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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.

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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.

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

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

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Thank you for the advice 😄

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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 😊

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