{"id":1711367,"date":"2022-10-26T06:30:07","date_gmt":"2022-10-26T10:30:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1711367"},"modified":"2022-10-26T08:49:51","modified_gmt":"2022-10-26T12:49:51","slug":"vitamin-k-for-the-two-biggest-mens-health-problems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vitamin-k-for-the-two-biggest-mens-health-problems\/","title":{"rendered":"Vitamin K for the Two Biggest Men&#8217;s Health Problems"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fvitamin-k-for-the-two-biggest-mens-health-problems%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1711367&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"post\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<div class=\"lightbox-wrapper\"><a class=\"lightbox\" href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/c16f05e89002dd52d1236e96fc1a07599c229ab9.jpeg\" data-download-href=\"\/uploads\/short-url\/rBc15Q4KMFXnlNekNCznhbDetkd.jpeg?dl=1\" title=\"Vitamin-K\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/c16f05e89002dd52d1236e96fc1a07599c229ab9_2_690x282.jpeg\" alt=\"Vitamin-K\" data-base62-sha1=\"rBc15Q4KMFXnlNekNCznhbDetkd\" width=\"690\" height=\"282\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/c16f05e89002dd52d1236e96fc1a07599c229ab9_2_690x282.jpeg, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/c16f05e89002dd52d1236e96fc1a07599c229ab9.jpeg 1.5x, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/c16f05e89002dd52d1236e96fc1a07599c229ab9.jpeg 2x\" data-dominant-color=\"DBB7BB\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<h3>\nThis Nutrient Could be the Answer<\/h3>\n<blockquote>\n<p>There\u2019s no RDA for vitamin K but there\u2019s mounting evidence that it\u2019s essential for both cardiovascular health and prostate health.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>\nStart Taking a Vitamin K Supplement, Now<\/h3>\n<p>This is big, really big. It\u2019s so big that I\u2019m not going to mess around and force you to scroll a couple of hundred yards down to get to the pertinent information.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s what you need to know right now:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>There\u2019s an intriguing theory that suggests benign prostate hyperplasia (BPH) isn\u2019t initiated by a hormonal imbalance but by a simple vitamin K insufficiency.<\/li>\n<li>There\u2019s a lot of evidence that the vascular calcification that\u2019s to blame for a lot of coronary heart disease (atherosclerosis) might be thwarted by taking supplemental vitamin K.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A lot of the time, I\u2019ll report on some new findings or theories just because they\u2019re interesting to me, but what I research and write about doesn\u2019t always provoke any changes in my behavior or eating. Not so with what I\u2019m about to present here. I am now taking a vitamin K supplement, and I think you should too.<\/p>\n<p>Let me present my case.<\/p>\n<h3>\nVitamin K: What It Is, What It\u2019s Known for, and Where It\u2019s Found<\/h3>\n<p>Okay, this \u201cget to know vitamin K\u201d stuff might be a snore, but it\u2019s important. First off, \u201cvitamin K\u201d isn\u2019t a single compound but a family of compounds with the common chemical structure of 2-methyl-1,4-napthoquinone.<\/p>\n<p>These compounds include phylloquinone, commonly known as vitamin K1, and a series of menaquinones, which are commonly grouped together as vitamin K2.<\/p>\n<p>Vitamin K1 is found primarily in green leafy vegetables and plant oils, while K2 is predominantly of bacterial origin and found in small amounts in various animal meats and fermented foods.<\/p>\n<p>The average physician knows about vitamin K because it\u2019s instrumental in making four of the 13 proteins needed for blood clotting, and without enough of it, any wound to your skin will cause you to shoot out blood like a punctured garden hose. Well, maybe not that bad, but you get the idea.<\/p>\n<p>Otherwise, vitamin K gets short shrift. It\u2019s monitored in people who are taking anticoagulants or have bleeding disorders, but that\u2019s about it. That\u2019s hugely unfortunate because vitamin K appears to play a giant role in the health of the cardiovascular system and the prostate.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/4c304052d4b84e3231a7607bbe12f30bc9b75390.jpeg\" alt=\"Heart-Health-Supplements\" data-base62-sha1=\"aRZFgByQiM3xIBjSWURigx2QM1O\" width=\"620\" height=\"349\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>\nVitamin K and Cardiovascular Health<\/h3>\n<p>Atherosclerosis is a treacherous thing. A lot of the time, you don\u2019t even know you have it until you\u2019re lying on a table in some medical school while curious first-year med students slice into your carotid and start teasing apart the fats, cholesterol, and other substances that gummed up your artery walls and killed you. And even then, you don\u2019t know it because, well, you\u2019re dead.<\/p>\n<p>All that organic garbage, collectively called plaque, narrowed your arteries and blocked the blood flow. It\u2019s like when you used to use a paper straw to suck up your Slurpee and it eventually collapsed and left your mouth Slurpee-less.<\/p>\n<p>Alternately, these plaques can burst, causing a blood clot that deprives your brain of oxygen and condemns you to a life of going to Halloween parties as Hector Salamanca.