{"product_id":"vitamin-k2-mk-7-100-mcg","title":"Vitamin K2 (MK-7) 100 mcg","description":"\u003cp\u003eVitamin K takes its letter from the German \u003cem\u003eKoagulation\u003c\/em\u003e, the property Henrik Dam noticed in the 1930s when chickens on a fat-free diet began to bleed. For fifty years that was thought to be the whole story. It was not. The same vitamin activates a small family of proteins outside the clotting cascade — osteocalcin in bone, matrix Gla protein in the vessel wall — and it does so by a single chemical act: carboxylating specific glutamate residues so those proteins can bind calcium.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUncarboxylated, they cannot. This is why vitamin K sits quietly behind the question of where dietary calcium actually ends up.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eK2\u003c\/strong\u003e supplies 100 mcg of natural menaquinone-7, the long-chain form produced by fermentation and found in traditional foods such as natto. MK-7 matters because of its half-life: measured in days rather than the few hours of K1, which means a single daily dose maintains steady circulating levels. It is used to support normal bone mineralization and healthy arterial and cardiovascular function.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf you supplement vitamin D or calcium, K2 belongs in the same conversation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAvailable in 60 softgels.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThese statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ecological Formulas","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44225641644135,"sku":null,"price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/foundationlabs.us\/products\/vitamin-k2-mk-7-100-mcg","provider":"Foundation Labs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}