Vitamin K2: The Overlooked Nutrient You Might Be Missing
When we think of essential vitamins, we often focus on the big names: Vitamin D, Vitamin C, Iron. But there’s one that’s just as vital, yet frequently left out of the conversation: Vitamin K2.
Vitamin K2 plays a crucial role in both bone and heart health, yet it remains one of the most under-consumed nutrients in modern diets. Unlike Vitamin K1, which helps with blood clotting, Vitamin K2 is responsible for directing calcium to the right places in the body, your bones and teeth, and keeping it out of the arteries and soft tissues, where it can cause serious harm. A 2021 review published in BMJ Open Heart highlighted Vitamin K2 as an emerging nutrient of importance in cardiovascular health. The authors linked K2 to reduced arterial calcification, improved heart function, and better use of calcium throughout the body.
They concluded that K2 may play a key role in supporting mitochondrial function in heart tissue and that its underuse could be contributing to the rising prevalence of vascular diseases and bone loss, particularly in older populations. Vitamin K2 is found in fermented foods such as natto, aged cheeses, and some animal products. These aren’t commonly consumed in Western diets especially by those who eat mostly plant-based or low-fat foods. Despite its importance, Vitamin K2 is not included in many standard multivitamins, leaving most people with a significant and unnoticed gap in their nutrition. You could be getting plenty of calcium and Vitamin D but without K2, that calcium may not be going where it’s needed.
How Min Vitamix Fills the Gap
At Min Vitamix, we understand that supplements shouldn’t be about trends, they should be about you. That’s why we use a detailed lifestyle questionnaire and, if available, your blood test results, to create a personalised supplement blend tailored to your needs. If your dietary intake of K2 is already sufficient, we won’t include more. But if there’s a gap in your nutrition, as there is for many people, we’ll add just the right amount, carefully balanced with other nutrients like Vitamin D3 and calcium. Taking the wrong nutrients or too much of the right ones can do more harm than good. That’s why we don’t offer one-size-fits-all multivitamins. Each scoop of Min Vitamix contains only what your body actually needs, based on science, not assumptions. No more guesswork. No unnecessary pills. Just one scoop a day, designed for your body’s real requirements.
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