Brief note for further research

[hummingwolf]

"An important analysis conducted by Children's Hospital Oakland Research Institute scientists suggests the importance of ensuring optimal dietary intakes of vitamin K to prevent age-related conditions such as bone fragility, arterial and kidney calcification, cardiovascular disease, and possibly cancer (1). Vitamin K is concentrated in dark green plants such as spinach or Swiss chard, and is either not present or present in only small amounts in most multivitamin pills."

Found article because various things lately have been nudging me in the direction of looking into vitamin K. "Various things" including the facts that I bleed far too much from my assorted body parts (including nose, hands, [TMI DELETED]), that antiepileptic drugs block vitamin K, that I feel better when I eat vast quantities of yogurt--that sort of thing.

This page from an interested layperson is certainly... interesting. Must do more looking.

Comments

[hummingwolf.livejournal.com]

Well, how scary a web page like that is depends on which direction you're coming from. As someone who already has a bunch of the symptoms on that page & the "Helpful Bacteria" page--and isn't getting effective treatment for them--I find it hopeful. Magnesium supplements have helped me a lot over the years, but maybe they'll work better if I add other things to the mix. And maybe I can't treat all my problems with more yogurt or a bottle of cheap supplements from GNC, but I can sure try!

[daisydumont.livejournal.com]

oh, sorry, i can see that. (i'm scared by everything these days. you're right that this is useful info.)

[hummingwolf.livejournal.com]

No need to apologize. Having a different perspective doesn't make you wrong.

::hug::

[daisydumont.livejournal.com]

thanks, cb! *hug*

(i've just spent half an hour looking at terrifying web info about raw cashews, trying to decide whether i should eat the ones i bought at the amish market. they're almost surely not really raw, but i have scared myself into near-catatonia. heck. maybe i'll give them to someone more brave!)