Can you Avoid Diabetes with This Vitamin?
June 13th 2009 04:04
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Skip the iceberg lettuce and go for the dark leafy greens on your next trip to the salad bar.
Turns out the vitamin K in greens like kale and spinach may reduce your chances of developing insulin resistance -- a major risk factor for diabetes.
Keep Insulin on the Job
In a study, people who took vitamin K supplements for 36 months had lower blood levels of insulin and experienced improved insulin resistance compared with an unsupplemented control group. Contrary to other studies, only the men benefitted from K -- possibly because more of the women were overweight or obese. These conditions contribute significantly to insulin resistance and diminish the body’s response to vitamin K. Get the nitty-gritty on how body fat -- especially around your belly -- can lead to insulin resistance.
All About Inflammation
How does vitamin K boost insulin function? The researchers aren’t quite sure, but they suspect it helps quench inflammation, for one. And although more research is needed to confirm the study’s findings, you can’t go wrong eating dark leafy greens and other vitamin K-packed foods, since they boost your health in numerous other ways (like these). But if you are on a blood thinner, such as warfarin, talk to your doctor before increasing your vitamin K intake.
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Comment by Lester Caudill
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I have a cousin that can't eat leafy green veggies, because he has thick blood, and is on shots to thin it down.
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So, there's no excuse, where we couldn't get adequate Vitamin K in our daily dietary.
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s great news Wilson, but there may be many people who need more, people like me for instance, I like parsley but I only have it occasionally, spinach more oftern, and I'm wondering how many spoons of parsley are contained in 10 grams, it sounds a lot may may not actually be so.
Great input from you, thanks for that buddy.