reader questions on vitamin k2 and an interview with dr. kate rheaume-bleue

Are you getting enough vitamin K2? Unless you’re eating good quality butter, cheese, grass-fed meats or natto, you probably aren’t.  In this reader question and answer session, Dr. Kate Rheame-Bleue, author of Vitamin K2 and the Calcium Paradox, joins us today to discuss the benefits of vitamin K2, where to find it and why you need it.

Kate Rheume-Bleue is a licensed primary care naturopathic physician and the author ofVitamin K2 and the Calcium Paradox: How a Little Known Vitamin Could Save Your Life.  As an educator, Dr. Kate is a frequent media guest and Canadian expert in natural medicine.

And just a note: I had some measure of difficulty with the sound control on this video (and there’s not much I can do about it).  So if you have trouble listening, make sure to download the full transcript.

video: vitamin k2 and the calcium paradox

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get the book and get your vitamin k2

vitamin k2 and the calcium paradox

• Pick up the book Vitamin K2 and the Calcium Paradox: How a Little Known Vitamin Could Save Your Life.
• Download the transcript of this interview.
• Learn more about Dr. Kate here.

books and blogs for further study

• Pick up the book that spurred Dr. Kate’s interest in vitamin K2: Nutrition & Physical Degeneration by Weston Price, DDS.
• Take a look at Chris Masterjohn’s work, much of which has focused on activator X which we now believe to be vitamin K2.

where to buy vitamin k2 rich foods

• Pick up some high vitamin butter oil – a great source of K2.
• Purchase natto spores for making natto at home.
• You can learn how to make natto in Get Cultured! an online cooking class on fermented foods.
• Purchase cultures and starters for making vitamin K2-rich cheese at home.
• Get you some gouda!
• Load up on grass-fed ghee.
• And grass-fed butter like Kerrygold or Organic Valley, both of which are widely available in grocery stores nation-wide.
• Find a source of grass-fed raw milk and cream for your butter and cheese.

previous reader q & as

• Reader Questions on Proper Preparation of Whole Grains: When to Soak, When to Sour, When to Sprout and why grain-free diets aren’t for everyone.
• Reader Questions on Natural Bodycare: Because you shouldn’t put anything on your skin that you wouldn’t put in your mouth.
• Reader Questions on Bone Broth: Everything you need to know about preparing mineral-rich bone broths, broths and stocks.

next question and answer sessions

Our upcoming question and answer sessions will focus on kombucha – that ancient fermented tea and the relationship between dental health and traditional diets.  So if you’ve got a question about kombucha, teeth, cavities, tooth remineralization or anything like that, please email it to questions@nourishedkitchen.com for inclusion.

Or if you have a suggestion for a future reader question and answer session, please email it toquestions@nourishedkitchen.com.