<\/p>\n<p>One of the hallmarks of atherosclerosis is vascular calcification. It\u2019s literally the deposition of mineral deposits in the vascular system. These deposits can, unimpeded, make the inner walls of your arteries look like the inside of a White Castle restaurant. Hold the onions.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s where vitamin K comes in. Vascular calcification is an inflammation-mediated process where macrophages (a type of large white blood cell that not only kills microorganisms, but also stimulates the production of pro-inflammatory cytokines) promote the \u201cmineralization\u201d of arteries (the right kind of macrophages can also clean up arterial walls, but that\u2019s another story).<\/p>\n<p>Vitamin K (K1, specifically), however, has been shown to suppress the expression of these pro-inflammatory cytokines. Yeah, in other words, it\u2019s a powerful anti-inflammatory, but so are a lot of vitamins and nutrients in general.<\/p>\n<p>More importantly, vitamin K also affects something called \u201cmatrix GLA protein\u201d (MGP). The molecule is a potent inhibitor of vascular calcification and its actions are vitamin K-dependent. MGP\u2019s importance has been demonstrated in MGP-deficient animals, all of whom died of massive arterial calcifications within two months of birth (Luo, et al., 1997).<\/p>\n<p>As far as human evidence, a Dutch observational study of 564 postmenopausal women found that dietary K2 (but not K1) was inversely associated with severe aortic calcification (Beulens, et al., 2009). K1 was also inversely associated with coronary calcification in another Dutch study involving 4,807 men and women over the age of 55 (Geleijnse, et al., 2004).<\/p>\n<p>Other studies point to, or at least suggest, the urgency of ensuring adequate levels of vitamin K1. Perhaps surprisingly, the relationship between K1 and coronary heart disease (and, specifically, coronary artery calcium scoring, or CAC) is a dog that few researchers have, for whatever reason, chosen to chase.<\/p>\n<p>The same appears to be true of the role of vitamin K in prostate health.<\/p>\n<div class=\"lightbox-wrapper\"><a class=\"lightbox\" href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/8107c37c5d392f4c1a61261047e82380bbfdf668.jpeg\" data-download-href=\"\/uploads\/short-url\/ipse5cqNruyQEyvqnO1UXtjlbU4.jpeg?dl=1\" title=\"Prostate-Health\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/8107c37c5d392f4c1a61261047e82380bbfdf668_2_689x388.jpeg\" alt=\"Prostate-Health\" data-base62-sha1=\"ipse5cqNruyQEyvqnO1UXtjlbU4\" width=\"689\" height=\"388\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/8107c37c5d392f4c1a61261047e82380bbfdf668_2_689x388.jpeg, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/8107c37c5d392f4c1a61261047e82380bbfdf668_2_1033x582.jpeg 1.5x, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/8107c37c5d392f4c1a61261047e82380bbfdf668.jpeg 2x\" data-dominant-color=\"CDD9F2\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<h3>\nVitamin K and Prostate Health<\/h3>\n<p>A fascinating and, for me, pulse-quickening paper was released in 2015. It noted, regarding benign prostate hyperplasia (BPH), that \u201cthere is no biological, mechanistic explanation for dealing with the root causes and progression of this very common disorder in men.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It further noted that \u201cAll treatments to date are based on symptomatic relief, not a fundamental understanding of the cause of the disease.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The paper was titled \u201cVitamin K: The Missing Link to Prostate Health\u201d and the author, Michael Donaldson, Ph.D., made a compelling case for the need for supplemental vitamin K.<\/p>\n<p>Donaldson theorized that varicose veins in the \u201cpampiniform venous plexus\u201d (varicoceles) are the direct cause of BPH. He cited research that found these varicoceles, even subclinical ones (those that don\u2019t present observable symptoms), to cause \u201cretrograde blood flow\u201d from the testes past the prostate gland, causing the amount of free testosterone in the veins adjacent to the prostate to increase by 130 times.<\/p>\n<p>If you then treat the varicoceles by embolization (blocking the blood vessel) of the internal spermatic vein and its tributary vessels, you Dorian Gray the prostate and restore it to its normal-sized, youthful form.<\/p>\n<p>But that brings us to the question, \u201cBut what causes varicoceles?\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>\nAny Proof?<\/h3>\n<p>Donaldson pointed to research regarding the role that vitamin K plays in the calcification of varicose veins (also described in the section above concerning the role of vitamin K in cardiovascular health in general).<\/p>\n<p>Apparently, much like it does in heart-related matters, a vitamin K deficiency (but in the case of the prostate, a deficiency in K2 and not, apparently, K1) leads to calcification of the middle wall of veins around the prostate, laying the groundwork for these torturous vein formations.