The health benefits of vitamin K

Vitamin K has important functions within the body, some of which are still being discovered. Research has shown that vitamin K is an anticalcification, Anticancer, bone-forming and insulin-sensitising molecule. Recent data indicate that subclinical vitamin K deficiency is not uncommon. Additionally, vitamin K antagonists such as warfarin may cause detrimental side effects, which may partly be blunted through vitamin K supplementation.