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Vitamin K is considered to be a fat-soluble vitamin, which is present in the intestines of the human body. The most vital role that vitamin K plays is in controlling blood clotting and preventing blood loss during injury. Vitamin K also helps in assisting the absorption of calcium content from food, which helps in the formation and maintenance of healthy bones. Vitamin K provides a total balance of 80 nutrients that are essential for the human body. This includes minerals, antioxidants, neuronutrients, enzymes, vitamins, amino acids, herbal extracts, carotenoids, various trace elements, bioflavonoids and other complementary co-factor ingredients. The health benefits of Vitamin K include the following.

1. Osteoporosis

The major symptom of osteoporosis is the reduction of bone density. It typically occurs after the age of fifty and is found in many post-menopausal women. It causes many complications and progresses silently when kept untreated for a number of years. After years of this gradual bone loss, the symptoms and signs of osteoporosis appear, such as spinal deformity, fractures and pain. It is around the ages between 20 and 30 that an individual’s bone mass decrease starts occurring. This is the time when bones start reaching their maximum strength and density. After this peak time, bone building starts to wane. For women, maximum bone loss starts occurring after menopause, when the estrogen levels decline.

2. Blood Clotting

Another primary function of Vitamin K is to regulate blood clotting, due to the role in amalgamation of prothrombin. This is an automatic process that happens at the time of injury due to tears in blood vessels. Blood clotting consists of a set of molecules, which are continuously circulating through the bloodstream. Vitamin K helps in the regulation of blood clotting by transporting calcium around the body. Protein Z helps in enhancing the action done by thrombin so as to promote an association with phospholipids that are present in cell membranes. Vitamin K2 helps in improving blood disorders called myelodysplastic syndromes.

3. Menstrual Pain and Flow

Vitamin K helps in the proper functioning of the hormones at the right time for regular periods, which will help in reducing menstrual pain. A woman experiencing excess menstrual bleeding would be deficient in Vitamin K. This will help in reducing the blood flow out of the body.

4. Internal Bleeding

Vitamin K helps in reducing the threat of bleeding in the liver, poor nutrient absorption, jaundice or the combination of long term use of antibiotics or aspirin. Some of the problems associated with the gastrointestinal system due to a decrease of this vitamin include  obstructions, sprue, Crohn’s disease, and colitis. These are due to a reduced content of Vitamin K.

5. Pregnant Women

Pregnant women suffering from vomiting and nausea are often deficient in Vitamin K. This Vitamin intake will show good results by providing relief in less than seventy two hours and preventing mild forms of these symptoms in the future.

6. Hemorrhaging in Babies

This vitamin is injected into newborns to prevent hemorrhaging. Vitamin K is even essential for asthmatic children, and can be treated through continuous intake of oral drops of this vitamin.

7. Biliary Obtrusion

Prolonged treatment with oral antibiotics causes biliary obstruction, celiac disease, regional enteritis and ulcerative colitis, and is made even worse due to a deficiency of vitamin K. Therefore, regular vitamin K intake can prevent these complications from occurring.

8. Healthy Digestive and Immune Systems

In order to boost Vitamin K levels, the intake of Young Coconut Kefir, Coco-Biotic, Raw Cultured Vegetables, Milk Kefir, Liquid Spirulina by a human body can be very beneficial. This will help in increasing the content of Vitamin K and protect the digestive and immune systems.

9. Regulation of Blood Sugar

This vitamin plays an important role in blood sugar regulation. The pancreas makes insulin and contains the second highest content of Vitamin K in the body.

Bacteria in the gastrointestinal tract naturally make vitamin K. Dietary sources of vitamin K include green leafy vegetables such as collards, green leaf lettuce, kale, mustard greens, parsley, romaine lettuce, spinach, Swiss chard and turnip greens, as well as vegetables such as broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cauliflower and cabbage. Other sources that are less rich in vitamin K include meats, fish, liver, eggs and cereals. Even cow milk is good and rich in Vitamin K.