Vitamin K2 and Improved Insulin Sensitivity

• Effect of vitamin K2 on type 2 diabetes mellitus: A review.

  • 2018-02
  • Review
  • Diabetes research and clinical practice 136
  • • Yan Li
    • Jie Peng Chen
    • Lili Duan
    • Shuzhuang Li

  • PubMed: 29196151
  • DOI: 10.1016/j.diabres.2017.11.020

  3 Insights on

  • Improved Insulin Sensitivity

  • Low evidence

  We proposed that vitamin K2 improved insulin sensitivity through involvement of vitamin K-dependent-protein osteocalcin, anti-inflammatory properties, and lipid-lowering effects.

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Small

  Significant

  Yes