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The pH Miracle: Balance Your Diet, Reclaim Your Health
by Robert O. Young Shelley Redford Young
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The pH Miracle for Diabetes: The Revolutionary Diet Plan for Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetics
by Robert O. Young Shelley Redford Young
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The Tri-Color Diet a Miracle Breakthrough in Diet and Nutrition for a Longer, He
by Martin, Ph.D. Katahn
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The pH Miracle for Weight Loss: Balance Your Body Chemistry, Achieve Your Ideal Weight
by Robert O. Young Shelley Redford Young
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101 Miracle Foods That Heal Your Heart
by Liz Applegate Liz Applegate Ph.D.
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The K Vitamin

The K vitamin is essential for the blood to clot to repair injuries. Whenever a person has a bleeding wound, it is the K vitamin that is present in the blood that stops the bleeding and enables most minor cuts to heal quickly.

There are three different forms of the K vitamin. The first variant of the K vitamin is vitamin K1, also known as phylloquinone. This is the form of the K vitamin that is found in types of plant foods. Vitamin K found in plant foods. The second form of the K vitamin is the vitamin K2, or menaquinone. This type of the K vitamin is formed by friendly bacteria in the intestines. Thirdly, there is vitamin K3 which is also known as menadione and is actually an artificial form of the K vitamin. All three of these types of K vitamin end up in the liver where it is used to create the blood clotting substances. The best natural sources of the K vitamin are green leafy vegetables, such as spinach. However, because the friendly bacteria in the intestine makes one of the forms of the K vitamin it is extremely rare for a person to have a deficiency of the K vitamin and so K vitamin supplements are not needed by the majority of people. Apart from the main function of helping blood to clot, the K vitamin, specifically the Vitamin K1, has an important part to play in the bone building process. This K vitamin is required to retain the calcium in the bones and redistribute it to where it is needed. Although a K vitamin deficiency is relatively rare there are certain groups of people who may suffer from it. Newborn babies may not have enough of the K vitamin as they have insufficient bacteria in their intestines to produce it. The majority of newborn babies in developed countries are therefore given a K vitamin injection to tide them over until the natural process takes over. That is the only time that a K vitamin supplement will be taken by most people throughout their lives. However, an extended course of antibiotics may lead to a K vitamin deficiency due to the fact that the antibiotics kill the intestinal bacteria as well as the ones that they are being taken to cure. Again, a K vitamin supplement may be given if the course of antibiotics has to continue for a long period of time.

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Diet Prevents Isabella Rossellini's Daughter From Drinking You Under the Table [Calorie Countess] (Defamer)

Catching up today on our socialite fashion models, we enjoyed an introduction to Elettra Wiedemann, the 25-year-old daughter of Isabella Rossellini and granddaughter of Ingrid Bergman. Or rather, we...

Thick, low-fat soups a hearty diet staple (The Olympian)

Thinking about how to fill up while on a diet? Think about soup.

Help kids maintain a healthy diet without a hefty cost (USA Today)

Many parents with overweight children would be willing to break the bank to help their kids reach a healthy weight, but luckily, that's not necessary. Some of the simplest and easiest ideas for reshaping eating habits are also the cheapest, nutritionists say.

Cookbook Du Jour: Bob Greene's 'Best Life Diet Cookbook' offers flavorful recipes (Fort Worth Star-Telegram)

By AMY CULBERTSON Personal trainer Bob Greene is one of Oprah’s people, and his "Best Life Diet" program has made him a diet icon. Along with a "revised and updated" paperback version of his bestselling Best Life Diet (Simon & Schuster, $15), hitting shelves this month — just in time for New Year’s resolutions — is a hardback cookbook from Greene. The Best Life Diet Cookbook (Simon & ...

Schools, Restaurants Targets Of New Obesity Fight (WBZ Boston)

Massachusetts is expanding anti-obesity efforts by requiring major restaurant chains to prominently post calorie counts for their fare either at the counter or on the menu.