Forgotten Vitamin (Vitamin K nickname)
Vitamin K isn’t as popularly known as other vitamins, but K1 is found in green vegetables and the vitamin helps maintain a healthy blood clotting system. Vitamin K has been nicknamed the “forgotten vitamin” since at least 2001.
Other vitamin nicknames include “Anti-Infective Vitamin” (Vitamin A), “Anti-Sterility Vitamin” (Vitamin E), “Anti-Stress Vitamin” (Vitamin B5), “Memory Vitamin” (Choline), “Morale Vitamin” (Vitamin B1), “Vitamin of Memory” (Vitamin B1), “Sunshine Vitamin” (Vitamin D) and “Woman’s Vitamin” (Vitamin B6).
Wikipedia: Vitamin K
Vitamin K is a group of structurally similar, fat-soluble vitamins that are needed for the posttranslational modification of certain proteins required for blood coagulation and in metabolic pathways in bone and other tissue. They are 2-methyl-1,4-naphthoquinone (3-) derivatives. This group of vitamins includes two natural vitamers: vitamin K1 and vitamin K2. The three basic forms of Vitamin K are K1, K2, and K3.
Vitamin K1, also known as phylloquinone or phytomenadione (also called phytonadione), is synthesized by plants, and is found in highest amounts in green leafy vegetables because it is directly involved in photosynthesis.
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Vitamin K was identified in 1929 by Danish scientist Henrik Dam when he investigated the role of cholesterol by feeding chickens a cholesterol-depleted diet. After several weeks, the animals developed hemorrhages and started bleeding. These defects could not be restored by adding purified cholesterol to the diet. It appeared that—together with the cholesterol—a second compound had been extracted from the food, and this compound was called the coagulation vitamin. The new vitamin received the letter K because the initial discoveries were reported in a German journal, in which it was designated as Koagulationsvitamin.
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Mom’s Medicine:
How to protect your kids, husband, and parents against more than 100 health conditions and medical emergencies
By Sharon Faelten
Emmaus, PA: Rodale; New York, NY : Distributed to the book trade by St. Martin’s Press
2001
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Vitamin K is a bit of a forgotten vitamin. It certainly doesn’t get much mention in the media, but it’s very important for maintaining bone health. It helps reduce the amount of calcium lost through urine, says Lorilee Schoenbeck, N.D., a naturopathic physician in Middlebury, Vermont.
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No More Horse Estrogen:
A Safe, Natural and Effective Means of Helping Women with PMS, Menstrual Dysfunction, Menopause, and Aging
By Roger Mason
Markham, ON; Sheffield, MA: Safe Goods/New Century Pub.
2002, ©2001
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Vitamin K 80 mcg is a very important vitamin and may be in your multivitamin. Vitamin K is the forgotten vitamin but is very important in our diets.
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Dr. Mercola’s Total Health Program:
The Proven Plan to Prevent Disease and Premature Aging, Optimize Weight and Live Longer!
By Joseph Mercola, Brian Vaszily, Dr. Kendra Pearsall and Nancy Lee Bentley
Schaumburg, IL: Mercola.com
2003
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Vitamin K, the Forgotten Vitamin
Anyone that is nor consuming large amounts of vegetables like dark leafy greens (turnip, mustard and collard greens, kale, chard, lettuce, spinach), green tea, broccoli, and cabbage on a daily basis would likely benefit from supllementing with vitamin K.
HealthCentral
Vitamin K - The Forgotten Vitamin
By verdungal
Friday, December 05, 2008
Vitamin K , sometimes called The Forgotten Vitamin, is a critical requirement in our daily diet. And did you know that without vitamin K our bodies cannot use calcium?
Vitamin K is a biomolecule and refers to a group of hydrophobic vitamins that are essential for the processing of certain proteins.
EmpowHER
Vitamin K: The Forgotten Vitamin and its Role in Bone Health
By Ann Butenas September 7, 2010 - 8:34am
It can be found in meats and fermented products, such as cheese and natto, which is an ancient Japanese food – a fermented soybean food. However, not many people readily eat fermented foods, and when vitamin K1 is consumed through green, leafy vegetables, studies have suggested that just about 10-15 percent get absorbed.
FoodConsumer.org
10/27/2011 14:08:00
Do You Supplement with Vitamin D? Please Remember This…
By Dr. Mercola
Vitamin K is frequently called the “forgotten vitamin” for a good reason—it’s often not fully appreciated, considering its immense value to your health.
One of these oft-overlooked benefits is in relation to your insulin sensitivity, which has implications for a slew of potentially life-threatening chronic diseases.
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Vitamin K exists in two basic forms, K1 and K2:
Vitamin K1: Found in green vegetables, K1 goes directly to your liver and helps you maintain a healthy blood clotting system. (This is the kind of K that infants need to help prevent a serious bleeding disorder.)
Vitamin K2: Bacteria produce this type of vitamin K. It is present in high quantities in your gut, but unfortunately is not absorbed from there and passes out in your stool. K2 goes straight to vessel walls, bones, and tissues other than your liver.