkles. Check out article on ‘dark circles under eyes’, if you have this problem then eyecreams with this vitamin has been found to help considerably.
People with a liver disease may require a greater intake of foods with vitamin k.
Vitamin K benefits can be taken in a supplement, if you feel you are not getting enough vitamin k foods.
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