Ephraim Zagelbaum Points Out the Benefits of Vitamin K
Vitamin K has properties that highlight its coagulant potential and its disease prevention potential, which makes it an essential vitamin for older adults. Discover more in this article. In order to write this article, we went to one of the Personal Healthcare’s residential care facilities and spoke with the manager and healthcare expert, Ephraim Zagelbaum . A group of compounds that are chemically similar is known under the name of vitamin K. The original name of these compounds is naphthoquinones. Vegetables are the primary source of this vitamin. It is also known as the "antihemorrhagic vitamin" since one of its main functions is to facilitate the coagulation of blood. This was discovered by Henrik Dam discovered it in 1935, from a series of experiments with chickens. General aspects of vitamin K It is a lipophilic vitamin, soluble in fat. It has been proven that vitamin K is an essential complement of vitamin D. This means that for the activation of