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To: muffaletaman

Note that K2 is recommended along with D to make sure the D doesn’t have a negative effect of calcium levels. K2 supports good calcium levels.


Excess vitamin d reduces vitamin k. You only need more vitamin k if you take excess vitamin d.

Taking 30 micrograms of vitamin d per day is enough to reduce vitamin k in many people.

Many publications tested whether increasing vitamin D in people with a level between 20 ng/ml and 30 ng/ml would produce a specific benefit. Almost always, it does not benefit.


29 posted on 07/05/2021 12:04:43 PM PDT by TTFX ( )
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To: TTFX

“Many publications tested whether increasing vitamin D in people with a level between 20 ng/ml and 30 ng/ml would produce a specific benefit. Almost always, it does not benefit.”

Perhaps they’re right, but there are mountains of anecdotal reports to the contrary (including many in this thread) - as well as the conflicting opinions of some physicians and Vitamin D researchers.


36 posted on 07/05/2021 12:54:48 PM PDT by Magic Fingers (Political correctness mutates in order to remain virulent.)
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To: TTFX

“Excess vitamin d reduces vitamin k. You only need more vitamin k if you take excess vitamin d.”


While it is true that taking excessive amounts of D will increase the need for K, it is not definitely proven that excessive D actually reduces the levels of K (though some believe that it does, to be fair in this discussion).

What D does is to increase your absorption of calcium from the food that you eat (and, as I pointed out in Post #45, magnesium helps D to do its job). Too much calcium in your body can cause nausea, digestive issues and making hardening of the arteries more likely (or cause it sooner than otherwise). What K does is to help regulate where in your body (bones and teeth vs. the bloodstream) the calcium goes, so if you have a lot of extra calcium in your system because you are taking a lot of D, then you probably need more K (i.e. the K already in your system isn’t destroyed by the D, it is merely used up more rapidly because more is needed).

Please see the references that I cited in Post #45 for more detailed (and reliable) information about these topics than I can provide (because I am not a doctor or biochemist, and the sources cited in the articles in that post were conducted by people who have the requisite qualifications).


47 posted on 07/05/2021 2:47:29 PM PDT by Ancesthntr ("The right to buy weapons is the right to be free." A. E. van Vogt, “The Weapon Shops of Isher”)
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