Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Vitamin K and Degenerative diseases of ageing

Posted by Chantel M. Contributed by US National Library of Medicine National Institutes of Health

Vitamin K not only associated with osteoporosis but also related to degenerative diseases of ageing, according to the study of "Vitamin K, osteoporosis and degenerative diseases of ageing" by Vermeer C, Theuwissen E., posted in US National Library of Medicine National Institutes of Health, researchers found that our dietary vitamin K intake is too low to support the carboxylation of at least some of these Gla-proteins. According to the triage theory, long-term vitamin K inadequacy is an independent, but modifiable risk factor for the development of degenerative diseases of ageing including osteoporosis and atherosclerosis.

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