03.08.2013 - By Biodynamics Now!
The secret to avoiding calcium-related osteoporosis and atherosclerosis
While millions of people take calcium and Vitamin D supplements thinking they're helping their bones, the truth is, without the addition of Vitamin K2, such a health regimen could prove dangerous. Without Vitamin K2, the body cannot direct calcium to the bones where it's needed; instead, the calcium resides in soft tissue (like the arteries)—leading to a combination of osteoporosis and atherosclerosis, or the dreaded "calcium paradox." This is the first book to reveal how universal a Vitamin K2 deficiency is, and the risk (in the form of cancer and diabetes, among other ailments) the absence of Vitamin K2 poses.
Written by Dr. Kate Rheaume-Bleue, a popular health expert on Canadian television and radio, Vitamin K2 and the Calcium Paradox sounds a warning about the popularity of the calcium and Vitamin D craze, while illustrating the enormous health benefits of Vitamin K2 in making the body less susceptible to dental cavities, heart disease, prostate cancer, liver cancer, diabetes, wrinkles, obesity, varicose veins, and other ailments.
The book demystifies this obscure supernutrient—a fat soluble vitamin that humans once thrived on, ignored by scientists for almost seventy years
Details how the consumption of grass-fed animals led to adequate Vitamin K2 intake—while grain-based animal feed helped eradicate Vitamin K2 from our diets
Describes how doctors are raising recommended doses of calcium and Vitamin D—without prescribing Vitamin K2
Details more damning facts about transfats—and how the creation of a synthetic Vitamin K interfered with the body's Vitamin K metabolism
An essential book for anyone interested in bone health, or maintaining their overall health, Vitamin K2 and the Calcium Paradox is the guide to taking the right combination of supplements—and adding Vitamin K2 to a daily regimen.
Publisher's Press Release
Vitamin K2 and the Calcium Paradox: How a Little-Known Vitamin Could Save Your Life
Are you taking calcium or vitamin D? This news could save your life. Millions of people take calcium and vitamin D supplements for bone health, but recent research shows that this can actually increase the risk of heart attack and stroke as the added calcium builds up in arteries.
Vitamin K2 and the Calcium Paradox: How a Little-Known Vitamin Could Save Your Life is the revealing new book that explains the secret to keeping bones strong and arteries clear with vitamin K2, a little-known super-nutrient that humans once thrived on and that has been ignored by scientists for almost 70 years.
Written by Dr. Kate Rhéaume-Bleue, a popular health expert on Canadian television and radio, Vitamin K2 and the Calcium Paradox sounds a warning about the popularity of the calcium and vitamin D craze while illustrating the enormous health benefits of vitamin K2 in making the body less susceptible to osteoporosis, heart disease, prostate cancer, liver cancer, diabetes, wrinkles, obesity, varicose veins, and other ailments.
How much vitamin K2 is needed and how to get it;
Why vitamin D and calcium must be supplemented by vitamin K2;
The health benefits of vitamin K2, including straight, cavity-free teeth, fewer wrinkles, cancer prevention and strong bones in children;
Which delicious “sinful” foods are brimming with heart-healthy vitamin K2 vitamin;
How vitamin K2 plays a role in healing almost every major disease of our day;
Vitamin K2 as the ultimate anti-aging vitamin;
The recent studies on Alzheimer’s and how vitamin K2 may slow or prevent this disease.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments ixChapter 1: The Calcium Paradox 1
Why you need to read this book, whether or not you take calcium supplements 4
Osteoporosis: Calcium deficiency 5
Atherosclerosis: Calcium excess 8
Why vitamin D won't save us from the Calcium Paradox 10
How vitamin K2 comes to the rescue 12
The calcium cycle of life 18
We all need more: Vitamin K2 deficiency is widespread 19
Chapter 2: The Undiscovery and Rediscovery of Vitamin K2 23
A brief history of vitamin K: A tale of two nutrients 24
The mysterious activator X 27
Finally understanding vitamin K2 after 70 years: What it is and isn't 39
Vitamin K1: Greens and clotting 41
Vitamin K1 deficiency is rare and obvious 43
Vitamin K2: Animal fat and calcium metabolism 44
Vitamin K2 deficiency is common and invisible 45
Vitamin K2: A new essential nutrient 47
Chapter 3 – How Much Vitamin K2 Do We Need, and How Do We Get It? 49
The lack of vitamin K2 in our diet: What went wrong? 50
The grass-fed vitamin 53
The pastured egg hunt 56
Ghee and butter oil from grass-fed cows 61
Yet another reason to avoid trans fat 63
Two types of vitamin K2 65
Natto, the slimy superfood 69
Recommended vitamin K2 intake 74
Vitamin K2 from supplements 76
Vitamin K2: Friend or foe of blood-thinning medications? 80
Chapter 4: Vitamin K2: The Ultimate Antiaging Vitamin 85
The triage theory of aging 86
Vitamin K2 for heart health 89
Rethinking cholesterol 90
Atherosclerosis: Plaque accumulation 92
What really causes heart disease? 95
Vitamin K2 trumps K1 for heart health 96
You can reverse heart disease 97
How much is enough? 100
Even more evidence for vitamin K2 and heart health 100
Vitamin D deficiency: Another risk factor for cardiovascular disease 102
Vitamin K2: Building better bones 102
The renovation of you 103
Calcium alone is not enough 104
Vitamin K2: The missing link for bone health 106
Testing for your vitamin K2 levels 109
Vitamin K2 for Alzheimer's disease 110
Vitamin K2 for wrinkle prevention 114
The way we were 115
Vitamin K2 for healthy veins 117
Aging well with vitamin K2 119
Chapter 5: Even More Health Benefits of Vitamin K2 121
Vitamin K2 for diabetes 122
Vitamin K2 for arthritis 126
K2 for brain and neurologic health 127
Vitamin K2 for cancer prevention 129
Vitamin K2 for kidney disease 137
Vitamin K2 for fertility 138
Vitamin K2 for normal facial development 140
Vitamin K2 for easier labor 147
Vitamin K2 for strong bones 150
Vitamin K2 for dental health 151
Anatomy of a tooth 152
Chapter 6: Measuring Your Vitamin K2 Levels 161
Undercarboxylated osteocalcin (ucOC) tests 163
Bone density scanning 168
Tracking your plaque 172
Chapter 7: Vitamins K2, A and D: Better Together 181
A, D and K2: A balancing act 182
Understanding vitamin A 185
Understanding vitamin D 204
Are vitamins A and D hormones? 219
What about vitamin E? 221
Chapter 8: Toward a New Definition of Nutritious 225
Defining a healthy diet 229
A whole grain of truth 230
Calcium and magnesium 233
Endnotes 237
Index 267