{"id":5717,"date":"2022-08-22T17:16:11","date_gmt":"2022-08-22T17:16:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.botanicchoice.com\/blog\/?p=5717"},"modified":"2022-09-13T19:13:21","modified_gmt":"2022-09-13T19:13:21","slug":"what-is-vitamin-k-good-for","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.botanicchoice.com\/blog\/health-and-wellness\/what-is-vitamin-k-good-for\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Vitamin K Good For?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>&nbsp;When you think of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.botanicchoice.com\/blog\/health-and-wellness\/13-essential-vitamins\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"vitamins, A, B, C, D and E (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"rank-math-link\">vitamins, A, B, C, D and E<\/a> come to mind. But there\u2019s another important vitamin you may not be as familiar with and that\u2019s Vitamin K. Its name comes from the \u201cK\u201d of the German word \u201cKoagulationsvitamin\u201d (coagulate) and is known as the \u201cblood-clotting vitamin.\u201d Learn more about what is Vitamin K, Vitamin K deficiency and Vitamin K benefits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"Header0\">In This Healthy Insight:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"#Header1\" class=\"rank-math-link\">What is Vitamin K?<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#Header2\" class=\"rank-math-link\">Vitamin K Deficiency<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#Header3\" class=\"rank-math-link\">Vitamin K Benefits<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-rounded\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"    src=\"https:\/\/www.botanicchoice.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/vitamin-k-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"woman who took vitamin k\" class=\"wp-image-8228\" width=\"768\" height=\"512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.botanicchoice.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/vitamin-k-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.botanicchoice.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/vitamin-k-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.botanicchoice.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/vitamin-k-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.botanicchoice.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/vitamin-k-1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"Header1\">What is Vitamin K?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>There are actually several types of <a aria-label=\"Vitamins (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.botanicchoice.com\/vitamins\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"rank-math-link\">Vitamins<\/a> including K, K1, K2, and K3. K1 is the natural form of Vitamin K found in plants and the main source humans obtain from foods. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.webmd.com\/vitamins-and-supplements\/supplement-guide-vitamin-k\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Vitamin K (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"rank-math-link\">Vitamin K<\/a> is found in high quantities in leafy green vegetables like kale, collard greens, turnip greens, romaine lettuce, and raw spinach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"Header2\">Vitamin K Deficiency<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>While Vitamin K deficiency is rare, it does occur in individuals who are unable to absorb it due to intestinal issues or are taking certain medications. Signs of a Vitamin K deficiency include poor blood clotting, increased bleeding, easy bruising or blood in the urine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"Header3\">Vitamin K Benefits<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">There are numerous Vitamin K benefits:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\" id=\"block-28f48694-e6b2-416b-9285-e7e79019be02\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.botanicchoice.com\/bone-health-calcium\/\">Bone health<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.botanicchoice.com\/circulation-health\">Blood vessel health<\/a><\/li><li>Blood clotting<\/li><li>Wound healing<\/li><li>Metabolism<\/li><li>Regulation of calcium levels in the blood<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.botanicchoice.com\/Memory-Support\/\">Cognitive he<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.botanicchoice.com\/Memory-Support\/\">alth<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.botanicchoice.com\/Memory-Support\/\">Heart health<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Individuals who consume low levels of leafy green vegetables may benefit from Vitamin K. Talk with your doctor to see if Vitamin K is right for you. Learn more now.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-rounded\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.botanicchoice.com\/Vitamins\/K-Vitamins\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"    src=\"https:\/\/www.botanicchoice.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/vitamink-cta.jpg\" alt=\"Browse vitamin k\" class=\"wp-image-8229\" width=\"240\" height=\"428\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.botanicchoice.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/vitamink-cta.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.botanicchoice.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/vitamink-cta-168x300.jpg 168w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;When you think of vitamins, A, B, C, D and E come to mind. But there\u2019s another important vitamin you may not be as familiar with and that\u2019s Vitamin K. Its name comes from the \u201cK\u201d of the German word \u201cKoagulationsvitamin\u201d (coagulate) and is known as the \u201cblood-clotting vitamin.\u201d Learn more about what is Vitamin [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":8299,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[24],"class_list":["post-5717","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health-and-wellness","tag-best-healthy-insights"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.botanicchoice.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5717"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.botanicchoice.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.botanicchoice.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.botanicchoice.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.botanicchoice.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5717"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.botanicchoice.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5717\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8231,"href":"https:\/\/www.botanicchoice.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5717\/revisions\/8231"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.botanicchoice.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8299"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.botanicchoice.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5717"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.botanicchoice.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5717"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.botanicchoice.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5717"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}