10 Benefits of Vitamin K
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Boasts Anticancer Properties
Vitamin K may also have anticancer properties, inhibiting the growth of cancer cells. In post-menopausal women, vitamin K has been shown to reduce the incidence of cancer by 75%.1DiNicolantonio, James, Jaikrit Bhutani and James O’Keefe. ‘The Health Benefits of Vitamin K.’ Open Heart, vol. 2, no. 1, 2015. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4600246/
The vitamin may also mitigate the development of and death from liver cancer in patients with cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma. Vitamin K may also reduce the recurrence of hepatocellular carcinoma in some patients. This is significant, as recurrence rates among this patient population is high even with treatment.1DiNicolantonio, James, Jaikrit Bhutani and James O’Keefe. ‘The Health Benefits of Vitamin K.’ Open Heart, vol. 2, no. 1, 2015. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4600246/
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