Vitamin K is a fat-soluble vitamin that is found in leafy green vegetables, soybeans, and meat.
Deficiency of vitamin K can cause bleeding, hemorrhaging, erratic blood clots, bloodied stools, and poor bones.
Consumers of diets poor in vitamin K are at an increased risk of cardiovascular diseases.
Medical conditions like celiac disease, cystic fibrosis, and fat malabsorption cause vitamin K deficiency, inviting a host of other diseases.
VKDB is common in infants and toddlers as breast milk does not contain much vitamin K.
As vitamin K influences absorption and reactions of vitamin D in the human body, its deficiency can lead to osteoporosis.