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Does vitamin K supplementation improve Crohn's symptoms?

Vitamin K from Wikipedia

Vitamin K from the world's healthiest foods
"In terms of inflammatory response, several markers of pro-inflammatory activity - including, for example, release of interleukin-6 (IL-6) - are significantly lowered by healthy vitamin K levels."

"Vitamin K and Vitamin D Status: Associations with Inflammatory Markers in the Framingham Offspring Study" in Am J Epidemiol (2007)
"The observation that high vitamin K status was associated with lower concentrations of inflammatory markers suggests that a possible protective role for vitamin K in inflammation merits further investigation."


"Food intake in patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease" in ABCD Arq Bras Cir Dig (2011) [full article]
"There was deficiency in food intake in both CD and UC in active and in remission. These deficiencies
are mainly related to the intake of macronutrients, energy and fiber and micronutrients, including ... menadione...."

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