Vitamin K: how do you get it?

Vitamin K is one of those vitamins that your body needs and you likely consume it without even knowing it. Vitamin K is a fat soluble vitamin so best to take it with a meal. It also can be found as a supplement. Also, did you know that it was named because it plays a role in koagulation or blood clotting? Pretty cool, right?

You can find vitamin K as K1 in plant foods or K2 in animal foods or even fermented foods. To make it simpler, you can find them in items like cheese, egg yolk, chicken meat, black beans, etc. How much you need depends on your daily intake from food so best to ask a nutritionist or doctor before consuming supplements.

Remember, vitamin K like vitamin A and D is fat soluble so it works synergistically with other nutrients to help transport them in your body and work towards nutrient absorption.

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