Webinar: Clarifying the Vitamin K Confusion
Naturally occurring Vitamin K is a group of lipid-soluble, essential nutrients that includes vitamins K1 and K2. In recent decades, basic and clinical research have demonstrated Vitamin K’s wide-ranging benefits beyond its role in coagulation. However, the different vitamin K moieties are different molecules with distinct physiological impacts. Complicating our understanding is that there are fifteen subtypes of vitamin K2, and published research frequently doesn’t define the vitamin K2 moiety being studied. Additionally, to date, 15 vitamin K-dependent enzymes have been identified, but not all forms of vitamin K have been shown to activate these enzymes and improve clinical outcomes equally. This presentation reviews vitamin K’s clinical applications for cardiovascular disease, osteoporosis, and cancer and its potential emerging role in neurological health. Controversies around vitamin K will also be addressed, including a 2021 study that concluded dietary vitamin K2 is associated with increased breast cancer mortality.
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