Comments on: Vitamin K1 vs. Vitamin K2

By: Marilyn

Marilyn — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 11:34:53 +0000

thanks anyway richard…i cant seem to find any info on this. maybe someone will chime in here and know. have a good day and thanks

By: Richard Nikoley

Richard Nikoley — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 17:21:29 +0000

Marilyn:

Sorry, but I don’t know. Perhaps someone else has an idea.

By: Marilyn

Marilyn — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 17:11:12 +0000

Please someone help me. i have a problem with brusing and was told vit. k would help. my blood is very thin. but now i dont know if k oe k2 would help???? Someone please answerr this for me

By: Sharon

Sharon — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 21:37:22 +0000

Thanks for the hint to check Whole Foods. There is one very close to my destination in Seattle and a couple not far off the I5 on my way down. Hopefully I will find it in one those stores on my next trip.

Re. the online sources – from what I have seen, they will not ship supplements to Canada. Perhaps there is a Canadian reader that has found other wise?

By: Nige

Nige — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 19:00:48 +0000

I use Vitamin Research Products Ultra K2 (15mg MK-4), available in the UK from Seek Natural and take 15mg/week.

By: Andrew S

Andrew S — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 18:35:44 +0000

I’m not in Canada or Seattle, but I had a hard time finding K2 at a local store. One of the Whole Foods nearby (and not the other three I stopped at) has it; none of the other grocery chains do. A vitamin-only store might be a place to check, but I didn’t find it at three of the GNCs that I checked.

So: if you want to find a local store that carries them, either call around or do a lot of driving.

Alternately: http://www.google.com/products?q=carlson+k2

By: Sharon

Sharon — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 17:06:28 +0000

Sorry for posting on this old entry but I was hoping either you or your readers could point me to where I could get K2. I am in Canada and it doesn’t appear to be sold here. But maybe I haven’t been looking in the right places? I get to the Seattle Washington area every couple of months. I looked in a couple of vitamin stores on my last trip but couldn’t find it. Maybe another Canadian or Seattle area person could offer some suggestions?

By: Richard Nikoley

Richard Nikoley — Fri, 29 May 2009 11:56:33 +0000

There is this:

http://www.westonaprice.org/basicnutrition/vitamin-k2.html#dental

"The Activator X concentrate also reduced the bacterial count of their saliva. In a group of six patients, administration of the concentrate reduced the Lactobacillus acidophiluscount from 323,000 to 15,000. In one individual, the combination of cod liver oil and Activator X concentrate reduced the L. acidophilus count from 680,000 to 0."

By: StephenB

StephenB — Fri, 29 May 2009 11:32:47 +0000

I've noticed the same thing too. My last dental cleaning went very quickly.

I don't know how much of it is the K2 removing calcium from tartar and plaque, leading to the smoothness, or the K2 having an impact on biofilms in the mouth. I'd guess more of the former.

StephenB

By: Richard Nikoley

Richard Nikoley — Fri, 29 May 2009 08:30:08 +0000

StephanB:

Would that apply to "biofilms" in the mouth as well. Since taking K2-MK4, I have noticed my teeth are always smooth.