Why You Need Vitamins D3-K2 Urgently!

By Neenah Payne

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Dr. Kate Rheaume-Bleue is the author of the revolutionary book Vitamin K2 and the Calcium Paradox: How a Little-Known Vitamin Could Save Your Life. Dr. Kate explains that the legendary dentist Dr. Weston A. Price discovered the importance of nutrition to dental health in the 1930s when he traveled the world in search of people with healthy teeth. Dr. Price, author of Nutrition and Physical Degeneration, found that people in Europe, Native America, Africa, Australia, and around the world who were still eating their original diets had zero to 0.3% cavities or other dental problems. However, when they switched to the Western diet, they developed the same problems we have today. That allowed Dr. Price to determine the specific foods that support dental health.

Nutrition: Key to Health of Teeth and Gums

Dr. Price discovered that fat-soluble vitamins A, D, E, and K2 were the key factors in nutrition for people around the world who had healthy teeth and gums. Dr. Price referred to Vitamin K as “Activator X” which he found is abundant in the milk, cheese, and eggs of animals that eat grass. Today, most of our cows and chickens are fed grain – which is not a natural food for them. So, most of our milk, cheese, and eggs are deficient in Vitamin K2. That means we are also deficient in this critical vitamin – with the major consequences shown below. Dr. Price founded the National Dental Association which became the research section of the American Dental Association.

Essential Role of Vitamin K2

Dr. Kate explains that Vitamin K2’s role is to guide the calcium to the bones and teeth and away from the arteries. So, she warns that people who take calcium supplements without taking a Vitamin D3/K2 supplement risk having calcium deposited in their arteries where is can cause a sudden heart attack or stroke. At the same time, their bones may be deprived of the calcium needed to prevent osteoporosis.

Dr. Kate explains the critical role Vitamin K2 plays in preventing:

• Heart attacks
• Strokes
• Osteoporosis
• Various cancers
• Alzheimer’s
• Arthritis
• Diabetes
• Kidney disease
• Fertility problems
• Difficult childbirths
• Cavities
• Need for braces
• Wrinkles
• Varicose veins

Dr. Kate’s Interview With Will Revak

Dr. Kate’s site at https://doctorkatend.com/videos/ has three videos interviews in which she discusses Vitamin K2. In this video, Will Revak of OraWellness interviews Dr. Kate. Will describes Vitamin K2 as an “intelligence” that helps guide calcium to the bones and teeth and away from the arteries.

Will Revak, co-founder of OraWellness, explains that you can remineralize your teeth as his wife did in 2009 when she reversed advanced gum disease. He explains how his Shine product remineralizes your teeth. OraWellness Shine is also available on Amazon in Mint and Cinnamon flavors.

The video interview with Will How to Reverse Tooth Decay and Gum Disease Naturally links to his 24-page ebooklet How To Remineralize Your Teeth.

Will’s Introduction links to his must-see free video course “Five Steps to a Healthy Mouth”. If you sign up, OraWellness emails you a link to Video 1 and to all the other videos shown below.

Healthy Mouth: Healthy You!

Dr. Michelle Coles Jorgensen is a holistic (biologic) dentist who is the author of HEALTHY MOUTH, Healthy YOU!: HOLISTIC DENTAL GUIDE Transforming Your Whole-Body Health Starts in The Mouth. Dr. Jorgensen is the founder of Total Care Dental & Wellness at: www.totalcaredental.com. She has a 10-video online course called Biological Dentistry Course.

Dr. Jorgensen says that in the 1940s, dentists (at the American Dental Association) voted on three possible causes of cavities and came to a consensus – one that continues today. The dentists rejected the work of Dr. Weston Price who documented in his world-wide research that poor dental health (including cavities) is caused by poor nutrition. They also rejected the work of Dr. Melvin Page who showed that hormones affect saliva which keeps your teeth clean.

Instead, the dentists agreed on the “Acidogenic Theory” which says cavities are caused by bacteria and acids. The theory says bacteria are attracted by sugar in your mouth and produce acid (plaque) which creates cavities. So, according to this theory, the way to prevent cavities is to avoid sugar, brush your teeth, and floss. However, although $20 billion are spent each year on tooth care products, over 90% of Americans have teeth and gum problems today. There is more dental disease today than in the 1940s.

