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Vitamins and Relief Vitamin K for Leg Cramps
Most often, the effects of vitamins and vitamin deficiencies are
spread over a period of time.
If your body isn't getting sufficient
amounts of a particular vitamin, it may take weeks, months or even
years of low levels before the effects are evident. And when you
start a vitamin regimen, it may take a significant period of time
for your body to begin exhibiting the effects of having sufficient
levels.
Vitamin K - otherwise known as potassium - is commonly
associated with leg cramps. If a Vitamin K deficiency is the cause
of your leg cramps, it's likely that adding the vitamin to your
daily routine can give you ease in a relatively short period of
time.
One of the bigger (but less commonly known) reasons for Vitamin
K in the human body has to do with blood clotting. This vitamin
allows blood to coagulate so that it forms clots naturally. This
makes it important for anyone taking medications to thin the blood
to carefully monitor the amount of Vitamin K they add to their
body. If you're taking an anti-coagulant drug, talk to your doctor
before adding any vitamin to your daily routine or changing your
diet - especially if those changes involve Vitamin K supplements or
foods rich in Vitamin K.
One of the biggest myths about Vitamin K is that bananas are
rich in Vitamin K and can be used instead of Vitamin K supplements.
In fact, bananas are not a particularly good source of Vitamin K.
For example, a half-cup of broccoli contains 200 times the amount
of Vitamin K in a banana. Green vegetables are among the highest in
Vitamin K content, with kale, turnip greens, broccoli and spinach
heading the list.
Cabbage, green beans and parsley are also
included on the list of foods that are high in Vitamin K.
While the green foods are a good source of Vitamin K, they're
not the only source. You'll also find that strawberries are a
moderately high source of Vitamin K, as are dill pickles.
Not all the Vitamin K needed by the body is consumed.
In fact,
this is one of the few vitamins that the body actually helps
manufacture. Babies don't have much Vitamin K present in their
bodies when they're first born, therefore an infant's blood may not
clot as it should. To combat that, many hospitals give a shot of
Vitamin K to babies soon after birth to start the body's natural
processing of this important vitamin.
Bob Benson is the founder of
Vitamins online.
You can check out our website
at .pharmaceutical-supplements.info
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