The Unique Benefits of Using Vitamin D and K2 Combined

Summary

This presentation delves into the 'Calcium Paradox,' explaining the simultaneous occurrence of bone loss and vascular calcification in postmenopausal women. It highlights the importance of Vitamin D3 for calcium absorption and Vitamin K2's role in directing calcium to bones and teeth, while preventing arterial calcification. The French Paradox is discussed, attributing the low heart disease rates in France to high K2 intake from fatty foods and fermented products. The talk emphasizes the necessity of a balanced intake of D3 and K2 for optimal health, suggesting a ratio of 100 micrograms of K2 for every 10,000 IU of D3.

Takeaways

• 🧠 The 'Calcium Paradox' refers to the occurrence of bone loss alongside vascular calcification, which seems contradictory but can be explained by the roles of vitamins D3 and K2.
• 🇫🇷 The 'French Paradox' is the phenomenon where the French consume high amounts of saturated fats yet have lower rates of heart disease, possibly due to dietary sources of vitamin K2.
• ☀️ Vitamin D3 enhances calcium absorption in the intestines by 20 times, which can lead to higher calcium levels in the blood.
• 🚫 Hypercalcemia, or high calcium levels in the blood, is a concern with vitamin D3, but its effects are inconsistent and can be mitigated by vitamin K2.
• 🦴 Vitamin K2 (not K1) acts as a calcium transporter, directing calcium into bones and teeth, making them strong and preventing pathological calcification in other tissues.
• 🛡️ Vitamin K2 activates Matrix GLA protein, which removes calcium from soft tissues like arteries, preventing unwanted calcification.
• 🧀 Sources of vitamin K2 include animal fats, fermented foods like French cheese, and other items rich in this vitamin, which are often avoided mistakenly.
• 💔 Heart attacks are the leading cause of death, and understanding the role of vitamin K2 in preventing arterial calcification is crucial.
• 🚫 Many people are deficient in K2 due to dietary habits that exclude natural sources of this vitamin, such as grass-fed butter, ghee, and certain types of cheese.
• 📚 Weston Price's book 'Nutrition and Physical Degeneration' highlights the importance of traditional diets rich in fat-soluble vitamins, including vitamin K2, for better dental and jaw health.
• 💊 For supplementation, the MK7 version of vitamin K2 is recommended over MK4 due to its natural origin, longer shelf life, and more bioavailable amounts in supplements.

Q & A

What is the 'Calcium Paradox' mentioned in the script?

The 'Calcium Paradox' refers to the seemingly contradictory situation where postmenopausal women experience bone loss, indicating a need for calcium, while simultaneously having vascular calcification, which suggests an excess of calcium in the arteries.

What is the 'French Paradox' and how might it be related to vitamin K2?

The 'French Paradox' is the observation that despite consuming high levels of saturated fats, the French have lower rates of heart disease. The script suggests that this might be related to the presence of vitamin K2 in their diet, which helps to keep calcium out of the arteries and other soft tissues.

How does vitamin D3 aid in calcium absorption?

Vitamin D3 enhances the absorption of calcium in the intestines by a factor of 20 times, allowing for a significant increase in calcium uptake when it is present in the gut.

What is the role of vitamin K2 in relation to calcium?

Vitamin K2 acts as a calcium transporter, directing calcium from the blood into the bones and teeth. It also activates Matrix GLA protein, which helps remove calcium from soft tissues, preventing pathological calcification.

Why is vitamin K2 important for preventing heart problems?

Vitamin K2 is crucial for preventing heart problems because it helps to keep calcium out of the arteries, reducing the risk of arterial calcification and heart disease.

What are some dietary sources of vitamin K2?

Dietary sources of vitamin K2 include animal fats, hard and soft cheeses, egg yolks (especially from pasture-raised chickens), goose liver, chicken liver, beef liver, hot dogs, and wild-caught salmon.

What is the significance of the book 'Nutrition and Physical Degeneration' by Weston Price in relation to vitamin K2?

Weston Price's book 'Nutrition and Physical Degeneration' studied traditional cultures and noted the presence of 'activator X' (later identified as vitamin K2) in their diets, which contributed to better dental and jaw health compared to modern diets.

How does vitamin K2 help with insulin sensitivity and diabetes risk?

The script suggests that vitamin K2 can help make insulin more sensitive, potentially decreasing an individual's risk for diabetes, although the exact mechanism is not detailed in the transcript.

