{"id":2785,"date":"2025-01-09T12:40:01","date_gmt":"2025-01-09T12:40:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theclubwellness.com\/uk\/?p=2785"},"modified":"2025-01-09T12:40:01","modified_gmt":"2025-01-09T12:40:01","slug":"vitamin-k","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theclubwellness.com\/uk\/vitamin-k\/","title":{"rendered":"Vitamin K"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Vitamin K is a fat-soluble vitamin that plays a critical role in blood clotting and bone health. There are two primary forms of vitamin K: vitamin K1 (phylloquinone) and vitamin K2 (menaquinone).<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Vitamin K1 (Phylloquinone): Found primarily in leafy green vegetables, such as kale, spinach, and broccoli, as well as in some plant oils.<\/li>\n<li>Vitamin K2 (Menaquinone): Produced by bacteria in the human gut and is also found in certain animal-based foods, including meat, cheese, and fermented foods like natto (a Japanese soybean dish).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Vitamin K2 is further divided into several subtypes (MK-4 through MK-13), with MK-7 and MK-4 being the most well-studied. Vitamin K is an essential nutrient that plays a crucial role in bone health.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Blood Clotting<\/strong><br \/>\nVitamin K is essential for proper blood clotting. It helps activate clotting factors in the blood.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bone Health<\/strong><br \/>\nVitamin K plays a crucial role in bone metabolism. It helps regulate calcium by activating proteins.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Brain Health<\/strong><br \/>\nEmerging research has suggested a potential link between vitamin K and cognitive health.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Anti-Inflammatory Effects<\/strong><br \/>\nVitamin K has been studied for its potential anti-inflammatory properties.<\/p>\n<h4>RDA<\/h4>\n<p>Male &#8211; 120mcg<br \/>\nFemale &#8211; 90mcg<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vitamin K is a fat-soluble vitamin that plays a critical role in blood clotting and bone health. There are two primary forms of vitamin K: vitamin K1 (phylloquinone) and vitamin K2 (menaquinone). Vitamin K1 (Phylloquinone): Found primarily in leafy green vegetables, such as kale, spinach, and broccoli, as well as in some plant oils. Vitamin [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2786,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2785","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nutrition"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theclubwellness.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2785","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theclubwellness.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theclubwellness.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theclubwellness.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theclubwellness.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2785"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.theclubwellness.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2785\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2787,"href":"https:\/\/www.theclubwellness.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2785\/revisions\/2787"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theclubwellness.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2786"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theclubwellness.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2785"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theclubwellness.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2785"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theclubwellness.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2785"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}