Art (California) on 01/01/2024

Since the holidays are now over and people realize that they may have overdone it during the holiday season in terms of eating and especially larger than usual consumption of sweets, I thought it might be a good time to update this article on type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM).

In the recent study link (10/23) below, it further highlights the importance of vitamin K2 in people with diabetes by showing that when compared to healthy controls, people with T2DM have very significantly lower levels of vitamin K2:

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38096508/

Here is an important quote from the abstract of the study that people with T2DM should be very aware of :

The mean±Standard Deviation (SD) of vitamin K2 levels for the type 2 diabetes group were (185.13±30.08) pg/ml, with a highly significant decrease (p<0.001) when compared with the control group (303.91±58.60) pg/ml. The HbA1c, cholesterol, TG, and LDL-C level for the type 2 diabetes group highly significant increase (p<0.001) when compared with the control while HDL-C decreased when compared with the control group. The current study concluded that: Vitamin K2 levels showed a highly significant decrease in patients with uncontrolled type 2 diabetes mellitus when compared with those in the control group. Vitamin K2 levels play an important role in improving glycated haemoglobin and lipid profiles in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus.

This is just further evidence of the value of vitamin K2 in people with diabetes. The above readings show a mean 118 pg/ml lower level of vitamin K2 in the diabetic group compared to the healthy control group. (185.13±30.08) pg/ml vs (303.91±58.60) pg/ml.

Art