According to a study I read about in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, low dietary intake was indeed associated with low Bone Mass Density in women. This finding from this specific study was consistent with the results that low dietary vitamin k intake is associated with increased risk of hip fracture. However, the specific study was done to see the effects of Vitamin K intake on bone mass density on both men and women, and as I stated before there was an association for women, but none for men. The article from the study itself states, "Higher dietary phylloquinone intakes were associated with higher BMD measures at the hip and spine in the women. These significant associations persisted even after covariates such as age, BMI, alcohol intake, energy intake, caffeine intake, dietary and supplemental intakes of calcium and vitamin D, physical activity, smoking status, current estrogen use, and menopause status were controlled for. In contrast, dietary phylloquinone intake was not significantly associated with any of the BMD sites in the men" (Booth).
Booth, Sarak L, Katherine L Tucker, Honglei Chen, Marian T Hannan, David R Gagnon, L Adrienne Cupples, Peter WF Wilson, Jose Ordovas, Ernst J Schaefer, Bess Dawson-Hughes and Douglas P Kiel. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition: Dietary Vitamin K Intakes Are Associated with Hip Fractures. Vol. 71, No. 5, 1201-1208, May 2000.
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I had no idea that low levels of vitamin K are associated with low bone density. Every vitamin and nutrient makes the difference in healthy bones I guess. Awesome blog info and postings.
Hey Cassie, thanks for keeping on and trying to make a post. I have posted a new link to a site that gives a lot more uses and importances for using Vitamin K.
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