What You Really Need To Know About Vitamin K (an Overview)

• First, I’ll try to give you an overview, that vitamin K in both its forms K-1 and K-2 plays a number of critical roles in your bones’ health.
• Then I’ll talk to you about how vitamin K-1 works, and what happens when you don’t get enough vitamin K-1. I’ll discuss with you the dietary recommendations for getting adequate K-1, and I’ll talk to you about why refined oils do not contain vitamin K-1 in the standard American diet. The bottom line here is that you can get enough K-1 from your diet, but you’re not going to get it from processed foods.
• Then we’ll discuss how vitamin K-2 works, and what happens when your intake of vitamin K-2 is too low. I’ll talk to you about dietary recommendations for vitamin K-2, but the bottom line with this nutrient is that you will need to take a supplement unless you live in Japan and regularly consume a fermented soybean food called Natto.
• We’ll talk about which supplements you should take, and this involves a discussion of the different types of K-2: MK-4, and MK-7. You’ll most likely be wanting to use MK-7 for a bunch of reasons that we’ll discuss, but some people need MK-4, and just a few of us need MK-4. And I’ll talk to you about why that is, and I’ll try to help you figure out if you might be one of the people that need MK-4, instead of MK-7.
• If you’re taking a supplement, you’re going to need to know what dosage you should be taking, and this depends on whether your supplement is providing MK-4 or MK-7, it also depends upon how much vitamin D you need to take, to get your blood levels of vitamin D into optimal range. We’ll talk about the safety issues related to taking vitamin K-2. It’s very safe, but we’ll still discuss the dosages that are used in the various studies, and what the results have been.
• We’ll also talk about drugs that decrease your body’s ability to retain and to use vitamin K. How do these drugs reduce vitamin K-2, and what you should do about it if you have to take one of these drugs? That will be the topic of another video.
• I want to talk to you about why it is essential to balance your intake of vitamin D and vitamin K-2. The appropriate balance is provided for you in AlgaeCal Plus, but if you require more vitamin D than is provided by AlgaeCal Plus, you will also need more vitamin K, and we’ll discuss why, and figure out how much more you need.
• Lastly, I would like to talk with you about why you also need vitamin A, and not just beta-carotene, which is pro-vitamin A, but actual vitamin A, along with vitamin D, and vitamin K-2, why all three of these need to be taken together. We’ll discuss the issues surrounding vitamin A, and its relationship to vitamin D and vitamin K, and then you can make an informed decision as to what you should be doing. So on our next video, we’ll begin with the first topic on the list, which is vitamin K in both its forms, K-1, and K-2, plays a number of critical roles in your bones health. Thanks for tuning in, and I hope you’ll join me on our whole odyssey through the intricacies of vitamin K.

The Complete Vitamin K Bone Health Series List (with links to videos):

The Two Forms of Vitamin K and Why You Need Them

Vitamin K1 and Its Most Critical Role

The Role That Vitamin K1 Has on Inflammation In Your Body

How Much Vitamin K1 Do You Need and How To Get It

What Does Vitamin K2 Do And What Happens If You’re Too Low

How Long Does Vitamin K2 MK-4 Remain Active In Your Body?

How to Find Vitamin K2 (MK-7) Rich Foods

The Two Forms of Vitamin K2 and How to Get Them

Why Vitamin K2 (MK-7) Works Best for The Majority of People

This Protein Can Affect How Much Vitamin K2 You Need

What Variations In Your Genes (SNPS) Mean For Your Health

By Improving This Enzyme Your Osteo Risk Reduces Dramatically

How This Liver Enzyme Gets Rid of Harmful Substances In Your Body

The Bottom Line on Vitamin K: What You Need to Know