What are the recommended ratios of vitamin D3 to vitamin K2 supplementation?

For every 10,000 IU of vitamin D3, it is recommended to supplement with 100 micrograms of vitamin K2. This ratio is based on the mk7 version of vitamin K2.

Why might the MK4 version of vitamin K2 be less preferable as a supplement compared to the MK7 version?

The MK4 version of vitamin K2, although natural, is often synthetically produced from tobacco leaves due to the high cost of extraction from animal fats. Additionally, the MK7 version has a longer shelf life and is naturally derived from bacteria, similar to cheese and other fermented products.

What is the recommended daily intake of vitamin K2 according to the script?

The script suggests that the actual daily intake needed might be as high as 4500 micrograms of vitamin K2, which is significantly higher than the maximum allowed amount in some regions like Canada.

Outlines

00:00

🧠 Understanding the Calcium Paradox and Vitamins D3 & K2

The first paragraph introduces the concept of the 'calcium paradox', a seemingly contradictory situation where postmenopausal women experience bone loss while also having arterial calcification. The speaker uses this to segue into the discussion of vitamins D3 and K2, emphasizing their roles in calcium absorption and utilization. Vitamin D3 is known to enhance calcium absorption in the intestines, but its effects on blood calcium levels are disputed. Vitamin K2 is highlighted as a crucial nutrient that not only transports calcium to bones and teeth but also helps in removing calcium from arteries and soft tissues, thus preventing pathological calcification. The importance of having both vitamins D3 and K2 in the diet to control calcium levels and prevent health issues is underscored.

05:02

🥩 Vitamin K2 Sources and Its Benefits

The second paragraph delves into the sources of vitamin K2, explaining that it is primarily found in animal fats and fermented foods, which are often avoided due to misconceptions about heart health. The speaker clarifies that these foods are beneficial due to their K2 content. Vitamin K2's role in various bodily functions is expanded upon, including its impact on insulin sensitivity, varicose veins, wrinkles, dental health, and jaw development. The importance of vitamin D3 in conjunction with K2 for proper calcium mobilization is also noted. The paragraph discusses the MK4 and MK7 versions of K2, highlighting the synthetic nature of MK4 supplements and the natural, longer-lasting benefits of MK7. A recommended ratio of vitamin D3 to K2 intake is provided, and the speaker offers a downloadable document for further information.

Keywords

💡Vitamin D3

Vitamin D3 is a fat-soluble vitamin that plays a crucial role in the absorption of calcium in the intestines, as mentioned in the script, it enhances calcium absorption by a factor of 20x. It is integral to the video's theme as it discusses the importance of vitamin D3 in conjunction with vitamin K2 for bone health and preventing vascular calcification.

💡Vitamin K2

Vitamin K2 is another fat-soluble vitamin that is essential for directing calcium to the bones and teeth, as well as removing calcium from soft tissues to prevent pathological calcification. The script emphasizes the importance of vitamin K2 in resolving the 'calcium paradox' and its role in the French paradox, where high saturated fat intake does not correlate with high heart disease rates.

💡Calcium Paradox

The 'Calcium Paradox' refers to the seemingly contradictory situation where postmenopausal women can experience both bone loss and vascular calcification despite having adequate calcium intake. The script uses this term to illustrate the complex relationship between calcium, vitamin D3, and vitamin K2, and how their proper balance is essential for health.

💡French Paradox

The 'French Paradox' is a term used to describe the observation that despite a diet rich in saturated fats, the French population has lower rates of heart disease. The script suggests that the high intake of vitamin K2 from traditional French foods, such as cheese, may be a contributing factor.

💡Hypercalcemia

Hypercalcemia is a condition characterized by abnormally high levels of calcium in the blood. The script mentions this term to highlight a potential risk associated with vitamin D3's role in calcium absorption, and how vitamin K2 can help mitigate this risk by directing calcium to the bones.

💡Coloso Calcian

Coloso Calcian is a protein that helps draw calcium into the bone, as described in the script. It is activated by vitamin K2 and plays a critical role in bone health by ensuring that calcium is deposited correctly within the bone matrix.

💡Matrix GLA Protein

Matrix GLA Protein is an enzyme that is activated by vitamin K2 and is responsible for removing calcium from soft tissues, preventing arterial and other types of calcification. The script explains its importance in maintaining the proper distribution of calcium in the body.

