vitamin K1 and K2 -- Chris Masterjohn

[Guest guest]

Hi,

and any knowledgeable others, I have a question regarding K1

and K2. I am reading your article on the WAPF website, and you state

that K1 is very difficult to absorb from food, unlike K2. I'm

wondering what is the best way to get K1, then? Does this mean that

most of us are deficient in K1? Does a deficiency in K1 cause an

imbalance with K2?

I'm concerned because a genetic disease that has to do with collagen

formation runs in my husband's family, and I have two children who may

have potential issues. I'm especially concerned about their vitamin K

intake, because from various things I've read, there may be a link

between K deficiencies and this disease.

Thanks for your help!

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

> and any knowledgeable others, I have a question regarding K1

> and K2. I am reading your article on the WAPF website, and you state

> that K1 is very difficult to absorb from food, unlike K2. I'm

> wondering what is the best way to get K1, then? Does this mean that

> most of us are deficient in K1? Does a deficiency in K1 cause an

> imbalance with K2?

No, I think if the body has an inherent limit to absorbing K1, that

there is no way its physiological requirement could be higher than

that limit.

Also, there is no need to balance K1 and K2.

> I'm concerned because a genetic disease that has to do with collagen

> formation runs in my husband's family, and I have two children who may

> have potential issues. I'm especially concerned about their vitamin K

> intake, because from various things I've read, there may be a link

> between K deficiencies and this disease.

I don't know what the link is between vitamin K and collagen formation

-- do you know what is proposed?

Chris

[Guest guest]

I don't know what the link is between vitamin K and collagen formation

-- do you know what is proposed?

What I've read is some pretty impressive research by a woman who has

Ehlers-Danlos which states that the symptoms of the disease closely mimic

vitamin K deficiency. She has reversed many of the symptoms of her disease

by altering her diet, closely to that recommended by Weston A. Price. She

also talks about magnesium deficiency.

Part of the problem with the disease is spontaneous rupturing of arteries

and even organs. The genetic marker is a defect in a collagen producing

gene. So, I guess the connection between clotting and vitamin K is the

connection. Also, many people who have this disease have bone growth

problems, which is also connected to vitamin K as I understand it.