![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() In Particular K2 has been identified as being good at ensuring that calcium is built into bones and not into soft tissue (be that arterial calficiation or elsewhere). It was perhaps second noticed for its benefits for dental health. Originally K was identified and named by Henrik Carl Peter Dam (1895-1976) and Edward Adelbert Doisy (1893-1986) because it assisted in the coagulation of blood, but another function relates to handling the calcium balance in blood. The first two types occur naturally in food and the third is created synthetically and used in animal feed. The main division is into K1 (Phytomenadione), K2 (Menaquinone) and K3 (Menadione). Vitamin K is a closely related group of molecules.
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