Vitamin K Stressors / Inhibitors

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Hi All,

 

This was placed below the references in the LEF article on Vitamin K and may be

missed by some readers. Also, if you

are on a low fat diet, please note the following statement:

 

" Watch out for low-fat diets. It's the oil in the salad dressing that enables

the vitamin K [and other fat dependent

nutrients..gw] in your salad [and other foods..gw] to be absorbed. "

 

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http://www.lef.org/magazine/mag2000/feb00-report.html

 

Vitamin K Stressors / Inhibitors

 

o Very high amounts of vitamin E can interfere with vitamin K. The oxidized form

of E known as tocopherylquinone

interferes with vitamin K's ability to carboxylate coagulation proteins. But, it

takes thousands of IUs a day to create

this effect. Supplemental vitamin E into the normal range of up to 1200 IU/day

will not affect vitamin K or blood

coagulation, unless vitamin K is perilously low.

 

o Antibiotics wipe out intestinal flora, which are the source of vitamin K2.

 

o Cholesterol-reducing drugs, low-fat diets, Olestra, and anything else that

interferes with fat reduces vitamin K.

Vitamin K is carted around the body by lipoproteins-the same proteins that carry

cholesterol. In order for vitamin K

to be absorbed, there must be some fat present.

 

o Mineral oil laxatives interfere with the absorption of vitamin K. BHT, the

synthetic food preservative, interferes

with the ability of vitamin K to function.

 

o Liver disease, gastrointestinal diseases, gallstones, synthetic estrogens and

anything else that interferes with the

gut or bile can cause vitamin K deficiency.

 

o Dietary restriction or dieting. Don't forget that dietary restriction only

enhances longevity if all nutrients are

maintained at high levels. And watch out for low-fat diets. It's the oil in the

salad dressing that enables the vitamin

K in your salad to be absorbed. Also be careful about diets such as high-protein

meat diets that are devoid of green

vegetables.

 

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Good Health & Long Life,

Greg Watson,

http://www.ozemail.com.au/~gowatson

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