Vitamin K1 - Phylloquinone - 500 mcg - 100 Tab

Contents: 100 tablets

Supports Bone Health

Vitamin K, or phylloquinone, is a fat-soluble vitamin best known for its important function in the biological activity of several blood coagulation factors. Recent research has also shown a role for vitamin K in bone health. Vitamin K plays a key role in the synthesis of the bone proteins osteocalcin and matrix Gla-protein, which are involved in calcium and bone metabolism.

Key features:

- Important function in the activity of several blood coagulation factors.
- Supports bone health.
- Necessary to control blood clotting.
- Decreases the incidence or severity of osteoporosis and slow bone loss.

Vitamin K can be produced in the intestines and this function is improved with the presence of cultured milk, like yogurt, in the diet, Vitamin K is classified as a fat-soluble vitamin.

Vitamin K is used in the body to control blood clotting and is essential for synthesizing the liver protein that controls the clotting. It is involved in creating the important prothrombin, which is the precursor to thrombin - a very important factor in blood clotting. It is also involved in bone formation and repair. In the intestines it also assists in converting glucose to glycogen, this can then be stored in the liver. There are some indications that Vitamin K may decrease the incidence or severity of osteoporosis and slow bone loss.

A shortage of this vitamin may manifest itself in nosebleeds, internal hemorrhaging.