Vitamins not any famous, but also vital for our healthy lifestyle is vitamin k.
Its function is more important in blood clotting. It heps us stop the bleeding and get healthy again after getting cut. People with disabilities in vitamin K has the tendency excessive bruises and/or bleeding from the nose. These can cause serious problems if seriously hurt, how they bleed for a long time.
Is half of our daily dose of vitamin k, is taken from green leafy vegetables such as broccoli, asparagus, spinach, sweet potatoes, apricots. Is also contained in vegetable oils such as olive oil, canola and soybeans.
Other easy to find sources of vitamin k is yogurt and some cheeses; a liquid form of this vitamin is found in green tea and coffee-surprisingly-in.
I know that everyone is trying to avoid fats, but sometimes they are needed. Some nutrients are fat soluble-as vitamin k, A, D, E and f. with other words, to its absorption is necessary to come into contact with some oils, fats.
There are more vitamins K: K! and K2 are soluble and can be found in natural sources. K3 is the synthetic version for t who cannot consume vitamin k naturally by lack of bile, an enzyme necessary for the absorption of fat-soluble vitamins.
Vitamin k has another important function: improve bone health and reduce the risk of bone fractures, especially for post-menopausal women, as they have the risk of getting osteoporosis.
Most of us will never have to worry about intake of vitamin k in our body, but it's always good to know.
Although not as popular, vitamin k has also been found to have cosmetic benefits.
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