British scientists have undertook a study in partnership with the Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht between March 12 and April 11, 2020 focusing on two groups of people: 184 people hospitalized with a severe form of Covid-19 in Holland on one side and healthy people on the other.
All along their study, scientists have discovered that serious forms of coronavirus cause blood to clot and deteriorate elastic fibers we find in lungs. Vitamin K, rare in the organism of people with serious cases in intensive care units, enables to produce proteins regulating blood clotting, but also to protect lungs fibers generally touched by covid-19.
Dr. Rob Janssen explains: “We found that people who died from the virus or who had to go into intensive care because of complications had much lower levels of vitamin K compared to healthy people. We think there is a relationship between vitamin K and how the illness progresses”.
Like vitamin D, vitamin K might be a major ally in the fight against the Covid-19 epidemic. And to avoid deficiency, note you can find vitamin K in rapeseed oil, liver, offal, and even green vegetables such as spinach, broccoli, and different kinds of cabbage.