<\/p>\n<p>But taking supplemental vitamin K, or getting adequate amounts through diet, might fix things: \u201cBy providing vitamin K in the right form and quantity, along with other supporting nutrients and <a href=\"https:\/\/biotest.t-nation.com\/products\/p-well\">phytochemicals<\/a>, it is likely that excellent prostate health can be extended much longer, and perhaps poor prostate health can be reversed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Donaldson cites two main pieces of evidence to back up the vitamin K\/BPH relationship. First, he offers work by Dr. Gat (2008) who studied the treatment of male infertility by repairing varicoceles by microsurgery or embolization.<\/p>\n<p>Gat was the one who found the ridiculously high free testosterone concentrations (130 times normal) in the blood reaching the prostate from the testes in men with varicoceles, a level he thinks could at least partially explain the hyperplasia seen in the prostate gland.<\/p>\n<p>When varicoceles were treated, the enlarged prostate was relieved, first from the physical pressure of all that backed-up blood, and secondly from the burden of those extremely high testosterone levels. (Donaldson doesn\u2019t dismiss the role testosterone or its metabolites play in BPH; only that there\u2019s something else, e.g., a vitamin K deficiency, that precipitates prostate growth.) Gat even found that BPH didn\u2019t even occur without the presence of varicoceles (which can\u2019t be detected by palpation, only sonography or thermography).<\/p>\n<p>Several subsequent studies have confirmed this relationship between vitamin K insufficiency and BPH.<\/p>\n<p>Then there\u2019s the second line of evidence from a portion of the EPIC (European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition) study. One team of contributors \u2013 Nimpstch et al (2010) \u2013 found an inverse relationship between dietary intakes of vitamin K2 and risk of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.t-nation.com\/sex-hormones\/tip-trt-causes-prostate-cancer-nah-the-opposite\/\">prostate cancer<\/a> in a survey of 24,340 participants.<\/p>\n<p>While the Nimpstch study doesn\u2019t prove an association specifically between vitamin K and BPH, it certainly suggests a relationship between the vitamin and prostate health in general.<\/p>\n<h3>\nWhat About the Other, Conventional Factors Involved in BPH?<\/h3>\n<p>Clearly, there are other factors involved in BPH. You\u2019ve got obesity, diabetes, and metabolic syndrome all playing a potential role. Testosterone is also involved, and the fact that eunuchs don\u2019t develop BPH is pretty solid proof of its culpability.<\/p>\n<p>But then there\u2019s the conundrum of age: as men get older, BPH increases while <a href=\"https:\/\/www.t-nation.com\/sex-hormones\/tip-the-3-types-of-testosterone-levels\/\">testosterone levels<\/a> drop. And, as Donaldson points out, neither do serum testosterone concentrations correlate with the severity of the condition. In other words, someone could have relatively low free T levels and still have an enlarged prostate. The opposite is also often true.<\/p>\n<p>But it\u2019s not testosterone itself that promotes growth of the prostate, but the conversion of testosterone to its metabolite \u2013 dihydrotestosterone (DHT). This mechanism is, of course, the most well-known target of pharmaceutical intervention.<\/p>\n<p>Donaldson has no disagreement with any of those alternate causes of BPH, but he stresses that none of them gives us a clue as to the origins of BPH. His observations about vitamin K, though, offer a tantalizing clue.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3C00T3K\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/1364207a0393d1cd641657fc82b45132be966ea6.jpeg\" alt=\"Super K\" data-base62-sha1=\"2LxAKx3ggwQh8YfxLlcZcEv0sIu\" width=\"689\" height=\"388\" \/><br \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>\nWhat Type of Vitamin K to Take and How Much<\/h3>\n<p>There is currently no RDA for vitamin K; there just isn\u2019t enough evidence or research to establish one. We do, however, have an \u201cadequate intake\u201d (AI) for the vitamin. For men and women over the age of 19, the AI is 120 mcg. day for men and 90 mcg. a day for women.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, few foods are fortified with vitamin K. As far as obtaining it through natural foods, you can get vitamin K1 by eating certain green vegetables and plant oils. Think spinach, broccoli, iceberg lettuce, and soybean and canola oil.<\/p>\n<p>These are the types of foods that would theoretically thwart calcification of the arteries.<\/p>\n<p>Foods that contain vitamin K2, however, are not in the \u201chealthy\u201d categories like fruits, vegetables, nuts, seeds, and legumes. Instead, it\u2019s found in egg yolks, some cheeses, some cultured dairy products, and meat \u2013 foods that many doctors tell men to restrict.<\/p>\n<p>These are the types of foods that would theoretically thwart BPH.<\/p>\n<p>However, obtaining vitamin K through food presents a problem: The bioavailability of the different forms of vitamin K through food is horribly limited. For instance, the absorption rate of phylloquinone (vitamin K1) in its free form is about 80%, but its absorption rate through food appears to be a lot less than that (K1 appears to cling to the chloroplasts in plants with fierce tenacity).<\/p>\n<p>For example, the human body only absorbs about 4% of the K1 in spinach. Natural sources of K2 appear to fare better in the digestive tract, but specific absorption rate data is scarce.<\/p>\n<p>That leaves supplementation. I use <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3C00T3K\">Super K<\/a> from Life Extension. They make good stuff.