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Title: The body's supply of vitamin K comes from dietary sources and is also produced i
Post by: chines99 on Jul 29, 2014
The body's supply of vitamin K comes from dietary sources and is also produced in the: 


Title: Re: The body's supply of vitamin K comes from dietary sources and is also produced i
Post by: f_zah1 on Jul 29, 2014
Yes, we have the ability to make vitamin K -- and we do, creating about 1/3 of what we need -- via bacteria in our intestines.


Title: Re: The body's supply of vitamin K comes from dietary sources and is also produced i
Post by: the_sam on Aug 25, 2014
E. coli and Bacteroides fragilis in the colon synthesize vitamin K.