Actually, vitamin K has recently been broken down into many components.
Vitamin K1 is the component that is the dominant form that is commonly found in
plants,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phylloquinone
while K2 is found in fermented foods, especially natto.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitamin_K2
Both forms are instrumental in blood clotting, but K2 has been found to be more
instrumental in keeping blood calcium in solution instead of combining with
serum cholesterol, which leads to arterial disease.
>
> Regarding
>vitamin K, you have that reversed. Vitamin K is required for proper
>coagulation (needed for synthesis of prothrombin). A deficiency of vitamin
>K leads less clotting.
>
Chris
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