How Vitamin K is Good for the Brain and Alzheimer’s PreventionOften called “the forgotten vitamin,” vitamin K plays a vital role in the anti-aging process and may even have Alzheimer’s disease fighting properties. Learn more about this important vitamin, the role it plays in Alzheimer’s prevention, and how you can consume more. The Role of Vitamin KIn addition to helping blood to coagulate, vitamin K may also:
The Relationship Between Vitamin K and Alzheimer’s PreventionIn a study from the University of North Carolina, scientists discovered that patients prone to broken bones were more likely to have the APOE4 gene. The study went on to suggest that those with low levels of vitamin K have dysregulated calcium in their brains that causes some of the damage done to the brain in Alzheimer’s. Another study showed the importance of vitamin K in brain health by assessing the dietary intakes of patients with early stage Alzheimer’s. They found that the diagnosed patients consumed considerably less vitamin K than the control group. This study promotes the idea that vitamin K intake may be a factor in Alzheimer’s disease and more research should be done to understand the effects of vitamin K on brain health. Ways to Add Vitamin K to Your DietMost multivitamins do not contain vitamin K and foods have less vitamin K than previously thought. Also, the highest concentration of vitamin K is found in fermented foods that are not often found in the western diet. So, how do you consume this miracle vitamin? For North Americans, green leafy vegetables apply 40-50% of vitamin K. Vegetable oils are another huge source of vitamin K. However, hydrogenated oils such as margarine can make an unnatural source of vitamin K and actually stop the vitamin from working properly. The recommended amount of vitamin K is 90 mcg/day for adults over the age of 19. Foods high in vitamin K include: Have you seen the positive effects of vitamin K on your or a loved one’s brain health? Share your Alzheimer’s prevention story with us in the comments below. Please leave your thoughts and commentsThanks to Dr Brave for bringing back my wife,and brought great joy to my family? 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So, I began taking vitamin K2 supplements last week. I have experienced brain fog using K2, but I have already noticed other differences in my brain processing in the past week, for the better. I hope the brain fog goes away. From what I’ve read, the benefits of vitamin K are very hopeful for one’s future health, brain health, and possible longevity of life. It’s not clear to me on reading this piece, if the vitamin k mentioned is K1, K2, or both. The calcium moving properties are primarily K2, while coagulation is primarily K1. Hi. You recommend vegetables as a source of vitamin K. However, veggies would only give you k1. A human body can convert the k1 from veggies to k2, but in order to do so, a person would have to have good gut flora. Many people don’t, without knowing it. So many people can’t get k2 from veggies. They have to get it from grass-fed butter, cheese, and beef, or take supplements. Actually, that’s from K2 to K3, and _bad_ gut flora, the kind that eats meat, comes from consuming too much beef or cheese in place of veggies. I see way too much concern with gut flora in a North American population that is largely coprophobic and rarely consumes anything fermented — like a smoothie that has been left in a blender for more than eight hours; your cure for bad gut flora. You sound horribly misinformed on the subject. Thank you. The part about K2 to K3 is wrong. Apparently, K3 is a synthetic _version_ of K that only resembles MK4 to MK9, which are varieties of K2. You are also misinformed about gut biomes and their overall role in health. We have dozens of meta studies and clinical intervention trials on a huge array of diseases. Even ten years ago your comment would have been laughable, but even in the last year your statements just seem twice as absurd. To be honest, I think perhaps your coprophobic observations are you projecting your own ignorance. You seem to have a lot of arguments with things I did not say, and a process of fermentation that I did not specify. If you want a personal attack, then you’re an idiot. Hows that? Vitamin K also helps absorb Vitamin D. K2 is the best form and yes you can get it from fermented foods but best absorbed with fat. I have issues with my gut and can’t even eat fermented foods. Do you even know what coprophobic means? Fear of bacteria and shit are about the same thing. http://www.jbc.org/content/283/17/11270.full It may be that your body can convert K1 to K2, because mice can do this regarding MK4. In that case, Thyme, Basil, and Sage are the best sources, and MK7 is a special case if it does something different from MK4. http://nutritiondata.self.com/foods-000104000000000000000-w.html If you don’t eat meat you wont get some B vitamins that only red meat contains. Gut flora however is important because that is where vitamin K is made, probably other things that we need, too. The only B vitamin that meat (and milk) contains and that vegetables do not is B12, and that’s available as a supplement. That’s the one I was thinking of. I recently started taking a vitamin k supplement and the severe insomnia problems that have plagued me daily for the past 17 years completely went away. If I forget to take it, I start having insomnia again. The supplement is Garden of Life’s Vitamin Code raw k complex. Thanks for sharing that experience. I’ll remember it when I make a smoothie of Kale, grapefruit, cucumbers, and apples; and again if I get insomnia. That sounds yummy! I think that you should have mentioned that if you are taking warfarin, you must be reasonably consistent in your intake of Vitamin K. Wide swings in the amount of Vitamin K may necessitate relatively wide swings in the quantity of warfarin taken. Would it be advisable to supplement with D3, also? In what relative estimated dosages? 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