Vitamin K is one of the types of fat-soluble vitamins. Vitamin K there are three kinds, namely:
Vitamin K1 (phylloquinone): This vitamin is produced by plants.
Vitamin K2 (menaquinone): This vitamin is a result of the bacteria found in the digestive organs).
Vitamin K3 (menadione): This vitamin is a vitamin-made to help someone who has problems with the digestive organs to absorb food.
A study conducted at Tufts and Diabetes Care diteribitkan by proving that vitamin K1 have the ability to prevent or treat diabetes by reducing insulin resistance.Vitamin K is very useful to support the body's metabolism, suppress the bleeding of the liver, preventing liver cancer and lung cancer, etc.. However, the main function of vitamin K that has been widely known for a blood clotting process is currently injured.
Based on the standard RDA (Recommended Dietary Allowance), everyone needs vitamin K in accordance with their respective weight. Its size is at least as much as 1 microgram per KG body weight every day. For example, you weigh 30 kg, you need vitamin K per day minimum is 30 micrograms.
Sources of Vitamin K
Sources of vitamin K to the body is very easy to obtain because the digestive system in our bodies already exist bacteria that can make the formation / synthesis of vitamin K are partially absorbed and stored in the liver. However, to ensure that we do not have a shortage of vitamin K, should we keep looking for the intake of vitamin K from food.
You can get vitamin K from green vegetables that have a lot of leaves, liver, and milk. In addition, soy milk, cow's milk, beef, and green tea also contains vitamin K in large quantities.
However you should be careful, since vitamin K can also cause poisoning you. This can occur in a person who received a replacement vit. K water soluble. Symptoms of poisoning vitamin K if you can be jaundice, red blood cell destruction (hemolysis), to brain damage.
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