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Article: Arterial calcification reduced with vitamin K2 intake.(RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS)
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- Nutraceuticals World
- Article date:
- October 1, 2008
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A new study published in the journal Atherosclerosis demonstrated the association of high dietary Vitamin K2 consumption with reduction of coronary calcification in humans.
Researchers at University Medical Center Utrecht, Wageningen University and Erasmus Medical Center Rotterdam investigated whether daily consumption of natural phyfloquinone (KI) and menaquinones (K2) might be related to the extent of calcification within the vasculature of 564 ...