💡MK4 and MK7

MK4 and MK7 are two different forms of vitamin K2. MK4 is synthesized from animal fats and is mentioned in the script as being less available in supplements due to cost and synthetic production. MK7, on the other hand, is naturally derived from bacteria and is highlighted in the script as a preferable supplement form due to its longer shelf life and natural origin.

💡Weston Price

Weston Price was a dentist and researcher whose work is referenced in the script. He studied traditional diets and their impact on health, noting a correlation between high intake of fat-soluble vitamins, including vitamin K2, and better dental and overall health. His findings support the video's theme of the importance of traditional nutrients for health.

💡Supplementation Ratio

The script provides a recommended supplementation ratio between vitamin D3 and vitamin K2, suggesting 100 micrograms of K2 for every 10,000 IU of D3. This ratio is crucial for understanding the video's message on achieving the right balance of these vitamins for optimal health.

Highlights

Introduction to the concept of the 'Calcium Paradox', where postmenopausal women experience bone loss yet vascular calcification simultaneously.

The 'French Paradox' is discussed, noting the low rates of heart disease in France despite high saturated fat consumption.

Vitamin D3's role in increasing calcium absorption in the intestines by 20 times is explained.

Conflicting studies on hypercalcemia, the risk of too much calcium in the blood, are mentioned.

Vitamin K2's function as a calcium transporter into bones and teeth is described.

The role of coloso calcian protein in drawing calcium into the bone is highlighted.

Matrix GLA protein's function in removing calcium from arteries and soft tissues is explained.

The importance of vitamin K2 as an activator for proteins involved in calcium management is emphasized.

The potential for pathological calcification due to K2 deficiency is discussed.

Control of hypercalcemia through adequate K2 intake in the diet is suggested.

Sources of vitamin K2, including animal fats and fermented foods, are identified.

The prevalence of K2 deficiency due to dietary habits that avoid certain fats is noted.

Traditional diets' higher content of fat-soluble vitamins, including vitamin K2, is mentioned in relation to better dental health.

Vitamin K2's additional benefits, such as insulin sensitivity and prevention of varicose veins, are listed.

The necessity of vitamin D3 for vitamin K2 to mobilize calcium into the bones is explained.

A comparison between MK4 and MK7 versions of vitamin K2 supplements is provided, with a recommendation for MK7.

A recommended ratio of vitamin D3 to K2 supplementation is given as 100 micrograms of K2 for every 10,000 IU of D3.

A summary document with more data on the topic is offered for download.

