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dan
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dan
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 Posted - 11/30/2009 : 20:20:35
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It has now been about 4 weeks of taking vitamin K2 and I'm pretty much blown away by my skin's response to it. Usually when I try a new supplement, I have high initial hopes that gradually fade to "Is that really doing anything"? Vitamin K2 has made a positive difference that started within the first week and has continued. Lesions (in my case not very serious ones) develop a crust that flakes off, then a new crust forms, and it flakes off, and so on. It has engaged every problem area I was aware existed, and a couple of other surprise ones (don't overreact if it looks like things are getting worse initially). It was exciting check the mirror each day because the changes happened on a daily basis.
I don't know how much influence the ACE inhibitors have on this healing. There are natural alternatives to prescription ACE inhibitors including hawthorne berries and Anti ACE fish peptides. See for instance http://www.vitacost.com/productResults.aspx?ss=1&Ntk=products&x=9&y=6&Ntt=hawthorne and http://www.iherb.com/PeptACE-Anti-Ace-Fish-Peptides-500-mg-90-Capsules/2639?at=0
Vitamin K2 appears to be my long lost missing nutrient! Vitamin K2 (menaquinone) supposedly is a natural product of bacteria that reside in the lower intestinal tract. Maybe I don't have the right bacteria there to make K2 from K1. Also, a diet full of fish oil, garlic, onions, and fish, that is good for cardiovascular and cancer health can deplete vitamin K, as can too much vitamin D. I'm still learning...
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spharma24
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Posted - 12/04/2009 : 00:32:46
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| is that really effective |
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Longdrop
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Posted - 07/19/2011 : 02:09:28
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| Natto is the best source of K2 and available at most Japanese restaurants. Quite nice actually! |
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jenniferd
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Posted - 07/20/2011 : 00:55:45
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| Thanks for writing about very important topic. you all have done very good discussion here. thanks for writing about the topic. |
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jeffleigh
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Posted - 05/28/2012 : 13:25:09
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| Vitamin K2 is also particularly helpful in keeping bones strong when used in conjunction with Vitamin D3 and calcium, and I read of an interesting case where a girl in a developing country had 26 open cavities in her teeth which were healed over completely after nine months of high-dose vitamin K2 treatment. (The article didn't say how high the dose was.) Also, the MK-7 variety of vitamin K2 has a half-life in the body of three days, whereas the cheaper MK-4 has a half-life of only half an hour! So it's well and truly worth paying a bit more for the MK-7 |
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gloe
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Posted - 08/11/2013 : 14:16:35
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Originally posted by jeffleigh
Vitamin K2 is also particularly helpful in keeping bones strong when used in conjunction with Vitamin D3 and calcium, and I read of an interesting case where a girl in a developing country had 26 open cavities in her teeth which were healed over completely after nine months of high-dose vitamin K2 treatment. (The article didn't say how high the dose was.) Also, the MK-7 variety of vitamin K2 has a half-life in the body of three days, whereas the cheaper MK-4 has a half-life of only half an hour! So it's well and truly worth paying a bit more for the MK-7
Well, maybe not. Some say that the MK7 form hangs around longer because the body has a hard time using it, while the MK4 is rapidly and thus easily used by the body.
I take both forms. My brilliant alternative doctor also agrees that it is unclear as yet which form is better, so he takes both as well. |
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dan
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Vitamin K2 cancer cure
