Comments on: Brain Calcification – What is That? http://www.adoseofhealth.com/2009/04/what-is-brain-calcification/ Improving health one dose at a time Thu, 02 Feb 2012 19:41:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: amber holman http://www.adoseofhealth.com/2009/04/what-is-brain-calcification/comment-page-1/#comment-515 amber holman Tue, 09 Aug 2011 07:01:56 +0000 http://www.adoseofhealth.com/?p=127#comment-515 Thankyou very much Stew i really appreciate the advice and plan on using it...... Thankyou very much Stew i really appreciate the advice and plan on using it……

]]> By: Felicia http://www.adoseofhealth.com/2009/04/what-is-brain-calcification/comment-page-1/#comment-514 Felicia Thu, 04 Aug 2011 12:56:45 +0000 http://www.adoseofhealth.com/?p=127#comment-514 Stew, you are awesome! Thanks for the info. Stew, you are awesome! Thanks for the info.

]]> By: Stew http://www.adoseofhealth.com/2009/04/what-is-brain-calcification/comment-page-1/#comment-512 Stew Wed, 03 Aug 2011 23:33:50 +0000 http://www.adoseofhealth.com/?p=127#comment-512 Amber, Please read up on vitamin k2, matrix gla protein and calcification. The evidence suggests that if you want to avoid issues with calcification then an adequate intake of vitamin K2 is vital. There is increasing interest in the scientific world in vitamin K and the vitamin K dependent proteins. It looks like many illnesses are linked to the lack of vitamin K. ie Cardiovascular disease Diabetes Cancer Osteoporosis osteoarthritis I have appended a number of the studies just to give an indication. There are a number of trials going on at present however they take time, though I am hoping that there will be an announcement later this year regarding slowdown or possibly reversal of arterial calcification by the use of vitamin K2 (MK7). Foods like cheese, yogurt, olive oil, spinach and broccoli are very healthy since they all contain vitamin K2 or K1. Studies:- Journal of Nutrition 2004 [1] Dietary Intake of Menaquinone Is Associated with a Reduced Risk of Coronary Heart Disease: The Rotterdam Study Johanna M. Geleijnse*, , Cees Vermeer**, Diederick E. Grobbee , Leon J. Schurgers**, Marjo H. J. Knapen**, Irene M. van der Meer*, Albert Hofman* and Jacqueline C. M. Witteman*, http://www.scicompdf.se/osteolis/geleijnse_2004.pdf Nutrition, Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases – 2009 [2] A high menaquinone intake reduces the incidence of coronary heart disease G.C.M. Gast, N.M. de Roos, I. Sluijs, M.L. Bots, J.W.J. Beulens, J.M. Geleijnse, J.C. Witteman, D.E. Grobbee, P.H.M. Peeters, Y.T. van der Schouw Gast G.C.M., et al. A high menaquinone reduces the incidence of coronary heart disease in women, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19179058 Blood 2007 [3] Regression of warfarin-induced medial elastocalcinosis by high intake of vitamin K in rats Leon J. Schurgers1,2, Henri M. H. Spronk3, Berry A. M. Soute1, Paul M. Schiffers4, Jo G. R. DeMey4, and Cees Vermeer1,2 http://bloodjournal.hematologylibrary.org/cgi/content/short/109/7/2823 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20335553 Am J Clin Nutr. 2010 May;91(5):1348-58. Epub 2010 Mar 24. [4] Dietary vitamin K intake in relation to cancer incidence and mortality: results from the Heidelberg cohort of the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC-Heidelberg). Nimptsch K, Rohrmann S, Kaaks R, Linseisen J. Division of Cancer Epidemiology, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany. Diabetes Care 2010 [5] Dietary phylloquinone and menaquinones intake and risk of type 2 diabetes Joline WJ Beulens, PhD(J.Beulens@umcutrecht.nl), Daphne L van der A, PhD, Diederick E. Grobbee, MD, Ivonne Sluijs, MSc, Annemieke MW Spijkerman, PhD and Yvonne T van der Schouw, PhD1 http://care.diabetesjournals.org/content/early/2010/04/23/dc09-2302.abstract PS Menaquinone is the name for vitamin k2 and phylloquinone is the name for vitamin K1 Amber, Please read up on vitamin k2, matrix gla protein and calcification. The evidence suggests that if you want to avoid issues with calcification then an adequate intake of vitamin K2 is vital.
There is increasing interest in the scientific world in vitamin K and the vitamin K dependent proteins. It looks like many illnesses are linked to the lack of vitamin K. ie
Cardiovascular disease
Diabetes
Cancer
Osteoporosis
osteoarthritis
I have appended a number of the studies just to give an indication. There are a number of trials going on at present however they take time, though I am hoping that there will be an announcement later this year regarding slowdown or possibly reversal of arterial calcification by the use of vitamin K2 (MK7).
Foods like cheese, yogurt, olive oil, spinach and broccoli are very healthy since they all contain vitamin K2 or K1.
Studies:-
Journal of Nutrition 2004
[1] Dietary Intake of Menaquinone Is Associated with a Reduced Risk of Coronary Heart Disease: The Rotterdam Study
Johanna M. Geleijnse*, , Cees Vermeer**, Diederick E. Grobbee , Leon J. Schurgers**, Marjo H. J. Knapen**, Irene M. van der Meer*, Albert Hofman* and Jacqueline C. M. Witteman*,
http://www.scicompdf.se/osteolis/geleijnse_2004.pdf

