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Posted 4/17/2013 2:03 PM (GMT 0)
I am running out of Vit D3 stock (Kirkland Signature brand, that contains Soy oil). I am looking for another brand of Vit D3 that does not contain Soy oil. While searching for this, I came across few supplements those are combo of Vit D3 and Vit K2. I did not understand why someone would combine these, so looked around. All results google gave me were from supplement industry websites, like Mercola etc. A youtube video, from a supplement manufacturer, informs that Vit K2 tells Vit D what to calcify and what not to calcify i.e. it tells to calcify the bones but not the arteries.

I did not find any result on Pubmed that will confirm this. Anybody here knows any scientific research confirming this?

Thanks in advance.
Posted 4/17/2013 2:34 PM (GMT 0)
Here is a very comprehensive article on the many benefits of vitamin K2. I admit that it may sound too good to be true, and that Life Extension tends toward a bias in favor of vitamins in general. But at the end of the article, on page 3, there are numerous references.

www.lef.org/magazine/mag2009/jan2009_Vitamin-K-Protection-Against-Arterial-Calcification-Bone-Loss-Cancer-Aging_01.htm
Posted 4/17/2013 2:46 PM (GMT 0)
Thanks Babe,

I get this magazine and I admit, they cherry pick the conclusions. But since I am looking for references, this is a good starting points.

Thanks again.
Posted 4/17/2013 3:00 PM (GMT 0)
We've always done both together and with cal/mag if necessary. We've been told this by many naturopaths/integrative MDs etc. BUT, I can not remember the reasoning for this. Will try to look through my notes together but yes we do give them together (not in the same supplement though).
Posted 4/17/2013 7:53 PM (GMT 0)
If I remember correctly, Vit D directed calcium absorption is enhanced in presence of Magnesium. If your notes give any information on Vit K2 dosing, will be glad to know.
Posted 4/17/2013 8:00 PM (GMT 0)
I know K2 is an anti-mutagenic and helps the calcium be directed into the bones but I believe it has many other properties. My daughter's a kid so dosing will be different. I'll check the pauling institute.
Posted 4/17/2013 8:06 PM (GMT 0)
Here's an overview - i think it has dosing in there somewhere.
http://lpi.oregonstate.edu/infocenter/vitamins/vitaminK/
Posted 4/17/2013 10:40 PM (GMT 0)
I have read that K2 is vital in a few places but don't have a study.

However, I have currently ceased K2 because I am not sure if it might have contributed to the flare I went into last Autumn after 3 years in remission. Can't be sure but it was one of the things I was doing differently. From what I have read K2 helps gut bacteria to grow and I am wondering if it was encouraging harmful bacteria such as sulphate reducing bacteria to grow. This is pure conjecture on my part and probably still safer to take K2. Ideally though, we get sun for vitD because I have read that the body uses vit D through the skin much more efficiently than it does dietary vitamin D.
Posted 4/17/2013 11:19 PM (GMT 0)
For most of the year in Toronto we can't get sufficient D from the sun (even if it is sunny) so I don't think you'd get enough in London. It is preferable though.
Posted 4/17/2013 11:27 PM (GMT 0)
We have just had coldest Spring virtually on record so little chance of vit D in London either for now :-(
Posted 4/18/2013 4:10 PM (GMT 0)
You want K2 - MK4

Some folks think that is what Weston Price's famous "activator x" is...Its a very important vitamin

MK-7 can cause heart palpitations and such as it has a stimulative effect and is contraindicated when on blood thinners..

intraspec.ca/284.pdf

emediahealth.com/2012/06/03/vitamin-k2-deficiency-may-have-role-in-neurological-diseases-including-parkinsons-alzheimers-and-multiple-sclerosis/

blog.cholesterol-and-health.com/2009/04/tufts-university-confirms-that-vitamin.html

www.westonaprice.org/fat-soluble-activators/x-factor-is-vitamin-k2?qh=YToxOntpOjA7czoyOiJrMiI7fQ%3D%3D

I take the thorne d3-k2 (mk-4)
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