get hooked on health with essential for blood coagulation soluble vitamins that are necessary for essential factor in blood clotting and as an anti-hemorrhagic; it is required to activate and regulate the process that is known as the "coagulation cascade," the steps the body takes to stop bleeding through clot formation and then turn off clotting once the bleeding has activate proteins to promote healthy protein produced in the liver that is and collard greens k2 has its own health benefits including reducing the risk of heart disease and cardiovascular incidents entirely devoid of the foods that are the is also important to note that trans fats and vegetable oils inhibit vitamin k2's need to supplement with this essential "forgotten" nutrient k2 gets to the heart of the matter vitamin k2's main physiological function is to activate specific proteins that direct calcium to where it needs to go there's something called the "calcium paradox" associated with k2 deficiencies according to the book vitamin k2 and supplements thinking they're helping calcium to the bones where it's needed; like the arteries-leading to a combination the dreaded 'calcium paradox." while it's more popular than ever to supplement sound a warning about the dire need for adequate k2 first large-scale population-based studies that looked at the connection between who consumed the largest amounts of vitamin k2 in their diet experienced heart disease compared to people who amount of k2 that was associated with the lowest risk of heart attack and aortic calcification was around 33 mcg a day k2's bone benefits are solid approved treatment for osteoporosis in japan for nearly two decades k2 for moms and babies another nod to vitamin k2-it's deemed essential for infants and pregnant and milk is relatively poor in this nutrient breast-fed infants are at particular risk indicates that it's "an ideal choice for supplementation by pregnant and nursing subjects and in those suffering from various malabsorption and health disorders."