K-POWER
Professional-Grade Vitamin K
WHAT IT IS:
- A synergistic blend of therapeutic-dose vitamin K with geranylgeraniol (GG) to supercharge vitamin K and optimize calcium metabolism
WHY YOU NEED IT:
- Clinically Superior Formulation
- Important for patients with age-related and drug-related bone loss
- Supports patients with high Coronary Calcium scores and vascular disease
- Good for patients on statin drugs and osteoporosis drugs which lower vitamin K levels
- Great for patients with heart valve calcifications
- Important for patients with inflammatory conditions like Rheumatoid Arthritis and Osteoarthritis
- Supports patients at risk for kidney stones
- Good for patients with Insulin Resistance, Pre-Diabetes
HOW IT HELPS:
Like many other vitamins, modern humans get only a small fraction of critical nutrients that we need from our daily food intake, as compared to our ancestors…and vitamin K is no exception.
While our forefathers’ diets gave them about 1,000mcg of vitamin K, our contemporary diets gives on average only 92mcg of vitamin K on a daily basis, a level of intake which is wholly insufficient for ensuring a long healthspan.
K-Power delivers 4,000 mcg vitamin K1 and 1,000 mcg vitamin K2 (MK-4) in a liquid soft gel for optimal absorption. These are clinically effective doses that are supported by human research. Sadly, most vitamin K supplements contain only 100-500mcg.
But wait…there’s more.
K-Power also contains 35 mg patented GG-Gold® geranylgeraniol, a critical nutrient that enhances conversion and tissue storage of vitamin K2 (MK-4). This three-pathway approach provides K1, K2, AND the critical cofactor (GG) are needed to release the full power and promise of vitamin K. Without simultaneously maximizing blood GG levels, vitamin K remains inactive, and therefore ineffective because most people cannot covert inactive vitamin K1 to the active form, K2 (MK4).
The Calcium Conundrum
Everybody knows that calcium is important for a healthy body, including regulating every heartbeat and building strong bones and teeth.
But, when calcium ends up in the wrong place (think bone spurs and calcified arterial plaque), your body can be at risk for unwanted pain and disease.
By actively managing your vitamin K supplementation, you can direct calcium where you want it to go (bones and teeth) and away from the places you don’t (arteries).
K-Power provides the proper dose and forms of vitamin K to assist your body with healthy calcium metabolism and deposition
In order to get calcium where it is supposed to go, vitamin K activates two critical proteins: Osteocalcin (Oc) and Matrix GLA Protein (MGP). The Oc protein puts calcium into teeth and bones, while MGP blocks calcium from getting into your arteries and joints.
If you are not actively managing calcium metabolism, then calcium is more likely leave your bones and accumulate in your arteries and joints (No bueno).
Studies show that taking the proper amount and type of vitamin K can reduce bone fracture risk by 50%, and reduce arterial plaque calcification by up to 45%. So, you get stronger bones and healthier arteries.
Activated vitamin K2 (MK-4) helps build stronger bones by protecting bone-building cells (called osteoblasts) and simultaneously reducing the activity of cells that breakdown bone (osteoclasts).
The amount of K2 (MK-4) that your body can store is dependent on sufficient GG production in the liver. But aging liver cells and the use of certain common medications (like statin drugs for cholesterol and bisphosphonates for bone building) actually reduce the body’s ability to make enough GG for optimal bone and arterial health. Additionally, GG can also directly support stronger healthier bones by stimulating osteoblasts and limiting osteoclast activity.
For patients with arthritis (OsteoArthritis and Rheumatoid Arthritis), clinical studies have shown significantly reduced inflammation in laboratory testing using the vitamin K doses found in K-Power. Managing excessive inflammation is also critically important for a long, pain-free healthspan.
Proper amounts of vitamin K storage are also necessary for the kidney to make nephrocalcin, a protein that stops the formation of calcium oxalate kidney stones. Regular use of K-Power ensures that your kidneys can best keep you from producing unwelcome stones.
And if you have been diagnosed with Insulin Resistance/Pre-Diabetes or Diabetes, both GG and K2 have been shown in multiple clinical trials to reduce blood sugar (by 13.4%), lower HbA1c (by 7.4%), and cut fasting insulin levels (by 28.3%).
Overall, the activated vitamin K in K-Power is essential for healthy aging, and that is why it is part of my personal, core supplement regimen.
Dosage: take one K-Power softgel with a meal, twice daily.