<\/p>\n<p>The daily dosage of Super K is one gel cap, and each one contains 1500 mcg. of K1 and a combined 1100 mcg. of two types of vitamin K2 (menaquinone-4 and -7). When you compare those numbers to the recommended AI, it looks to be a case of overkill, but remember, absorption rates are generally poor, so we have to go Battle of Thermopylae on the body and overwhelm its reluctance to sop up vitamin K.<\/p>\n<p>Besides, there\u2019s probably nothing to fear from these relatively high doses; no adverse effects have ever been associated with vitamin K consumption from food or supplements in humans or animals. Its use, however, is contraindicated in people taking blood thinners, antibiotics, bile acid sequestrants (a specific type of cholesterol medication), or the weight-loss drug Orlistat.<\/p>\n<p>Regarding prostate health in general, I also take Biotest\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/biotest.t-nation.com\/products\/p-well\">P-Well<\/a>\u2122, which I helped formulate. It tackles the phytochemical side of the equation that Donaldson believes plays an equally important role in the health of the prostate.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"onebox allowlistedgeneric\" data-onebox-src=\"https:\/\/biotest.t-nation.com\/products\/p-well\">\n<header class=\"source\">\n      <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/global.discourse-cdn.com\/tnation\/original\/4X\/7\/1\/5\/715585c562f35505fa6ad5a68a1576f42627aa47.jpeg\" class=\"site-icon\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/p>\n<p>      <a href=\"https:\/\/biotest.t-nation.com\/products\/p-well\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">T Nation Biotest<\/a><br \/>\n  <\/header>\n<article class=\"onebox-body\">\n    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/afb9842340d2946af60ce20c91a903685dfc65c7_2_500x500.jpeg\" class=\"thumbnail onebox-avatar\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/afb9842340d2946af60ce20c91a903685dfc65c7_2_500x500.jpeg, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/afb9842340d2946af60ce20c91a903685dfc65c7_2_750x750.jpeg 1.5x, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/afb9842340d2946af60ce20c91a903685dfc65c7_2_1000x1000.jpeg 2x\" data-dominant-color=\"9E9CAF\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/biotest.t-nation.com\/products\/p-well\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">P-Well\u2122<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>180 mg Pomegranate Punicalagins, 500 mg Cranberry, 30 mg Lycopene \u2013\u00a090 Capsules<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<\/aside>\n<h3>\nIs Vitamin K the Answer to the Biggest Male Problems?<\/h3>\n<p>As I stressed in the article, the idea that a vitamin K2 deficiency is at the root of many cases of BPH is theoretical. More research is definitely needed. Even so, if Donaldson is right, taking supplemental K2 would be unlikely to override obesity, high blood pressure, insulin resistance, or any serious medical condition that aids and abets the development of BPH.<\/p>\n<p>But if it could thwart BPH in the absence of those other contributing factors? Whoa.<\/p>\n<p>High hopes about BPH aside, the research about K1 limiting calcification is much more solid and should be reason enough for every adult \u2013 man or woman \u2013 to consider supplementing with it (except where contraindications exist).<\/p>\n<details>\n<summary>\nReferences<\/summary>\n<h3>\nReferences<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li>Shiol A et al. **The Inhibitory Role of Vitamin K in Progression of Vascular Calcification.**Nutrients. 2020 Feb;12(2):583. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC7071387\/\">PMC<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Donaldson MS. <strong>Vitamin K: The Missing Link to Prostate Health.<\/strong> Med Hypotheses. 2015 Mar;84(3):219-22. <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/25613567\/\">PubMed<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/details>\n<p><small>T Nation earns from qualifying purchases as an Amazon Associate. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.t-nation.com\/affiliate-link-policy\/\">Read more<\/a> about our policy.<\/small><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"post\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p>Love these types of actionable articles. Hard to look good naked if your body has a host of deficiencies. You can lift weights till the cows come home but you can\u2019t build a body on a shitty foundation. Do the easy stuff first, then tackle the correct minute angle on your lat pulldown.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"post\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<aside class=\"quote no-group\" data-username=\"savageresolve\" data-post=\"2\" data-topic=\"279881\">\n<div class=\"title\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" src=\"https:\/\/sea2.discourse-cdn.com\/tnation\/user_avatar\/forums.t-nation.com\/savageresolve\/40\/312832_2.png\" class=\"avatar\" \/> savageresolve:<\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Hard to look good naked if your body has a host of deficiencies.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Got that right. (Glad you liked it.)<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"post\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p>Super K is what I\u2019ve been taking.