Removing calcium.

[Madlegs1]

Any thoughts out there on taking vit K and vit D to reduce calcium in the arteries?

The idea is to take the D at breakfast, and the K at dinner time and ,over 3 months, the artery calcium should have actually reduced by some 30 to 50 %.

If true, then it should be widely promulgated.

Looking forward to hearing your views.

[Madlegs1]

I'll try to find the link to the trial this advice came from.

I'll post it if I do.

[Madlegs1]

One fact that really rang bells for me is the fact that vitD apparently stores up calcium in the arteries.

Many people have been taking high doses of vit D during the last few years as a hedge against Covid. Myself included.

And then I'm diagnosed with high calcium in arteries!!

I can foresee a large increase in the sale of CCBs.

Oh well! Have to check out how much vit K to take ,and when. Research is minimal and contradictory.

[bamboo89]

Its not Vitamin K you need for this purpose but Vitamin K2, the MK7 version is particularly useful. If you eat fermented foods like kimchi or sauerkraut daily, there's plenty of vit K2 in that already, so you probably don't need to supplement it. I've been taking K2 with calcium and low dose vitamin D for about twenty years, simply because I was taking calcium supplements, and K2 kind of nudges calcium out of the blood stream into the bones, mostly. Since I found out 2 years back my Vitamin D was a little low, I increased it to 5000 iu for a while, but carried on taking 100mcg K2 per day, I didn't increase it. Had I been taking a lot more Vitamin D than that, I would have increased the K2 dose - taking high dose Vitamin D increases calcium in the blood, but at lower doses it shouldn't be a problem. I have no idea whether K2 can clear pre existing calcium deposits in blood vessels, as far as I'm aware, its the free circulating calcium in the bloodstream it works on.

As for Vitamin K itself, unless you never eat any vegetables like broccoli, sprouts, cabbage, lettuce etc, nor any fruits such as blueberries, kiwi and so on, its an abundantly available vitamin in a normal diet so no need to supplement it. Note also that if you are prone to blood clots or are on blood thinners to prevent them, taking Vitamin K is not recommended. If you have seen a trial or study on Vitamin D and K (not K2) I'd like to look at it, so if you can find the link,, please post it here; thanks...

[Madlegs1 in reply to bamboo89]

Thank you, I'll do some more research.

One study has found it is no benefit for the older age group, which is dissappointing for an auld fella like me aged 75.😥