Rainbow chard is a good source of vitamin K1, and both vitamin K1 and K2 are required as cofactors for proteins involved in blood coagulation, preventing vascular calcification, and maintaining bone homeostasis.

“chard is a great source of vitamin k1 around 65 percent of the u.s. population does meet the adequate intake for vitamin k1 which is set at around 90 to 120 micrograms a day there are two biologically active forms of vitamin K vitamin k1 and vitamin k2 I'll talk about the similarities and differences of these two different vitamin K forms in another video both vitamin k1 and vitamin k2 are required as cofactors to activate proteins in the body that serve three important functions first function is coagulation which is the clotting of blood the second function is to remove calcium out of the bloodstream to prevent calcification of the blood vessels and arteries and take it to the bones which is the third function maintaining bone homeostasis”