Dr. Jorgensen points out that the real prevention of cavities is not just avoiding sugar, brushing, and flossing. She explains that the fat-soluble vitamins A, C, E, and K2 must be in your diet to make your teeth strong enough to resist bacteria and thus decay.

Dr. Jorgensen shows that the same fat-soluble vitamins and minerals that keep your teeth and gums healthy also keep your bones and the rest of your body healthy. She discusses the best food sources of those vitamins and minerals.

Amazing Healing Powers of Vitamins D3 and K2

The following books discuss the miraculous healing powers of Vitamin D3 and K2:

1. The Miraculous Results Of Extremely High Doses Of The Sunshine Hormone Vitamin D3
2. How Not To Die With True High-Dose Vitamin D Therapy: Coimbra’s Protocol and the Secrets of Safe High-Dose Vitamin D3 and Vitamin K2 Supplementation
3. Health Benefits of Vitamin K2: A Revolutionary Natural Treatment for Heart Disease and Bone Loss

How Not To Die With True High-Dose Vitamin D Therapy: Coimbra’s Protocol and the Secrets of Safe High-Dose Vitamin D3 and Vitamin K2 Supplementation points out: “According to the renowned Portuguese Professor, Dr. Manuel Pinto Coelho: ‘Most of the drugs that are taken try to imitate what high dose ‘vitamin’ D3 can do.'”

The book adds:

Furthermore, according to the pioneering work of the renowned Brazilian physician Dr. Cicero Coimbra, using vitamin D in large doses stops, and even partially, reverses the damage caused by multiple sclerosis and many other autoimmune diseases in 95% of the cases.…

With vitamin D supplementation, the risk of myocardial infarction lowers by 50% between those subjected to an angiography. The risk of colon cancer can drop up to 80% and the risk of breast cancer up to 83% — imagine! Millions of men and women could still be alive if only they had known about vitamin D in advance. Nevertheless, more than 1 billion people have insufficient vitamin D levels.

The Amazon description says:

This practical guide is built upon more than 300 references, providing detailed information on depression, autism, cancer, osteoporosis, diabetes, autoimmune diseases, fibromyalgia and chronic pain, cardiovascular diseases, among other health problems.

Good Sources of Vitamin K2

Dr. Kate explains that the best food source of Vitamin K2 is the Japanese natto, Brie cheese, and Gouda cheese from grass-fed cows. She recommends Pate de Foie Gras (goose liver paste). New York Natto is available on Amazon in four flavors. Although Dr. Kate and Will Revak of OraWellness said they don’t like the taste of natto, New York Natto smells like coffee and has a nutty flavor!

Functional Dentist Dr. Steven Lin is the author of The Dental Diet: The Surprising Link between Your Teeth, Real Food, and Life-Changing Natural Health. In his article What Are the Richest Food Sources of Vitamin K2?, Dr. Lin lists the best sources of MK-4 (short-duration) and MK-7 (long duration) Vitamin K2 which Dr. Kate also discusses in her book and videos. Natto heads his list for MK-7. Dr. Lin’s website is at: https://www.drstevenlin.com/.

Vitamin D3/K2 Supplements

The Thorne D/K2 supplement is linked to under Dr. Kate’s interview with Will Revak. It is a liquid D3/K2 that is also recommended by a nutritionist I consulted. Dr. Eric Berg’s D3/K2 supplement is a tablet. The liquid is probably preferable because it goes directly into your bloodstream. The Vitamin K2 Revolution site links to the InnovixLabs Full Spectrum Vitamin K2 with MK-7 and MK-4.

Note: The Vitamin K2 Revolution site warns: “Caution! If you’re taking blood thinning medicines, such as Warfarin or Coumadin, don’t take vitamin K supplements that include K1. This is because it may affect how well your blood clots. Be very careful since many products labeled K2 can also include K1. If you are taking Coumadin, you may want to look at new research that shows that you should be taking about 45 mcg of the MK-4 version of K2, but please discuss this with your cardiologist before going this alone.