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve read it is best to take it along with Vitamin D3. So I take a D3, and a couple of calcium\/magnesium tablets at the same time. I think they are all supposed to work together, when regulating calcium metabolism and utilization.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"post\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<aside class=\"quote no-group\" data-username=\"average_al\" data-post=\"4\" data-topic=\"279881\">\n<div class=\"title\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" src=\"https:\/\/avatars.discourse-cdn.com\/v4\/letter\/a\/ea666f\/40.png\" class=\"avatar\" \/> average_al:<\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<p>So I take a D3, and a couple of calcium\/magnesium tablets at the same time.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<p>I worry about the calcium. Men generally get enough of the mineral through the diet. Taking in more than what\u2019s needed has been implicated in causing strokes in men. True, vitamin K helps prevent that, but why risk it in the first place.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"post\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p>Understood.  I am taking a modest dose, maybe 40% RDA. And taking it as much for the magnesium as the calcium. Of course, I could just switch to magnesium only.  I do not consume a lot of dairy.  Also somewhat at risk for osteoporosis due to other medications I\u2019m taking.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"post\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p>Thanks for the info TC. Another study found men with the highest intake of vitamin K2 were less likely to develop advanced prostate cancer (Nimptsch K, 2008). The RDI for vitamin K for adults and children over 4 years of age is 120mcg.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"post\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<aside class=\"quote no-group\" data-username=\"average_al\" data-post=\"6\" data-topic=\"279881\">\n<div class=\"title\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" src=\"https:\/\/avatars.discourse-cdn.com\/v4\/letter\/a\/ea666f\/40.png\" class=\"avatar\" \/> average_al:<\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Also somewhat at risk for osteoporosis due to other medications I\u2019m taking.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Ah, that makes sense.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"post\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<aside class=\"quote no-group\" data-username=\"gabriellas\" data-post=\"7\" data-topic=\"279881\">\n<div class=\"title\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" src=\"https:\/\/avatars.discourse-cdn.com\/v4\/letter\/g\/48db29\/40.png\" class=\"avatar\" \/> gabriellas:<\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Another study found men with the highest intake of vitamin K2 were less likely to develop advanced prostate cancer (Nimptsch K, 2008).<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<p>More validation. Nice.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"post\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p>There is a lot of talk about prevention but what if someone already has calcium in an artery?  I\u2019m trying to find answers for reversing this (Some say it\u2019s impossible, others say it is possible).  Products and dosing would be a great article to follow up with.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"post\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<aside class=\"quote group-Verified\" data-username=\"TC_Luoma\" data-post=\"1\" data-topic=\"279881\">\n<div class=\"title\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" src=\"https:\/\/sea2.discourse-cdn.com\/tnation\/user_avatar\/forums.t-nation.com\/tc_luoma\/40\/308079_2.png\" class=\"avatar\" \/> TC_Luoma:<\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<p>But it\u2019s not testosterone itself that promotes growth of the prostate, but the conversion of testosterone to its metabolite \u2013 dihydrotestosterone (DHT). This mechanism is, of course, the most well-known target of pharmaceutical intervention.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Perhaps BPH is a negative side effect of long term creatine use since converting test to DHT is said to be one of it\u2019s main mechanisms.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This Nutrient Could be the Answer There\u2019s no RDA for vitamin K but there\u2019s mounting evidence that it\u2019s essential for both cardiovascular health and prostate health.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1711370,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[547],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1711367","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-bongino-report"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1711367","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1711367"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1711367\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1711370"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1711367"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1711367"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1711367"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}