| "body"> | | | | Everybody needs Vitamin K in his or her system. |
| It's green, it's valuable, and it can vastly improve your | | | | Deficiency in this vitamin will effect the development |
| quality of living. | | | | process of infants, leading to problems like |
| One more hint: It's not money. | | | | Hemorrhagic disease, which is characterized by |
| No, this stuff actually does grow on trees. | | | | abnormal bleeding through the intestines or umbilical |
| It's called Vitamin K and although you don't hear | | | | cord. |
| about it as often as the standard A-through-E | | | | In adults, these deficiencies lead to severe blood |
| vitamins, researchers are discovering more and more | | | | clotting, particularly in the stomach, and can lead to |
| of its invaluable functions. | | | | considerable intestinal complications. |
| Vitamin K will provide you with health rather than | | | | Vitamin K is most commonly found in green leaf-like |
| wealth, but there's no mistaking that it's loaded with | | | | sources like spinach, green tea, cabbage, turnip |
| benefits. Aside from its many already proven | | | | greens, and brussels sprouts. Others like alfalfa, |
| functions, researchers now believe that Vitamin K | | | | soybeans, cheddar cheese, oats, and cauliflower are |
| prevents osteoporosis, the disease that weakens the | | | | also rich on the vitamin. So if you're a big salad eater, |
| bones, a function that until now seemed primarily in | | | | chances are that you're getting a very healthy dose |
| calcium's hands. | | | | of Vitamin K. |
| The fat-soluble vitamin is essential for many suffering | | | | But overdoses in Vitamin K, which are extremely |
| health problems, particularly those experiencing birth | | | | rare, have been linked to brain damage in infants and |
| complications or bleeding disorders. Vitamin K has | | | | liver malfunctions in adults. |
| been linked to growth and development of the | | | | Aside from the aforementioned natural sources, |
| new-born and has also aided those with intestinal | | | | Vitamin K is also available in tablets and should be |
| malfunctions and those who suffer frequent | | | | taken with meals or an hour after completion of a |
| nosebleeds and excessive bleeding. | | | | meal. |