Vitamin k

Vitamin k

In 1929, a scientist named Dame, while experimenting on chickens, found that chickens fed on a certain type of ration became infected with hemorrhage. In 1935, Dame discovered a special component of food that plays a significant role in stopping blood flow. So he named the ingredient Koagulating Vitamin. Because of this name, it became known as Whitman K for short. In 1929, Dame Karrer and her colleagues obtained vitamin K from a plant called Alfalfa. That same year, some other scientists were able to obtain the same organisms artificially.

This vitamin is produced automatically in the body of an adult, but the body of a child cannot make it on its own. Therefore, pregnant women are usually given adequate amounts of this vitamin before the birth of the child as per the instructions of the doctor so that the child is not harmed after the birth.

Properties of Vitamin K

1.       Water does not dissolve

2.       Dissolves in fat and Alcohol.

3.       Its pens are yellow.

4.       Its melting point is 10 degrees Celsius.

5.       Not lost on normal cooking methods.

Natural Sources of  Vitamin K                    

Vitamin K is produced spontaneously in the intestines of adult men and women and is sometimes stored in the liver. However, vitamin K cannot be produced in the intestines of children because the environment (Flora) is not conducive to the production of vitamin K in the intestines till then. However, God has not left man helpless in this regard and has created many things in which this vitamin is found.

Humane Liver

Are popular.           

Cabbage

Cauliflower

Tomato

Spinach

Carrot top

Soybeans

Liver

Egg-yolk

Daily Need

Adults usually need 1 mg of vitamin K daily, but breastfeeding women need one to two milligrams because newborns are deficient in vitamin K and thus make up for the lack of breast milk.

Effects of Vitamin K

1.       The biggest benefit of vitamin K is that it maintains the natural blood clotting in the body. This is necessary so that in case of injury, more blood cannot flow from the body but the blood stops flowing for a while.

2      Effects of Vitamin K Deficiency

Since this vitamin is produced spontaneously in the body of adults, the possibility of deficiency remains low. However, if deficiency occurs for any reason, the following disadvantages occur.

1.       The thinning of the blood vessels causes the wound to heal and then begin to bleed (especially in children).

2.       The wound does not stop bleeding quickly and it takes a long time for blood to clot at the end of the wound and it is very difficult to stop the flow of blood.

3.       Jaundice can be caused.

4.       Diarrhea and other gastrointestinal diseases also occur.

Vitamin K Excess Side Effects

 

Because the body produces the right amount of vitamins and gives the right amount even in case of deficiency, the effects of excess this vitamin on human beings have not been estimated.