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Got Cows Milk - The Miracle Food (3010 words) |
 | Vitamin K1 activates osteocalcin, the major non-collagen protein in bone. |
| Osteocalcin anchors calcium molecules inside of the bone. |
| Therefore, without enough vitamin K1, osteocalcin levels are inadequate, and bone mineralization is impaired. |
| Holistic Health Encyclopedia - V (2998 words) |
| This explains why the chicks became deficient in vitamin K: their low-fat diet did not permit its absorption. |
| Recent research shows that vitamin K is also necessary for building healthy bones, as it is responsible for converting the bone protein osteocalcin from its inactive form to its active form. |
| Supplemental vitamin K may play a valuable role in preventing and treating osteoporosis. |
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