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Vitamin D - Helps Foster Healthy Bone Growth*
There's no denying that Vitamin D helps foster healthy bone growth.. Specifically, Vitamin D helps your body absorb calcium, the building block of bone mass.*
Vitamin K -Helps Promote Healthy Bone Mass*
Recent research has also shown that Vitamin K helps promote healthy bone mass as well.. The study discovered that after just two weeks of daily supplementation with Vitamin K, urinary loss of calcium was reduced and circulating levels of osteocalcin (an important protein for bone synthesis) increased.* It appears that Vitamin K-dependent proteins in the body act as potent inhibitors of vascular calcification, which helps to ensure calcium ends up in bone where it belongs, instead of calcifying soft tissues.*
Vitamin D & K Work Hand in Hand
Put simply, Vitamin D allows your body to absorb calcium more readily and then Vitamin K directs that calcium straight to your bones.* Consequently, when Vitamins D and K are both present in adequate quantities, your bones may be even more protected than if just one of the vitamins is present.
Another way that the fat-soluble Vitamins D and K work together involves safeguarding the heart.* If soft tissues are damaged, the body's inflammatory response can result in calcium deposits in the damaged tissue. If this occurs in your blood vessels it can cause the vessels to lose elasticity and contribute to the buildup of plaque.
Matrix GLA Protein, the protein responsible for helping to protect blood vessels from calcification seems to be increased by Vitamins K and D.*
The Importance of Fruits and Vegetables for Optimal Health
In order to protect your entire body and help ensure optimum health, it is critical to consume a wide variety of fresh fruits and vegetables to ensure a broad spectrum of vitamins, minerals and and phytonutrients are consumed. In addition to that, small amounts of healthy fats will ensure your body's lipid areas are able to receive the nutritional support and protection they need. One reason the Life Plus products are so effective is because of the PhytoZyme Phytonutrient Base of over 30 different fruits and vegetables.
PHYTOZYME BASE
Vitamins D & K like the other Life Plus products are formulated in the proprietary Life Plus PhytoZyme base, which contains a unique blend of over thirty natural ingredients i ncluding special herbs, synergistic p hytonutrient cofactors from fruits and vegetables, plus plant enzymes for bioavailability.
When you take Lifeplus products, you have the added benefit of receiving the numerous health supporting phytochemicals and other micronutrients contained in the PhytoZyme base.
HOW TO TAKE VITAMINS D & K
One tablet two times a day.
As with all supplements, please consult your physician prior to taking if you are pregnant or attempting to become pregnant, breast-feeding, under a doctor's care or taking prescription medication.
Formulated in the exclusive PhytoZyme® base of plant enzymes for bioavailability and over 30 synergistic fruit, vegetable and herbal concentrates for “extra” phytonutrient cofactors.
Allergy Information: This product is processed in the same facility that processes products containing fish/shellfish, soy and dairy. This product was not tested on animals.
Suitable for Vegans.
REFERENCES:
1. "Three-year low-dose menaquinone-7 supplementation helps decrease bone loss in healthy postmenopausal women," Knapen MH, Drummen ne, et al, Osteoporos Int, 2013 March 23.
2. Kidd PM Vitamins D and K as pleiotropic nutrients - 2010: clinical importance to the skeletal and cardiovascular systems and preliminary evidence for synergy. Altern Med Rev. 2010 sep;15(3):199-222.
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