Doctor's Formulas Vitamin K2 Nutritional Supplement with Vitamin K2 120 caps

VITAMIN K2

Bones are a living tissue just like the kidneys, the heart, and the other organs of the body. They consist of a hard outer shell and a spongy inner web of tissue, which is constantly reshaped and reconstructed.

Throughout our lives, bones are constantly undergoing a kind of deconstruction and reconstruction to adapt to new mechanical conditions that are created over time.

This continuous reconstruction aims both at restoring and maintaining their anatomical and functional integrity, thus dealing with any wear and tear that is constantly caused, and at maintaining the maximum bone mass. Thus, within 9-10 years, the entire bone tissue has been completely replaced. This process of repairing a damaged bone with a new bone is called "reconstruction".

Bones are never in metabolic inactivity. Poor bone metabolism is a condition characterized by loss of bone density and leads to bones that are weaker and more prone to fractures. This metabolic process is regulated by osteoblasts (cells that build bones) and osteoclasts (cells that break down bones). Osteoblasts produce a protein called osteocalcin, which is a vitamin K-dependent protein that binds calcium to the bone marrow and builds healthy bones. But osteocalcin needs a sufficient amount of vitamin K2 to be activated. As long as the bone formation activity is greater than the bone breakdown, the process of maintaining healthy bones is kept under control.

However, when this delicate process is out of balance, the bones become weak and fragile. The strong association between vitamin K2 deficiency and impaired bone health has been demonstrated in both laboratory and clinical studies.

Vitamin K2 deficiency has been found to lead to a reduced level of activated osteocalcin, which in turn increases the risk of brittle bones.

K2 is a cofactor for an enzyme called gamma-glutamyl-carboxylase. If there is not enough K2, the enzyme is not activated for a biochemical reaction called carboxylation. Carboxylation activates a number of proteins that are essential for healthy bones. If K2 does not activate the enzyme that activates the proteins that regulate where calcium will go, they will not work. And calcium ends up in arteries, kidneys, heart, etc. and not in the bones.

These proteins are called gamma-carbonyl-glutamate proteins or GLA proteins. One of these is osteocalcin, whose job is to attract circulating calcium molecules and then anchor them to the bones like hydroxyapatite crystals.

If very little osteocalcin is activated, then only very little of the available calcium in the circulation will end up in the bones.

K2 is still responsible for activating another key protein. called matrix GLA protein and prevents the deposition of calcium in soft tissues. When K2 is too low, this protein is obsolete.

So the calcium we consume and want to go to the bones, goes where we do not want, calcification is done and calcium is not recycled. Bones store and supply calcium for the body's needs and are (bone marrow) along with the liver and spleen the main source of hematopoiesis.

Calcium, hematopoietic cells and energy are stored in the bone tissue. Bones are therefore an important organ for the survival and functionality of the individual.

VITAMIN K2 formula is a dietary supplement containing vitamin K2 and vitamin C.

Vitamin K2 contributes to the maintenance of normal bone condition, while vitamin C contributes to the normal formation of collagen for the normal functioning of blood vessels, bones and cartilage.

composition

IN NUTRITIONS per day. dose

(1 capsule) S.D.% Vitamin K2 (7-menakinone) 200mcg266.7% Vitamin C (ascorbic acid) 10mg 16.7%