Some people complain of slight heart palpitations when adding K2 to their daily protocol. If you are one of those people, make sure you shift to a K2 [here is the Carlson Labs brand on Amazon] that contains only MK4 as it does not cause heart palpitations and is more tolerable.”

The preface links to the Vitamin K2 site of the International Science and Health Foundation.

Dr. Goodman is Chairman of the Department of Integrative Medicine at New York University. He is double-board-certified in cardiology and holistic integrative medicine. Dr. Goodman recommends a teaspoon of natto per day to get 180 micrograms of Vitamin K2 (MK7). Dr. Goodman is also a strong advocate of magnesium and wrote the book of Magnificent Magnesium: Your Essential Key to a Healthy Heart & More.

His site is at: http://www.dennisgoodmanmd.com/. Dr. Kate points out that magnesium is essential for absorption of Vitamin D. See my article Why You Need Transdermal Magnesium!

Video: How To Get Vitamin K2

Vitamin K2 is crucial to many bodily processes but our modern diets are deficient in K2. Learn how to get Vitamin K2 back into your body today!

New York Natto

New York Natto variety pack – Japanese Probiotic Superfood made fresh in NYC
Organic and Non-GMO varieties – 4 jars, 8 ounces (220 grams) per jar
https://www.nyrture.com

Natto Superfood: Best Source of Vitamin K2

New York Natto variety pack is a Japanese Probiotic Superfood made fresh in NYC in organic and
non-GMO varieties.  I found that all four flavors have a nutty taste and coffee aroma.
https://www.nyrture.com

The New York Times article “Are You Ready For Your Natto? says Dr. Ann Yonetani, who teaches food science at the New School, founded NYrture Food in 2015 to introduce natto to New Yorkers. She is a microbiologist turned food entreprenur who is a Columbia University-trained researcher specializing in cell reproduction. Dr. Yonetani, who calls herself a “microbe farmer,” says each tablespoon of her natto contains a billion of the healthful bacteria Bacillus subtilis, a count that is “orders of magnitude greater than what you would find in a typical probiotic food.”

“Dr. Yonetani says that a single heaping tablespoon of natto contains approximately 300 micrograms of K2, about seven times the minimum daily requirement…. To make the product, Dr. Yonetani rents a room at the back of the Organic Food Incubator, a cooperative space for artisanal food producers in Long Island City, Queens…. “It’s got some nice coffee notes,” she effuses, with the discernment of a wine connoisseur. She offers me a spoonful. The taste is not at all unpleasant, a cross between chopped liver and cottage cheese. “Every batch comes out a bit different,” Dr. Yonetani said.

Reasons to Eat Natto

New York Natto lists the following reasons to eat natto:

1. Best source of Vitamin K2: Natto is the most concentrated food source of Vitamin K2 which functions in calcium regulation. There is substantial evidence that Vitamin K2 promotes bone growth and strength, decreases arterial calcification and improves cardiovascular outcomes.
2. Great nutritional profile: Natto is high in protein and fiber, and is filled with vitamins and minerals. New York Natto has no added sugars or chemical preservatives.
3. Best source of nattokinase: During natto fermentation, live B. subtilis cultures produce an enzyme called Nattokinase in the sticky film surrounding the beans. Nattokinase inhibits blood clotting, and is commonly used medicinally to help prevent stroke and progression of cardiovascular disease.
4. Probiotic diversity: In natto, soybeans are fermented by Bacillus subtilis, a bacterial species not found in other probiotic foods. B. subtilis is an important natural resident of the healthy human gut. It has been shown to promote the growth of other beneficial microbes and to inhibit potentially harmful microbes. B. subtilis activity makes natto an alkaline fermentation, unlike most other common ferments which generally increase acidity. Finally, New York Natto is made fresh in our unique glass jars and is never frozen, so the live cultures are at their best – it tastes better and is better for you!
5. Vegan & gluten free: With just two ingredients – non-GMO soybeans and live B. subtilis culture – New York Natto is a great addition to many diets. Natto has a full fermented flavor: Although natto isn’t for everyone, those who like it, love it. There’s nothing else out there with the flavor and texture of natto.

