Vitamin K2

• a fat-soluble nutrient; requires the presence of fat in order to be absorbed and utilized
• only found in fermented foods and in the fat of grass-fed animals
• directs calcium to bone instead of soft tissues; helps prevent osteoporosis and calcification of the soft tissues
• needed for proper facial development
• Nervous system health
• necessary to make blood clot when you get injured
• shown to slow down or kill tumor cells in lab setting
• discovered by Dr. Weston A. Price, who found that this maybe one of the most important factors in one's susceptibility to dental decay.
• In 1942 the Bureau of Diary Industry referred to it as an "important unidentified growth promoting material."