EP355: Vitamin K and Lipid Lowering Therapy

Welcome to my podcast. I am Doctor Warrick Bishop, and I want to help you to live as well as possible for as long as possible. I’m a practising cardiologist, best-selling author, keynote speaker, and the creator of The Healthy Heart Network. I have over 20 years as a specialist cardiologist and a private practice of over 10,000 patients. In this podcast, Dr. Warrick Bishop discusses the significance of vitamin K, particularly its roles in blood coagulation and bone health. Vitamin K is a fat-soluble vitamin essential for blood clotting and is administered to newborns to prevent bleeding complications. The conversation highlights the two forms of vitamin K: K1, found in green leafy vegetables, and K2, which has various subtypes and is involved in bone mineralization through the protein osteocalcin. Dr. Bishop explains how vitamin K helps regulate the balance between osteoblasts (bone-building cells) and osteoclasts (bone-resorbing cells), thereby impacting conditions like osteoporosis and aortic valve disease.

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