12.08.2021, 11:36
Scientists have Identified a Vitamin that will Protect from Dangerous Atherosclerosis
Source: OREANDA-NEWS
OREANDA-NEWS American scientists (Edith Cowan University) stated that people who consume high amounts of vitamin K have a 34% lower risk of life-threatening cardiovascular disease associated with atherosclerosis. The study is published in the Journal of the American Heart Association.
Experts have studied the diets of more than 50 thousand people. The participants in the study ate foods with two types of vitamin K: vitamin K1 comes primarily from vegetables and vegetable oils, and vitamin K2 is found in meat, eggs, and fermented foods such as cheese.
As a result, it turned out that people with the highest intake of vitamin K1 were 21% less likely to be hospitalized with cardiovascular diseases associated with atherosclerosis, while for vitamin K2 the risk of hospitalization was 14% lower.
This lower risk was observed for all types of heart disease associated with atherosclerosis, especially for peripheral arterial disease (34%).
Experts have studied the diets of more than 50 thousand people. The participants in the study ate foods with two types of vitamin K: vitamin K1 comes primarily from vegetables and vegetable oils, and vitamin K2 is found in meat, eggs, and fermented foods such as cheese.
As a result, it turned out that people with the highest intake of vitamin K1 were 21% less likely to be hospitalized with cardiovascular diseases associated with atherosclerosis, while for vitamin K2 the risk of hospitalization was 14% lower.
This lower risk was observed for all types of heart disease associated with atherosclerosis, especially for peripheral arterial disease (34%).
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