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DID YOU KNOW that while most associate vitamin K with bone health and blood clotting, a study from ERJ Open Research found that it helps lung function?

Subjects with low levels of vitamin K in their blood were more likely to have poor lung function and to say they suffer from asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and wheezing.

Vitamin K is most commonly found in leafy green vegetables. For those supplementing, vitamin K2 is safe for most individuals. Supplementing with vitamin K1 is contraindicated for those taking blood thinning medication.

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Steve: Once regarded as nothing more than passive storage reservoirs for fat, adipocytes (fat cells) are now recognized as critical players in metabolic and endocrine processes, to the level that it is regarded as its own endocrine organ.

Expanding adipose tissue, an epidemic in the United States, undergoes alterations that not only promote insulin resistance but also produce pro-inflammatory factors.

Inflammation is the bridge linking obesity to its comorbid conditions such as type 2 diabetes. An array of inflammatory markers such as high-sensitivity C-reactive protein, IL-6, TNFa, and adiponectin often accompany other obesity markers such as weight, waist circumference, and body fat percentage.

If you look at pictures of fat cells, they look like simple blobs. But they’re actually on the cutting edge of sensing the energy in our bodies. They go through a decision-making process of whether it’s a good time to store or to burn energy. Inflammation can muck up this signaling process. Inflammation dampens the responsiveness of the fat cell to these signals, so they become less malleable and adaptable. Adipose tissue responds to overnutrition by mounting an immune response. The resulting inflammation induces insulin resistance.

Additionally, adipose cells become more efficient at storing rather than releasing energy, and inflammation may be implicated in suppressing the release of energy and promoting its storage.

Thus, the best way to calm adipose inflammation is by adhering to an anti-inflammatory eating style. Moreover, it will allow adipose tissue to get back to its job of sending satiety signals (feeling of fullness).

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