The health benefits of vitamin K

  • Open Heart. 2015 Oct 6;2(1):e000300. doi: 10.1136/openhrt-2015-000300.
James J DiNicolantonio  1 ,  Jaikrit Bhutani  2 ,  James H O'Keefe  1
Affiliations
  • 1. Mid America Heart Institute at Saint Luke's Hospital , Kansas City, Missouri , USA.
  • 2. Pt. BD Sharma Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences , Rohtak, Haryana , India.
PMID: 26468402 DOI: 10.1136/openhrt-2015-000300
Abstract

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.

Keywords
calcification; vitamin K; warfarin.
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