Comments on: Vitamin K: Your Osteoporosis Knight in Shining Armor

By: antoinette kreutzer

antoinette kreutzer — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 20:54:09 +0000

What about the sugar in fruit and dried fruit as raisins and dates?Surfing on the internet you find many lists with alcalic and acid food.They differ from each other in an very extremely way.Very confusing.

By: LynnCS

LynnCS — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 07:13:27 +0000

Scares me too. No nose bleeds here, but bruises that don’t go away easily. Hopefully the vit k will help that. I think bleeding is from not enough vit K.

By: LynnCS

LynnCS — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 06:54:15 +0000

Vivian..I am sitting here re reading this post and trying not to cry. I think I am catching on. I never thought I would figure this thing out. There is so much to know. I am on a raw vegan diet and I eat e lots of greens. I decided on the Garden of Life Raw Vitamin Code Raw Calcium. The Vit K is described as K2 derived from Natto but the bottle only describes it as Vit K 200mcgs. It also has 3.8 mgs of Strotium. I couldn’t find any without it. How am I doing. I will get a different one if this isn’t good. Hope to hear from you. This is very stressful to know if I’m doing the right thing. Lynn

By: Leonard Green

Leonard Green — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 04:02:58 +0000

Hello Vivian,
I’ve just gotten your book. Thanks. According to recent very seroius medical researh vitamins/mineral supplementation is negative for people health. My doctors particulary did not recommend me to take Mg, C for kidney.The reasearch showed that Co, B1 could be harmful; Ca is under question.
So I’d like to use food for all vit/min.
Now New Chapter manufactures vitamins from food but they use fermented soy. I see some scary notes on K2 which has fermented soy.
I’ve heard that soy is genetically modified. Fermentation is also not good process. Soy is not good for the weak thyroid.So I want to stop taking all supplements excluding probably CoQ10 which is good for BP and which I can not find with the food. At your short references for the most important vitamins and minerals for bone health you mentioned several of them including also licopen and polyphenols. (There are some contradictions)
Could you please tell me which major food and how much I should use daily to get most imortant vitamins and minerals? (I meand food rich with them)
Note: I use almond milk and salmon and Gerlsteiner mineral water to get 1200 mg Ca and 600 IU D3. I eat buckweet to get 400 mg Mg (water also).
Kiwi, Brussel sprouts – give 70% of DV for K (label). Kiwi – 100% of C.
When I exercise I feel some pain on the hips. Is that symptom of ostepososis? I am 75 (take lethotyroxine and diovan which i want to replace with CoQ10)
Appreciate your help
Leonard Green

By: Cheri Litchfield

Cheri Litchfield — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:53:20 +0000

There is an excellent book about Vit K2 “Vit K2 and the Calcium Paradox”. I recommend it very highly. It is a newly published book and answers many and various concerns about not just bone health but health. Vit K2 may be a very important piece of the health puzzle.

By: P. Taylor

P. Taylor — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 02:27:15 +0000

I believe a diet rich in vegetables and fruit will supply adequate Vitimin K. Those of us who have suffered blood clots should not be taking Vit.K supplements which may lead to more unwanted clotting.

By: Daniel

Daniel — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 11:34:44 +0000

I have been taking activk2 for a month now. It’s cheap but i can’t find it online. It’s only in selected pharmacies. But i was recommended it by the pharmacist. Can go wrong with £11.99 for 50 day supply.

By: Jeanette

Jeanette — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 07:40:25 +0000

Hello Vivian and May and Luc Very good comments above. Even if it takes 2 years I’m willing. We have everything to gain and nothing to lose so Why Not? I like the idea of being tested after these supplements are added. I’m a cancer survivor…..I’ve read a lot about diet to prevent reoccurence. Eating an alkaline diet is very important to prevent cancer. Cancer has a hard time growing in an alkaline enviroment. Not eating sugar is very important. Cancer grows fast, it prefers sugar for the quick energy it needs to grow. I intend to kill 2 birds with one stone. Get rid of cancer while building my bones. Sounds like a winner.

By: Jeanette

Jeanette — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 06:24:40 +0000

Vivian Thank you for that answer

By: Jeanette

Jeanette — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 06:01:47 +0000

Hello Marie, It was so nice to hear what you had to say. I wish I had all the answers! I, too, am a cancer survivor who is on aromatase. I started with Arimidex, but soon had a vertabrae fracture (T7) My oncology Dr. then put me on Aromasin. It’s been 4 mts and I’m still in pain from the fracture. It’s tempting not to take these drugs, either. When I complained to my endocrinologist he just handed me a prescription for “Atelvia” and told me that it would “fix” that problem. Now,,,,who do I believe? Do I have to decide between cancer or osteoporosis???? Cancer is more deadly, of course….BUT osteoporosis totally destroys your quality of life. I’m already having to curb my activities,,,like swimning, horseback riding, most dancing (I can do lite line dancing) I can’t take the risk of partner swing dancing because some guys swing and twirl you too hard while your arms are over your head. I can walk the treadmill but if I do the eliptical I’m hurting for days. My recovery from osteoporosis is going to be tough,,,and that’s hard after cancer, as you know. Be careful,,,those drugs are nasty!!!!