Swanson - Vitamins D3 & K2 - 60 Capsules

Better together! Newer research suggests that vitamins D3 and K2 – two essential nutrients for efficient calcium utilization in the body – may have an even more beneficial effect when taken together. Swanson Vitamins D3 & K2 offers these bone and heart health supporters in a convenient once-daily capsule. What if you already get D and K vitamins through supplements or your diet? Now Swanson offers a low-dose D3 & K2 combination just for you. Swanson Low Dose Vitamins D3 & K2 provides 50 mcg (2,000 IU) vegan D3 sourced from lichen and 75 mcg soy-free K2 from chickpeas as MK-7 in one capsule per day to help support cardiovascular health and promote strong, healthy bones.

Vitamin D helps build strong bones by increasing the body's absorption of calcium and phosphorus. In supplement form, it exists as ergocalciferol (D2) or cholecalciferol (D3). Studies show that D3 may be the more potent and longer-lasting form that the body prefers. Similarly, vitamin K exists in the forms K1 and K2. K2 is particularly important for bone health and the cardiovascular system because it helps direct calcium away from the arteries and towards the bones. K2 consists of a series of menaquinones, with menaquinone-7 (MK-7) being the most efficiently absorbed and bioavailable.

Newer understanding of the interaction between vitamins D and K suggests that vitamin D increases the concentration of bone proteins that depend on vitamin K for healthy bone formation, and that in turn the essential mineralization stimulated by vitamin K can be positively influenced by the presence of vitamin D.