Rhonda Patrick· PhD
@leviishere k2 is important to activate genes that remove calcium from the blood stream and bring it to bones where needed.
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@leviishere k2 is important to activate genes that remove calcium from the blood stream and bring it to bones where needed.
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K proteins prevents calcification of the arteries. They're all calcium-binding proteins, vitamin K proteins.
But, you know, and if you get enough of that, you know, K1 to activate those proteins in the liver, then more of it can stay around in the circulation, where it can then activate these other proteins that are important for pulling calcium out of the blood stream to prevent calcification of the arteries, take it to the bones where it's supposed to go, right?