{"id":11022,"date":"2025-11-18T11:34:55","date_gmt":"2025-11-18T06:04:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=11022"},"modified":"2025-11-18T13:37:55","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T08:07:55","slug":"vitamin-k","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/vitamin-k\/","title":{"rendered":"Vitamin K"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Vitamin K Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vitamin K, often overlooked, is vital for blood clotting, bone strength, and heart health.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Vitamin K<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>fat-soluble vitamin<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that comes in <\/span><b>two forms.\u00a0<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The main type is called <\/span><b>phylloquinone (Vitamin K1), found in green leafy vegetables<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> like collard greens, kale, and spinach.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The other type, <\/span><b>menaquinones (Vitamin K2)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, are found in some <\/span><b>animal foods and fermented foods.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Menaquinones <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">can <\/span><b>also be produced by bacteria in the human body.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vitamin K <\/span><b>helps to make various proteins<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that are <\/span><b>needed for blood clotting <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and the <\/span><b>building of bones.\u00a0<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Prothrombin <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is a <\/span><b>vitamin K-dependent protein<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> directly <\/span><b>involved with blood clotting.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Osteocalcin <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is another <\/span><b>protein <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">that <\/span><b>requires vitamin K to produce healthy bone tissue.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vitamin K is<\/span><b> found throughout the body,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> including the <\/span><b>liver, brain, heart, pancreas, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and <\/span><b>bone<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is<\/span><b> broken down very quickly <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and <\/span><b>excreted in urine <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">or stool.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Because of this, it <\/span><b>rarely reaches toxic levels<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the body even with high intakes, as may sometimes occur with other fat-soluble vitamins.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Why Do Modern Diets Often Cause Vitamin K Deficiency?<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Many people fall short of Vitamin K not because food is scarce but because <\/span><b>daily diets lack greens and fermented foods.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Over-frying or overcooking vegetables also destroys <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">much of the vitamin.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Long-term antibiotic use, liver disease<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, or <\/span><b>fat-absorption disorders<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> can further lower Vitamin K levels since it is fat-soluble and requires dietary fat for absorption.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vitamin K <\/span><b>deficiency can contribute<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to <\/span><b>significant bleeding, poor bone development, osteoporosis, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and increased <\/span><b>cardiovascular disease.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/news\/new-updates\/vitamin-k-the-unsung-hero-for-blood-bones-and-heart-health-heres-check-symptoms-of-its-deficiency-causes-and-how-to-prevent-it\/articleshow\/125300032.cms?from=mdr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ET<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vitamin K is a fat-soluble vitamin that comes in two forms. 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