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VITAMIN K2

Vitamin K2

What Is It?

Vitamin K2 as MK-7 is an essential, fat-soluble vitamin. It has two important roles – keeping calcium out of soft tissues such as the blood vessels and aorta (which prevents calcification deposits), and it directs calcium into bones to reduce risk of osteoporosis.

Common Problems

Bone
Calcium
Calcium Paradox
Bone & Cardiovscular
Both bone and cardiovascular health concerns are increasing worldwide as the population ages.

According to the World Population Prospects:
“In 2018, for the first time in history, persons aged 65 or above outnumbered children under five years of age globally. The number of persons aged 80 years or over is projected to triple, from 143 million in 2019 to 426 million in 2050.”
Calcium
What happens to calcium from supplements if it isn’t absorbed properly? Instead of promoting bone density, it accumulates in arteries and tissues where it can result in calcium buildups blocking the arteries, aorta, soft tissues, etc.
Calcium Paradox
Bone mass increases in humans from childhood before beginning to decline from age 30-40 onwards. After this age, it is natural for the risk of fractures to increase and our ability to recover to decrease. For these reasons, calcium is often included in diets; however, recent evidence suggests that elevated consumption of calcium supplements without Vitamin K2 pose risks!

Our Solutions

Calcium
Vitamin D3
Vitamin K2
Calcium
Our bodies use calcium to build healthy bones and teeth, maintain density as we age, send messages through the nervous system, help your blood clot, assist muscles in contracting, and regulate the heart’s rhythm.
Vitamin D3
Calcium and Vitamin D work together to protect your bones. Calcium helps build and maintain bones while vitamin D helps your body effectively absorb calcium.
Vitamin K2
Vitamin K2 is necessary for the activation of osteocalcin, a protein that transports and integrates calcium into bone to ensure a healthy skeleton. Incorporating calcium into the bone matrix means that less calcium is available to become harmful deposits in soft body tissues. Vitamin K2 activates two key proteins to help address both health concerns.

Core Benefits

Prevents Heart Disease

By preventing blood vessel calcification and arterial disease, K2 takes stress of the heart.

Promotes Bone Health

Vitamin K2 regulates your body’s ability to properly deposit calcium where it is needed

Regulates Vitamin D

Vitamin D increases absorption of calcium but does not regulate where it is deposited. Vitamin K2 creates a balance in how calcium is deposited.

Lowers Blood Glucose

K2 has been proven to normalize blood glucose levels.

Assists in Blood Clotting

The Vitamin K family is used by the body to create prothrombin which is crucial to blood clotting.

Boosts Cardiac Output

Vitamin K2 is shown to increase cardiac output by over 10%.
Did you know?

Vitamin K2

What is Osteocalcin?

The synthesis of osteocalcin is dependent on Vitamin K. It is responsible for binding calcium to bone tissue, which is what gives bones their strength and flexibility. Both cOC (Carboxylated Osteocalcin) and uOC (Uncarboxylated Osteocalcin) can be detected in plasma and blood tests and have repeatedly been proven to:

• Increase Bone Density
• Promote Energy Availability
• Increase Insulin Sensitivity
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After it is carboxylated by Vitamin K2, osteocalcin can latch on to calcium and bind it to the bone matrix.

What is Matrix Gla protein (MGP)?

like osteocalcin, requires vitamin K–dependent carboxylation for its function.  Among the proteins involved in vascular calcium metabolism, the vitamin K-dependent matrix Gla-protein (MGP) plays a dominant role in preventing the calcification of soft tissue, i.e., blood vessels and organs. Matrix Gla protein binds to calcium and is secreted by chondrocytes and vascular smooth muscle cells.Bone: K2 activates key proteins to ensure Vitamin D and Calcium are directed directly to the bones.