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Vitamin K

08/20/2018 / By Michelle Simmons

Avocados protect you from diabetes by regulating your cholesterol levels

The consumption of avocados has been established to provide various health benefits. However, recent research discovered that eating avocado can also prevent and treat the detrimental effects of metabolic syndrome. The study, which was carried out by researchers at Mashhad University of Medical Sciences in Iran, focused on the benefits of avocado on the symptoms of […]

06/13/2018 / By Rhonda Johansson

Vitamin K: The anti-aging supplement you probably haven’t heard about

Whether we like it or not, all of us get older. Yet there are people who don’t look their biological age, causing some of us to mutter and wonder why these people should be so lucky. “It’s just not fair,” we say, wondering why our face is filled with wrinkles and crow’s feet. “Maybe it’s […]

06/08/2018 / By Ralph Flores

Children born to mothers who eat a lot of vegetables are less likely to be asthmatic

Eating a lot of vegetables will not just benefit you – if you’re pregnant, it may also help your baby reduce their chances of developing asthma, according to a study published in the European Journal of Clinical Nutrition. In the study, researchers from the National Research Institute for Child Health and Development in Japan looked at […]

06/06/2018 / By Carol Anderson

Eating more fruits and vegetables builds stronger bones

Growing up, a lot of people were led to believe the myth that only milk contains the right amount of nutrients to make their bones strong. Most studies, in particular, only showed how calcium benefits our bones; however, these would not delve into the details of bone health. Scientists from the University of Surrey in the […]

10/19/2017 / By Michelle Simmons

Vitamin K essential to a healthy heart; deficiency found to contribute to unhealthy enlargement in adolescents

Eating more foods rich in vitamin K makes the heart healthier, according to a recent study reported by Science Daily. Researchers from the Medical College of Georgia (MCG) at Augusta University (AU) studied 766 healthy teenagers aged 14 to 18. They asked the subjects to wear activity monitors for seven days and to self-document what they […]

09/18/2017 / By Earl Garcia

Vitamin K sources, health benefits and uses

Vitamin K is a fat soluble nutrient that belongs to a compound group called menaquinones. The nutrient is well known for its essential function in blood clotting. The compound plays an important role in the production of protein prothrombin. The protein helps convert soluble fibrinogen in the blood into insoluble fibrin, which is a key component of the greater […]

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