Vit D supplement.

[soozie11]

I am on a 12 week vitamin D supplement,Fultium-D colecalciferol 3200iu caps to try and raise my vitamin D level. Can anyone advise me please if I should be taking vitamin k with this? Thanks.

[SeasideSusie Remembering]

soozie11 Yes you should - K2-MK7. Vit D aids absorption of calcium and k2 directs the calcium to bones and teeth rather than arteries and soft tissues. Your GP won't tell you this as he probably doesn't know.

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Listen to SeasideSusie she is my Vit K2- MK7 right hand girl x

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Yeah, I do bang my drum a bit!

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Keep right on banging that drum girl, you do a brilliant job of getting this important message across xxx

[soozie11]

Thank you for the advice 😄

[LolalalalalaLola]

Hi soozie11, just thought I'd add a little,

Vitamin D increases the absorption of calcium from the intestines, which is a good thing for bone health. Certainly, vitamin D and calcium supplementation together have been shown to increase bone density better than either one alone. However, once calcium is absorbed into the blood stream, vitamin D has no power over what happens to it, which is a potentially bad thing for heart health. Some calcium will find its way into your bones, but more of it might wind up in your arteries. Vitamin K 2 tips the balance in favor of bone and artery health by putting calcium in its proper place.

When vitamin D is lacking, vitamin K 2 can't do its job escorting calcium away from arteries and into bones and but its important to add vitamin A as this vitamin is the catalyst that activates the two.

Hope this helps 😊