vitamin K2 page

[trapperjohnme]

thought this was interesting. http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig5/mercola46.1.html In my opinion worth looking into.

[john_e_turner_ii]

That's what I have been hearing. Unfortunately, I cannot take excess Vitamin K since I am on anticoagulation medication, Warfarin.

[trapperjohnme]

JT Look into it a little closer, the Vit K that raises clotting factors is K1, K2 is a completely different animal. From what I have read K2 should not affect your blood thickness.

[Stabby]

K2 is one of my handful of supplements. I likely get some from meat and eggs but I feel it prudent to cover my bases.

[trapperjohnme]

i started taking 150mcg daily, supposed to work synergisticlly with D3 of which i am taking 6,000 iu

[john_e_turner_ii]

trapperjohnme, thanks for pointing that out. I will ask my doctor what they think about it before I try it.

[Canarygirl]

Today I ordered the Carlson's brand K2 that is listed in Cillikat's supplement page (it's the '4' kind, as opposed to the MK-7, but I ordered that one too). Anyway, I noticed that the Carlson's brand is 5 mg, way higher concentration the Mercula's recommendation of 150 mcg/daily. But I think that some studies on treating osteoporosis were done using this higher 5 mg dosage.

[cillakat]

http://www.iherb.com/Jarrow-Formulas...tgels/256?at=0

[Stabby]

150mcg seems like a bit much. Would anywhere close to that much possibly be found in nature? 1 cup of natto, 300 something calories and enough soy to grow a man breasts only has 40mcg. I have been taking 120mcg every 3 days, is there a good reason to take more?

[cillakat]

150mcg seems like a bit much. Would anywhere close to that much possibly be found in nature? 1 cup of natto, 300 something calories and enough soy to grow a man breasts only has 40mcg. I have been taking 120mcg every 3 days, is there a good reason to take more?

I think your dose is totally reasonable. I don't take them every day.

Fwiw though there is the study dose comparing 5 mg K2 with fosamax. It's been ages since I've read it but the K2 worked better iirc.

when I was taking high doses regularly, it was for specific reasons relating to bone density.