Vitamin K - An Arthritis Preventative Home Remedy

Most all of us will have to deal with arthritis joint pain -age and start to have arthritis and you are deficient in
joint inflammation and deterioration of cartilage - atvitamin k your arthritis will be more severe.
some time. Arthritis occurs in the knees, elbow, fingers,Here's how to get more vitamin k in your diet. You can
and any where there is a bone joint. Where it occurs intake vitamin k supplement in doses of 5 to 15 mg daily.
your body will be determined by genetics, diet, andLook for plant based vitamin k1 and k2 since these
repetitive use of the joint.have no toxicity associated with them. Avoid using K3
As with most illness or body conditions there is alwayswhich is the synthetic form, which can cause liver
a home remedy that can help reduce, eliminate ortoxicity.
even cure the condition. There are many natural curesFor those of you that are using blood thinning
for arthritis and many home remedies.medication, coumadin, it best not to use vitamin k
Here is one natural substance that reduces thesupplements. In some cases doctors also recommend
severity of arthritis and provides a more naturalnot eating those foods that are high in vitamin k.
balance and function of bone and chemicals at theBut if you not taking blood thinning medication and have
bone joint - vitamin k.no major cardiovascular conditions then supplementing
Vitamin k also gives blood the ability to form bloodwith vitamin k should not be a problem.
clots, which prevent us from bleeding to deathHere are some foods that you should be eating daily
whenever we cut ourselves.to get natural organic vitamin k:
There has been recent activity in testing vitamin k forDark green leafy vegetables of all kinds, chestnut
the prevention of arthritis and for reducing the severityleaves, spinach leaves, kale, cabbage, cauliflower,
of bone degeneration. In her studies, Tuhina Neogi, ofbroccoli, Brussels sprouts, endive, olive oil, avocados,
Boston University School of Medicine found that lowmeat, egg yolk, cheese, yogurt.
levels of vitamin k in individual activated bone andStart eating more dark green vegetables and add a
cartilage deterioration. And, those found with lowsmall amount of vitamin k to your daily diet. This will
vitamin k also had more severe arthritis.help you offset the degradation of you bone joints and
So what does all of this mean? When you arereduce the severity of arthritis as you use your joints
deficient in vitamin k you are more susceptible to bonemore and more.
and cartilage degeneration and abnormalities. As you