Yes, Brandt - it has been a while.
K2 is one of the big 5 vitamins/minerals that the Standard American Diet (SAD) and Americans (like 60-80+%) are severely deficient in. (Others are vitamin D3, magnesium, selenium and zinc.) Combine that with the over-intake of calcium and bad things happen - like clogged arteries. K2`s role is to put calcium where it is supposed to go (i.e., the bones) and not where we don`t want it (arteries causing inflammation or breasts in women linked to cancer). The only foods that have significant K2 content are grass-fed butter like Kerrygold and (generally icky tasting and terrible smelling) bacteria-fermented products like natto. The body can synthesize out of K1 but, as K1 is tied to blood clotting, probably don`t want to overdo that at this stage.
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