Every day I hear about this MK-7. They say that it regulates the viscosity of the blood, then they say that it dissolves calcium in the arteries. Even I (why hide!) A year ago mentioned that vitamin K can fit for arteries. I can proudly admit that a year ago I did not believe in him and that is exactly what I wrote.
I will explain in more detail. It's about vitamin K. And not just vitamin K, but vitamin K2. There are two forms of this vitamin. We eat vitamin K1 with parsley, and vitamin K2 is sold at the pharmacy.
In fact, vitamin K2 is synthesized by bacteria in our intestines. Well, or bacteria in the intestines of some animal. So we can get vitamin K2 from our own microbes or from the pharmacy, or by devouring a beast that had its own microbes in the intestines.
And this very vitamin K2 from the pharmacy can be in the form of varieties with the letters MK. The numbers after MK mean such a chemical tail of the vitamin. Long tail or short tail, or some other branching there.
Vitamin K2 varieties are commonly used, ranging from MK-4 to MK-13. In this series, there is also MK-7. It is not different in anything special. I don't understand why there is a lot of noise around him.
Blood viscosity
Today, again in the stream, I heard that MK-7 magically affects the viscosity of the blood. Like if the blood clots from vitamin K1, then from MK-7 it will normalize.
It normalizes in the sense that if it was viscous, it liquefies, and if it was liquid, it thickens. This is, of course, nonsense.
Vitamin K helps blood clot, but problems only arise if vitamin K is not available. The blood won't stop. But if someone overeats with vitamin K, then there will be no busting either. Because it does not make the blood clot. This is you and me already discussed. So forget about vitamin K and blood viscosity, brothers.
Calcium in the arteries
Yes, I myself hinted a year ago that vitamin K could be adapted to reduce the amount of calcium in the arteries. And I did not say that this is so. Doubted. That's how quick-witted I turned out to be. In the second quarter of 2021, all my suspicions were confirmed.
Let me remind you that calcium in the coronary arteries - This is a sign of atherosclerosis. If there is little calcium, then there should be little atherosclerosis. Well, that is, you just can't put a video camera into the coronary artery and you can't count the plaques in it. Chest x-rays are often done and will show calcium in the heart. So you can suspect that there is atherosclerosis in the arteries of the heart.
About five years ago, it was very fashionable not only to look for calcium in the arteries of the heart, but also to monitor how vitamin K affects this matter. It seemed then that vitamin K was not only beneficial acts on osteoporosis, but also on calcium in the arteries.
In the wake of enthusiasm for vitamin K, all these aged people with weak arterial calcium and weak bones decided that vitamin K would be a panacea for them.
Because it is difficult for them to poison themselves, and they promise a fantastic effect.
As you probably already guessed, the idea was covered. From about March of this year, critical reviews of such studies began to appear. The benefits were no longer noticed, and at least one study even found an increase in the amount of calcium in the arteries.
It turns out that they fought with something, but then they ran into it. Someone tried to make excuses that like lately people have grown bolder and eat too much vitamin K, or new positron emission tomography was too sensitive to detect calcium in arteries hearts. But the fact remains. If earlier they doubted, now they say in a loud voice that vitamin K does not work on this matter, and may even harm.
All of these aforementioned beneficial effects were most likely associated with a lack of vitamin K. Well, that is, if grandparents ate little vegetables and fruits. There was little vitamin K and everything else. It is clear that these people were more often ill with atherosclerosis.
Briefly speaking
There is no fundamental difference between vitamin K1 from parsley and MK-7 from a chain store. It is difficult to poison them. We need them, but parsley would be enough. These branched tails do not add any magic properties to the vitamin molecules.
Have you already heard about the MK-7?