Nutrition, Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases – 2009
[2] A high menaquinone intake reduces the incidence of coronary heart disease
G.C.M. Gast, N.M. de Roos, I. Sluijs, M.L. Bots, J.W.J. Beulens, J.M. Geleijnse, J.C. Witteman, D.E. Grobbee, P.H.M. Peeters, Y.T. van der Schouw
Gast G.C.M., et al. A high menaquinone reduces the incidence of coronary heart disease in women,
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19179058

Blood 2007
[3] Regression of warfarin-induced medial elastocalcinosis by high intake of vitamin K in rats
Leon J. Schurgers1,2, Henri M. H. Spronk3, Berry A. M. Soute1, Paul M. Schiffers4, Jo G. R. DeMey4, and Cees Vermeer1,2
http://bloodjournal.hematologylibrary.org/cgi/content/short/109/7/2823

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20335553
Am J Clin Nutr. 2010 May;91(5):1348-58. Epub 2010 Mar 24.
[4] Dietary vitamin K intake in relation to cancer incidence and mortality: results from the Heidelberg cohort of the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC-Heidelberg).
Nimptsch K, Rohrmann S, Kaaks R, Linseisen J.
Division of Cancer Epidemiology, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany.

Diabetes Care 2010
[5] Dietary phylloquinone and menaquinones intake and risk of type 2 diabetes
Joline WJ Beulens, PhD(J.Beulens@umcutrecht.nl), Daphne L van der A, PhD,
Diederick E. Grobbee, MD, Ivonne Sluijs, MSc, Annemieke MW Spijkerman, PhD and
Yvonne T van der Schouw, PhD1
http://care.diabetesjournals.org/content/early/2010/04/23/dc09-2302.abstract

PS
Menaquinone is the name for vitamin k2
and phylloquinone is the name for vitamin K1

]]> By: Felicia http://www.adoseofhealth.com/2009/04/what-is-brain-calcification/comment-page-1/#comment-507 Felicia Fri, 01 Jul 2011 18:39:46 +0000 http://www.adoseofhealth.com/?p=127#comment-507 Amber, unfortunately I cannot help you. I shared my story here but I'm not a medical professional. If you're not satisfied with the information given to you, please get a second opinion. Amber, unfortunately I cannot help you. I shared my story here but I’m not a medical professional. If you’re not satisfied with the information given to you, please get a second opinion.

]]> By: Amber Holman http://www.adoseofhealth.com/2009/04/what-is-brain-calcification/comment-page-1/#comment-506 Amber Holman Fri, 01 Jul 2011 05:48:21 +0000 http://www.adoseofhealth.com/?p=127#comment-506 Hi i am amber holman and i am only 21 with a three year old son and a husband, recently i went to the hospital for my nose but when they gave me a cat scan they found a benign calcification in my brain by the frontal lobe and horn on the left hand side.They told me not to worry about it but yet told me nothing.I have been trying to find out anything i can on it..... Thankyou Hi i am amber holman and i am only 21 with a three year old son and a husband, recently i went to the hospital for my nose but when they gave me a cat scan they found a benign calcification in my brain by the frontal lobe and horn on the left hand side.They told me not to worry about it but yet told me nothing.I have been trying to find out anything i can on it….. Thankyou

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