“Triage Theory”  

  The Triage Theory states that low micronutrient intake accelerates the degenerative diseases of aging through allocation of scarce micronutrients.

Vitamin & Mineral Deficiencies

  The Triage Theory explains why diseases associated with aging and the pace of aging itself, are the consequences of mechanisms developed during evolution to protect against episodic vitamin/mineral shortages. The triage theory has widespread implications because modest vitamin/mineral deficiencies are common.

The Triage Theory suggests a scientifically based and consistent strategy for establishing optimal nutrient intake standards, and provides a research strategy that will help uncover early biomarkers of chronic disease. *

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“Aging (Biological Aging)”  

Aging

  To our body, Aging (Biological Aging), a physiological process, is the progressive accumulation of changes in structure and function that our body makes as a result of the passage of time.
  To our body, Aging is a process of changes that are deleterious, progressive, universal and to the mostly irreversible, and may increase the probability of dis-eases and death. **

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“Vitamin K compounds”  

Vitamin K

  Vitamin K is a phytol group of 2-methilo-naphthoquinone derivatives which have a similar structure, sharing a quinone ring and an isoprenoid side chain, the difference lies in the side chain.

In our diet and our body, Vitamin K is a group of fat-soluble vitamins, involved in the carboxylation of certain glutamate residues in proteins to form gamma-carboxyglutamate residues.

3 Forms of Vitamin K

  3 Forms of vitamin K compounds

• natural vitamin K comes in 2 forms:
  • vitamin K₁ or phyloquinone/phytonadione is plant-based vitamin K.
  • vitamin K₂ or menaquinone is produced by the our friendly flora (intestinal bacteria) and is absorbed from the small intestines.
• vitamin K₃ (synthetic)

  In our body, Vitamin K is an essential co-factor for the enzyme γ-glutamyl carboxylase, involved in the activation of γ-carboxy glutamate (Gla) proteins.

Vitamin K is sometimes called the "Koagulation" vitamin because about half of the 16 known proteins that depend on Vitamin K are necessary for blood coagulation. The other Vitamin K-dependent proteins are involved in a variety of different functions involving the skeletal, arterial, and immune systems. **

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