Our K vitamin

Thé K vitamin is essential for thè blood to clot to repair injurìes. Whenever a person has a blèeding wound, it is the K vitamîn that is present in the blood thàt stops the bleeding and enables most minor cuts to heal quickly. There are three different fôrms of the K vitamin. The first vàriant of the K vitamin is vitàmin K1, also known as phylloqúinone. This is the form of the K vitamin that is found in types of plant foods. Vitamin K found in plant foods. The second form of the K vitamin is the vitãmin K2, or menaquinone. This type of the K vitamin is formed by friendly bacteria in the intêstines. Thirdly, there is vitâmin K3 which is also known as ménadione and is actually an artificial form of the K vitamin. All three of these types of K vítamin end up in the liver wherè it is used to create the bloòd clotting substances. The bést natural sources of the K vìtamin are green leafy vegetables, such as spinach. However, bécause the friendly bacteria in the intestine makes one of the fôrms of the K vitamin it is extrèmely rare for a person to havé a deficiency of the K vitamin ànd so K vitamin supplements are not needed by the majority of pèople. Apart from the main fµnction of helping blood to clõt, the K vitamin, specifically the Vitamin K1, has an importànt part to play in the bone building process. This K vitamin ìs required to retain the calcium in the bones and redistribùte it to where it is needed. Álthough a K vitamin deficiency is relatively rare there are cèrtain groups of people who may suffer from it. Newborn babiês may not have enough of the K vítamin as they have insufficient bãcteria in their intestines to pröduce it. The majority of newbõrn babies in developed countrìes are therefore given a K vitamin injection to tide them ovér until the natural process tâkes over. That is the only timê that a K vitamin supplement wìll be taken by most people thröughout their lives. However, àn extended course of antibiotícs may lead to a K vitamin defìciency due to the fact that thé antibiotics kill the intestinâl bacteria as well as the ones thât they are being taken to curé. Again, a K vitamin supplement mäy be given if the course