interesting discussion of K1 & K2 and mom/baby

[tanyalynn]

I thought this blog posting (with references) may be of interest in this forum.

http://wholehealthsource.blogspot.co...ilization.html

The human placenta transports vitamin K across the placental barrier and accumulates it. This transport mechanism is highly selective for vitamin K2 MK-4 over K1.

The concentration of K1 in maternal blood is much higher than its concentration in umbilical cord blood, whereas the concentration of K2 in maternal blood is similar to the concentration in cord blood.

The human mammary gland appears to be the most capable organ at converting vitamin K1 to K2 MK-4.

Each of those had links in the original text that are completely lost by my copy/paste.

[Koalamom]

So cool! Great info!