Vitamin K

Vitamin K is not just one lone vitamin, but instead represents an entire group of lipophilic phytonadione and hydrophobic vitamins that help make up vitamin K, which is necessary within the human body for it to operate correctly. Vitamin K is a fat soluble vitamin, which means two main things—first, the vitamin needs fat in order to be dissolved, and second, any excess of the vitamin is stored in the liver. This means that vitamin K doesn’t have to be ingested every day because the body usually stores enough of it from natural and supplemental sources so that it is not needed.

There are a variety of natural sources of vitamin K, including a long list of foods high in vitamin K. The following are just a small list of some of the foods with vitamin K: leafy green vegetables such as spinach, cauliflower, avocado, bananas, soy beans, meat and more. Foods high in vitamin K (this type is vitamin K1) include chicken, egg yolks, cheeses, and some types of mayonnaise. Since there are so many vitamin K containing foods, it makes it easy to receive the necessary amount of vitamin K through foods containing vitamin K. This is why it is almost always unnecessary for a supplement of vitamin K to be taken on a regular basis. While there can be a vitamin K deficiency in some people, it is rare that this occurs due to a lack of vitamin K foods in the diet. With so many sources of vitamin K available, and with such a broad range of flavors of the vitamin K sources, it is very likely that many of these make up your normal daily diet. Instead, deficiencies of vitamin K are more regularly caused by other internal or external factors. This can include the body’s ability to process foods and vitamins correctly, or possibly taking other medications that can interfere with the functions of vitamin K, resulting in a deficiency.

There are also many types of unnatural sources of vitamin K, including supplemental pills, vitamin K cream, and the vitamin K injection. This vitamin K shot is typically not given as much as it used to be, but in the past it was given to newborns as it was thought to prevent late-onset haemorrhagic disease (HDN). Since this disease is known to be fairly rare, this practice isn’t commonly used anymore. There are also many other medical uses for vitamin K, however, and the vitamin has proven itself to be not only beneficial, but also necessary for the proper function of the human body.