Where's a good place to be in the K range for labs?
I had been taking 1,000mcg dry K1 & 100 dry K2, together with zinc & my multivite. I pla on adding in a second K2 to that batch since it interferes with A absorption & already take A 3x daily, aside from the iron dose. I am then going to add in a sublingual K1.
Does anyone have a good sense of where K should be in the range? It looks like mine could be higher & my coagulation markers were in the high range - and I don't think the coagulation elevations were due to anything else. I couldn't find anything else online & I'm usually pretty good at scrounging up info.
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Yes, or maybe a better way to put it is that osteocalcin is dependent on/ needs K to do its job of forming new bone matrix (along with D & calcium). My osteocalcin was 35 with 35.4 ending the normal range. Really seems to me that although my 167 K is in the normal range, for K to be effective in the body, maybe the minimum value for the normal range should be higher, like MUCH higher. Looking forward to more opinions!
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If I do the same (167/1060)*100, then I'm at about 16% of the highest normal value.
In general, it seems that we always decide (or, I guess the vets have decided based on yrs of labwork), that the higher end of normal for straight out vitamins is what we aim for - I'm not talking about biological things in the body like PTH or PT or INR, etc - just plain old vitamins. I would think that it also makes sense to go for the mid to upper portion of the range of K.
For your range, a median 50% would be (2.2 - .1)/2 = 1.05
A median 50% value of my range would be (1060-80)/2 = 490
And that's just to be in the exact middle of the ranges. I can't think of any good reason why we wouldn't want to at least aim for the middle of the range.
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What do you think of my doubling up on K2 in the same dose? Right now, I've added in a morning & evening Vectomega, which I'm taking alone both times just in case it interferes with other vit absorption, but I'm also already taking 5 separate vite batches. Is it really worth squeezing in a separate, additional K2 by itself or do you think it's okay to just double up on it in the batch I already take it in?
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As young as you are, I'll bet your osteocalcin isn't too bad. So, you may only want to take one dose until you get some labs or a dexa scan indicating you need more.
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