Ground Egg Shell Powder With Kefir

In the interview with Dr. Goodman, Dr. Smith says that he grinds egg shells for a source of calcium for his smoothie. The composition of egg shells resembles our teeth. Because egg shells contain massive amounts of calcium and 27 other minerals including magnesium, phosphorus, silicon, potassium, iron, sulphur, and aluminum, they can help treat osteoporosis and help remineralize teeth – if you also take Vitamin D3-K2. Half of one eggshell provides 1,000 mg of calcium –- enough to meet the daily requirements for adults. Half a tablespoon of ground eggshell powder provides 90% of the RDA for calcium. The powder relieves pain and inflammation in joints.

Use the following steps to create ground egg shell powder

1. Wash the egg shells of 6-12 organic free-range eggs
2. Boil them for 10 minutes
3. Dry them overnight
4. Bake them for 10 minutes at 150 degrees to kill bacteria
5. Use a coffee grinder to grind them into a fine powder
6. Store the ground eggshell powder in a sterilized glass jar
7. Add the powder to organic Kefir

9 Evidence-Based Health Benefits of Kefir points out that Kefir is a fermented milk drink that is a more potent probiotic than yogurt. It has powerful anti-bacterial properties and can help protect against osteoporosis and cancer. A six-ounce serving of low-fat Kefir contains four grams of protein, 10% of the RDI for calcium, 15% of the phosphorous RDI, 12% of the Vitamin B12 RDI, 10% of the B2 (Riboflavin) RDI, and 3% of the RDI for magnesium, as well as a decent amount of Vitamin D.

Note: I use distilled water to boil the eggshells and to sterilize the glass jar. I use a fan to dry the shells for 30-60 minutes if I don’t want to dry them overnight. I grind just 4 eggs shells at a time for about 20 seconds because the powder overflows with more. You can buy egg shell powder in capsules,  but it’s a lot more fun, safer, and cost-effective to make it yourself! You are making your own powerful medicine at home for free and have control over the ingredients and process!

Delicious, Nutritious Dessert

Add a heaping ¼ teaspoon of the eggshell powder to organic Kefir along with organic blueberries for a delicious, nutrious snack at lunch or dessert! The powder is virtually tasteless. Sprinkle on some Nutmeg, Cinnamon, and/or Ginger to makes it smell like a New Year’s Eve eggnog!

The Kefir is great for healing cavities because it has Vitamin D, Vitamin K2, magnesium, and calcium. The teeth need Vitamins A, D, E, and K2. Vitamin D helps make the calcium available. So, this is a very good combination – especially with goat’s milk Kefir. It is also a probiotic which is great for everyone – especially with the overuse of antibiotics.

Dangers of Eating Chocolate!

On February 23, when my restorative dentist discovered a huge cavity in my lower left wisdom tooth (Tooth 17), I came to the conclusion that it had been caused by the chocolate I started eating on August 1. A docuseries I watched in July recommended eating 2 ounces of dark chocolate daily. However, when my dentist asked what I had been doing differently in the last few months, I realized the main change was the chocolate.

Chocolate is often touted as a health food now, but it has way too much sugar. Research revealed that chocolate can also cause osteoporosis and arthritis. So, I also came to the conclusion that the SUDDEN collapse of my knees on August 15 may have also been due to the chocolate since I had never had problems with my knees. I also began to develop arthritis in my hips, thigh bones, shoulders, and hands. The chocolate was attacking and rapidly destroying my skeleton, muscles, and teeth!

Fortunately, I had ordered the Organixx Turmeric 3D and 7M+ mushroom supplements which restored my knees in just 1-2 hours. I now also take the Organixx Bone Broth and Collagen which are also good for teeth and bones. My body is back to normal and I am working on restoring the tooth with the cavity as Dr. Kate shows on pages 155 and 157 that Dr. Price did with hundreds of his patients in the 1940s.