Transcripts

today we're going to talk about the

benefits from using vitamin D3 and K2 at

the same time I think the best way to

start this presentation is to talk about

this uh calcium Paradox a paradox is two

things that sound logical but they

conflict in a certain way and the

calcium Paradox relates to like women uh

postmenopausal that have bone loss yet

at the same time they have vascular

calcification now how can that be that

sounds illogical I mean how can you be

losing bone like a calcium deficiency

and at the same time you have excess

calcium in the arteries it just doesn't

make sense and another Paradox called

the French paradox where you have people

in France consuming large quantities of

saturated fat yet at the same time they

have lower rates of heart disease now

how can that be is it the wine they're

drinking is it some phytonutrients what

is it well what we're going to talk

about now will explain both paradoxes

there's some missing information that

will make everything make sense all

right so let's start with vitamin

D3 um most people know that vitamin D3

helps the absorption of calcium in the

intestines by a factor of

20x so you can absorb a lot more calcium

when you have vitamin D in your gut

where does the calcium go it goes in

your blood now is that dangerous is that

a problem are you going to develop too

much calcium in the blood that's called

hyper calcemia now there is conflicting

studies on that sometimes it does

sometimes it doesn't and the next thing

I'm going to tell you will explain that

inconsistency too it has to do with this

one vitamin called vitamin

K2 not K1 K2 K1 is all about clotting

okay if you're deficient in K1 you're

going to bruise easily vitamin K2 is

different it takes that calcium in the

blood and transports it into the bone

and the teeth it's a calcium transporter

and it uses this helper right here it's

a protein coloso calcian to draw calcium

into the bone and bind it inside the

bone so the bones become very very solid

and K2 also activates another thing

right here called Matrix GLA protein

which is not necessarily binding the

calcium in the bone it's removing the

calcium from not just the arteries but

other soft tissues so it keeps calcium

out of the arteries out of the joints

out of the eyes out of the kidneys out

of the lungs out of the skin out of the

breast tissue and so vitamin K2 is the

activator of both of these guys right

here and without this activator K2 both

of these proteins stay inactive and you

potentially could start developing

pathological calcification which is a

bad thing because there's certain places

that you don't want calcium in fact this

thing right here is one of the strongest

inhibitors of calcification because when

someone takes calcium let's say a woman

who just became menopausal to prevent

their bone loss and now they're at a

double risk of getting a heart attack

well only if they're deficient in K2 and

so this hyper calcemia can be controlled

if there's enough K2 in the diet now let

me just add one more thing to explain

this French paradox right well they

consume a lot of fatty foods and I've

been there and that's absolutely true

yet they have low rates of heart

problems hm why that is well the answer

to that is in the source of K2 where

does vitamin K2 come from well it can

either come from animal fats those

things that we were told to avoid

because we want to prevent heart

problems which is completely false

information and so there's two main

versions of this K2 the MK4 which is

comes from animal fat but there's also a

version mk7 of K2 that comes from

bacteria as in that French cheese and

even other fermented things like

sauerkraut and a fermented soybean

called nat where they use in Japan now

understanding this mechanism and vitamin

K2 is vitally important since heart

attacks are the number one killer and if

we can keep calcium out of the arteries

that would be a very very good thing and

it also explains why a lot of people are

deficient in K2 because they have cut

out these Foods right here which I'm

going to explain they've cut out the um

grass-fed butter and ghee and all the

foods I'm going to mention now are high

in vitamin

K2 they have cut out the hard and soft

cheeses maybe they might do lowfat

cheeses well guess where all the vitamin

K2 is it's in the fat vitamin K2 is also

in egg yolks especially if it's pasture

Rays allowing chickens to run out into

the pasture vitamin K2 is also in Goose

liver chicken liver and beef liver it's

in hot dogs and it's also in Salmon wild

caught salmon now there's a very

interesting book nutrition in physical

degeneration by Weston Price I don't

know if you've heard about this but

Weston Price studied traditional

cultures and he observed that in these

traditional cultures the teeth were

almost perfect the jaw structure was

symmetrical and there's no need for

braces at all compared to our modern

diet where just about everyone needs

braces but he found that traditional

diets had 10 times the amount of fat

cable vitamins and vitamin K2 is a fat

cable vitamin in fact he talks about

vitamin K2 in his book even before it

was discovered he didn't have a name for

it so he called it activator X but it's

interesting that he isolated that way

back I think it was in the 20s vitamin

K2 doesn't just control calcium it also

can help uh make insulin more sensitive

to decrease someone's risk for diabetes

it also has benefits in improving

varicose veins wrinkles decreasing your

risk for getting cavities as well as

preventing jaw malformations where

someone would need braces and the other

thing you need to know about is vitamin

K2 also needs vitamin D3 right to help

mobilize this calcium because if there's

no vitamin D3 then where's the calcium

for vitamin K2 to deliver into the bones

so we need Vitamin D3 and we need K2 in

the control of calcium as well as in

many different functions now if someone

were to take a supplement okay um you

have the MK4 version of K2 and then you

also have the mk7 version which one is

better well the MK4 version from animal

fats is a great source it's natural but

the problem is it's too expensive to

extract uh this MK4 version from animal

fats so the way that they make the MK4

version is synthetically out of tobacco

leaves so when you buy the MK4 version

of K2 you're not really getting the

natural uh version but if you eat the

foods I just mentioned you'll get a good

amount of vitamin K2 in this MK4 version

but as far as supplements go I would

recommend the mk7 version that is a

natural version it's not synthetic its

origin is from bacteria but so is cheese

and other fermented products and the

other advantage of this MK 7 version is

it has a much longer shelf life whereas

MK4 might last a few hours mk7 lasts

much longer also if you live in Canada

and you're buying the MK4 version the

actual amounts that they allow in Canada

are so tiny it's not going to even make

a dent into what you really need I think

the maximum amount that you're allowed

to take is 121 micrograms when you would

need like

4500 micrograms per per day now the

other question is what type of ratio

between vitamin D3 and K2 this is what I

recommend for every 10,000 iuse of D3 I

would recommend 100 micrograms not

milligrams micrograms of vitamin K2 that

will be the ratio so if you do 20,000

IUS of D3 you would want 200 micrograms

of K2 if you took 5,000 IUS of D3 you

would take 50 micrograms of K2 and I'm

talking about the mk7 version now I have

a really great summary and a one-page

document of this topic and more data

that I want to share with you if you

want to download that I put a link down

below check it out