Dr Mercola Vitamin K2 (30 Capsules)

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While other nutrients are important for maintaining and promoting your bone health (like vitamin D3, calcium, and magnesium), evidence continues to grow indicating a vital role vitamin K plays in bone metabolism and healthy bone growth.* In fact it may be the modern day “missing link” to increasing your bone density. Vitamin K has been linked to osteoblasts, the cells that generate or ‘lay downâ€TM bone and produce a specific protein known as osteocalcin.* You can think of osteocalcin like the studs in the wall of your house. Basically, osteocalcin acts as the structural framework holding calcium in place in your bones.* Vitamin K2 includes several menaquinones (MK-n, with the ‘nâ€TM determined by the number of prenyl side chains), such as MK-4 found in meats, MK-7, MK-8, and MK-9 found in fermented food products like cheese and natto. One of the best natural sources of vitamin K2 comes from an ancient Japanese food called natto. So, what is natto? Natto…

• Is a fermented soybean food
• Comes loaded with a healthy bacteria called bacillus subtilus that may also serve as a probiotic*

Fermented foods, like natto, typically have the highest concentration of vitamin K in the human diet. Levels of vitamin K found in natto (K2) have been shown to far exceed those amounts found in dark green vegetables (K1). In fact, vitamin K2 concentration after the consumption of natto has been shown to be about 10 times higher than that of vitamin K1 after eating spinach. And vitamin K is critical for producing osteocalcin protein.* Why is this so important? Because osteocalcin cannot perform its job until vitamin K converts it to an active bone-building form. The bottom line â€" vitamin K is the ‘keyâ€TM that unlocks the door from your bloodstream to let calcium flow into your bones and bone marrow.*