title: The health benefits of vitamin K.
abstract: Vitamin K has important functions within the body, some of which are still being discovered. Research has shown that vitamin K is an anticalcification, anticancer, bone-forming and insulin-sensitising molecule. Recent data indicate that subclinical vitamin K deficiency is not uncommon. Additionally, vitamin K antagonists such as warfarin may cause detrimental side effects, which may partly be blunted through vitamin K supplementation.
authors.affiliation: Mid America Heart Institute at Saint Luke's Hospital , Kansas City, Missouri , USA.
authors.forename: James J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: DiNicolantonio
authors.affiliation: Pt. BD Sharma Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences , Rohtak, Haryana , India.
authors.forename: Jaikrit
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bhutani
authors.affiliation: Mid America Heart Institute at Saint Luke's Hospital , Kansas City, Missouri , USA.
authors.forename: James H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: O'Keefe
keywords: calcification; vitamin K; warfarin