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Vitamin K is made to the body through vegetable oils, dairy products, green leafy vegetables.

Vitamin K is a fat-soluble vitamin (ie soluble in fat, but insoluble in water), synthesized by the bacteria in the gut flora, and involved in the synthesis of blood clotting factors and fixing calcium by the bones.

There are two types of vitamin K: vitamin K1 (phylloquinone-from a synthesis plant) and vitamin K2 (ménaquinone-resulting from a bacterial synthesis), whose structures and actions are different.

• The vitamin K1, which is involved in clotting, is provided by food (cf. list of vitamin K foods here under). They are found especially in green vegetables (broccoli, cabbage, spinach, lettuce) and soybean oil.
• Concerning vitamin K2, wich is ensured by the bacteria in the gut flora, it participates in the ossification of the body. This vitamin is also present in the liver, milk, cheese, yogurt and different fish oils (tuna, sardines, salmon, even mackerel).

The need for vitamin K, (around 45 μ g/day for adults), are generaly widely covered by the food and secretion of flora saprophyte. Some vegetable oils, notably soybean, contain vitamin K, but at levels that would require relatively large caloric consumption to meet the USDA recommended levels.

List of Vitamin K Foods, beginning with those that contain the most

• Liver
• Broccoli
• Artichoke
• Luzerne
• Lettuce
• Branch celery
• Cresson
• Asparagus
• Chicory
• Cauliflower
• Spinach
• Beans
• Endives
• Potatoes
• Parsley
• Leek
• Raisins
• Tomatoes
• Bananas
• Fisheries
• Oranges
• Corn oil
• Rolled oats and several other cereals
• Peas
• Grapefruit
• Nettle
• Most legumes
• Chestnut leaves
• Brewers yeast
• Safflower oil, soybean and wheat germ.

This vitamin is not included in multivitamin preparations because it is naturally present in quantity in the body. Vitamin K is fat-soluble. it participates in the training of prothrombin, a natural coagulant blood. It prevents bleeding.

If you are taking anticoagulants, a diet rich in vitamin K can inhibit the effectiveness of your treatment. Antibiotics, destroying the intestinal flora, oppose the action of vitamin K; accompany the yoghurt and lactobacillus supplements and acidophillus.

If you are subject to frequent nosebleeds, increase your consumption of vitamin k foods. Beware, you mustn’t take supplements of vitamin K without medical advice and monitoring.

Sometimes, people use the word Vitamin K to refer ketamine, which is a psychotropic product havingh nothing to do with the real vitamin k. In conclusion, we can say that the vitamin k daily requirements are usually obtained with vitamin k foods and are largely sufficient for good health. Taking a supplement should only occur in specific cases and on medical advice.