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K2D3 - most underestimated supplement

D3K2 

Most underestimated supplement!

In our next article on supplements, we will introduce a supplement that is nowadays almost indispensable not only for top athletes but also for ordinary non-sporting people. As you probably know from the title of the article, we will talk about the D3K2 supplement and discuss not only the effects of individual vitamins, but also a lot of other information that would completely change your view of this supplement.

Do we need vitamin D at all?

Vitamin D is a steroid hormone precursor that affects over 200 different chemical reactions in our body. It is an important hormone in the metabolism of calcium and phosphorus, making it an indispensable factor for strong bones, strong joints and healthy teeth. But this is by no means the only positive of vitamin D. From a chemical point of view, we distinguish vitamin D2, also called ergocalciferol and vitamin D3, or cholecalciferol. We will pay more attention to the latter form in today's article.

Do we have enough vitamin D?

The general public is of the opinion that we have enough vitamin D in the body because its main source is sunlight. But to understand reality, we have to realize that sunlight does not automatically mean that our body acquires an anti-arachitic vitamin. For example, if the Sun is low, the UVB rays do not penetrate us at all because they are reflected by the ozone layer. Other aspects that reduce the amount of ergocalciferol and cholecalciferol in our body are sunscreens, hot water baths or frequent showering, geographic location, age and even skin color (people with higher levels of melanin in the blood generally have less vitamin D).

Can I get vitamin D from the diet?

Cholecalciferol is found primarily in the liver, egg yolk, and fish oil. A very good source of antirachitic vitamin is, for example, salmon, where you will find almost 650 UI of vitamin D3 in 100g. But we are talking about salmon, which was caught in the sea not from the farm. A good source of this vitamin can be considered milk but again depends on many specifics ... (what was the animal fed .., etc.).

What is Vitamin D actually used for?

As we have already mentioned in our introductory characteristics of vitamin D, it ensures not only solid bones and healthy teeth, but also strengthens the immune system. But it performs many more important functions. For example, it is essential for the proper functioning and development of the brain, as various scientific publications and researches have shown, through the support of the proper functioning of hepatopancreas, to regulate glucose levels.

Vitamin D only in points:

- Can improve muscle control

- It affects the health of bones, joints and teeth

- It improves the immune system

- It can regulate the growth of tumor cells

- It reduces the risk of developing neurodegenerative diseases

Why do we prefer K2 + D3 together?

Vitamin K2 is a fat soluble vitamin. It was originally believed to be just one of the variants of vitamin K. The latest research has shown that it fulfills its own function, namely calcium uptake from the extracellular space and binding to the bones. Vitamin K2 is essential in the process of bone mineralization, cell growth and vascular protein metabolism.

Furthermore, it activates a variety of enzymes (proteins), among them osteocalcin (non-collagenous protein in bones and teeth) and matrix GLA protein. It is osteocalcin, which is produced by cells in the bones, transports calcium into the bones and teeth and prevents it from settling in the blood vessels and soft tissues where it does not belong.

And if this is already the case, the already mentioned enzyme GLA protein - the one that is also activated by vitamin K2 - extracts calcium from the blood vessels, articular cartilage and skin (thus suppressing the appearance of wrinkles to some extent) and makes it available to osteocalcin.

And as the third important vitamin for calcium absorption is vitamin A, which is also not a vitamin, but activates gene expression as vitamin D3. It is essential that vitamin A is of organic origin because synthetic is toxic as well as higher doses of vitamin D3 (over 40,000 IU).

While vitamin D3 acts on genes that increase the number of osteoblasts (cells forming bone tissue), vitamin A in turn affects the expression of osteoclast-enhancing genes - cells that break down old bone tissue to make it new.

Osteoclasts, whose production is stimulated by vitamin A, also secrete the aforementioned osteocalcin, which results in bone mineralization. And so without vitamin A, restoring bone tissue is impossible.

All the keys fit together nicely and one thing without the other is meaningless and is inoperative!

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