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Why? All vitamin K does is help blood clotting. How does that stop you worrying about what hasn't happened?

You've just given us two more things to worry about, K1 and K2.
Isn't that a mountain in the Himalayas?

Vit K does far more than help blood clotting.

Such as?

The function of vitamin K2 (MK-7) is unique among other vitamins. It activates certain proteins in the body such as osteocalcin in bone building cells and Matrix Gla Protein in the vasculature. These vitamin K2 dependent proteins needs to be activated in order to perform their job in binding calcium to bones and inhibit calcium deposition in the arteries.

MGP is the most powerful inhibitor of soft tissue calcification presently known, but non-supplemented healthy adults are insufficient in vitamin K so that 30% of their MGP is present in an inactive form. Protection against cardiovascular calcification is thereby only at 70% in the young healthy population, and this figure decreases further at increasing age.

Vitamin K2 is crucial for optimal calcium utilization. Hence, MenaQ7 is essential in all stages of life. Adolescent children have an increased high need of vitamin K2 due to the rapid skeletal growth at that age. Throughout adulthood both men and women need vitamin K2 for healthy bones and arteries. Postmenopausal women has a particular need for vitamin K2 supplement since the decay in bone mass accelerates in women at this age.

The relationship between Vitamin K2 and this calcium paradox has become evident through numerous international scientific publications; publications which should be the basis for serious product development and marketing. However, as there is a strong interest in vitamin K, many commercial products with varying quality and documentation are being launched in the marketplace. Many are still not aware of that vitamin K is not only a vitamin, but a group of related molecules with differentiated biological properties.

I'm sure if you are interested you could access the various scientific publications yourself. However my iPad is showing a 4% charge so better post this PDQ before it closes itself down.

Yes, I did find that out, but it has nothing to do with stopping people worrying about things that haven't happened, which is what obie suggested, unless she is talking about placebo effect, in which case it can be any vitamin, and any food.
If I was worried about worrying, I think I'd take a B vitamin supplement, or increase my intake of foods containing B vitamins.

I use leafy veg. I assumed, perhaps wrongly or perhaps not, that it is the vit K, that if I am literally worrying over nothing, that is the important part.

I am still not clear about this, obieone Do you eat foods with a lot of vitamin K so as to stop worrying about things? If so, why do you do that?

I have found one (only one) person who mentions Vitamin K and anxiety in the same breath.

He thinks Vitamin D toxicity, ( Anxiety from Vitamin D. This also includes feelings of hyperactivity, mania, jitteriness and insomnia as well as anxiety. ) MAY be because taking too much Vit D depletes the Vit K. On the other hand, it MAY be because it is depleting the magnesium.

It seems to me that the more you upset the balance of vitamins by biasing your diet one way or another, piling on the supplements, the more you cause an imbalance in a different direction.

And generalised worry and anxiety is a personality trait more than a dietary one.

Read more: www.easy-immune-health.com/anxiety-from-vitamin-d.html#ixzz4Io3rX46v

I know that magnesium is a muscle relaxant (helps to prevent cramps) and I do know someone who brought theur high blood pressure right down by adjusting their diet and taking a magnesium supplement.
Perhaps it would help by making one more relaxed generally.

Be careful taking Vitamin K if you are on warfarin, even eating more vitamin K rich foods.

However, I am a worrier too, I wake up in the night worrying more about the DGC than the DC.

Vit K2 has nothing to do with blood clotting, that's all down to Vit K1.

I didn't say it had anything to do with reducing stress and worry DJ just wanted to correct misinformation.

If Obi finds eating green veg helps her then good.

I am still not clear about this, obieone Do you eat foods with a lot of vitamin K so as to stop worrying about things? If so, why do you do that

I used to find that when I had PMS, I used to feel worried about non-existent worries.

Somehow I worked out over a period of time that by eating more green leafy veg, that it either didnt happen, or it was much reduced.

Thank you. Maybe the clotting connection relieved your PMS somehow? I don't know how it would do that, but it is the only link I can think of. It worked for you - that is the main thing, even if it was mind over matter.

Many people would not know the difference between K1 and K2 vitamins and in fact the NHS and other websites do not make a distinction. However, they do warn about changing the diet, Vitamin 'K' and warfarin.

Which foods contain Vitamin K2?

Very few these days Jalima

Fermented foods such as Natro (eaten in Japan) and sauerkraut. Some cheeses such as traditional Gouda, butter from grass fed cows... increasingly rare...off the top of my head.

Some scientists think it should be declassified as Vit K altogether, because of the confusion you mention and given a new classification.

I should have known, fermented foods (sauerkraut and a Japanese fermented tea etc) have become increasingly popular amongst some young people I know who are very much into diet and its effects on health.

Yes, I agree that it should have a new classification as it is confusing