Oslo, Norway, and Edison, NJ—High levels of dephosphorylated uncarboxylated matrix Gla protein (dp-ucMGP) are associated with a history of cardiovascular disease, according to a new Danish population study published in Clinical Biochemistry. A press release on the topic explains that dp-ucMGP in the plasma is a biomarker of functional vitamin...
Oslo, Norway, and Edison, NJ—Vitamin K supplementation may be an option to inhibit vascular micro-calcification, according to a new review paper published in The European Journal of Preventive Cardiology. The review paper is the result of an INTRICARE grant awarded to NattoPharma’s International Research Network by the European Union. The...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Mobility is a top priority for consumers—as reflected by the bone and joint health market. “Research commissioned by Lonza found that joint health is one of the top five health concerns for consumers in the U.S., with 36% of respondents reporting that they are concerned about maintaining joint health,” says...
Boston, MA—Low levels of circulating vitamin K are linked to increased risk of mobility limitation and disability in older adults, according to research from the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging (HNRCA) at Tufts University. The study, titled Vitamin K Status and Mobility Limitation and Disability in...
Nagoya, Japan—A team of Japanese researchers has offered a new theory for the cause of several metabolic diseases: impaired vitamin K2-dependent processes. The group notes that cardiovascular disease (CVD) and type-2 diabetes mellitus (DM) seem to be linked, but a causal relationship is unknown. Many times, patients with these diseases...
