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Has Your Doctor Recommended this 'Life-Saving" Vitamin with Coumadin?

Ronald Grisanti D.C., D.A.B.C.O., D.A.C.B.N., M.S.
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If you or a loved one has been prescribed the blood thinner Coumadin (warfarin), and have not had your Vitamin K-2 level measured and adjusted for your prothrombin time, you are not receiving the best and most advanced cardiovascular treatment.

Most people are unaware of the fact that coumadin pulls calcium out of bones and dumps it right into the coronary arteries and heart valves.

Has Your Doctor Recommended this 'Life-Saving Vitamin with Coumadin?

Worse, taking Coumadin guarantees you will need a stent, bypass surgery or a heart valve replacement sooner than you would if you were not taking this medication.

start quoteCoumadin pulls calcium out of bones and dumps it right into the coronary arteries and heart valves.end quote

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And to add insult to injury, it causes high blood pressure, leads to osteoporosis, easy hip fractures, joint replacements, and much more.

But scientific research shows that the right amount of a non-synthetic Vitamin K-2 can stop this from happening. And it does so with­out damaging the coagulation time.

With the above information deeply ingrained in your conscious, you want to be absolutely sure your cardiologist checks your level of Vitamin K-2 as well as adjust the dose he gives you to the prothrom­bin time.

But there's an even more urgent rea­son why you are being grossly cheated if your cardi­ologist does not have you on the proper dose of vita­min K.

The reason?

Vitamin K2 actually can reverse the damage of aging. It rips calcium off the coronar­ies and calcified heart valves. It causes regression or melting away of coronary plaque, something no other medicines like the statins (like Lipitor, Vy­torin, Crestor, etc.) can claim.

My suggestion?

If your cardiologist does not already have you on Vitamin K-2, but has pre­scribed Coumadin, you want to insist on the right treatment.

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