Vitamini imeneyi imachokera makamaka ku masamba ndi mafuta a masamba, komanso nyama, mazira, ndi zakudya zina zofufumitsa bwino (monga tchizi).
Anthu omwe amadya zakudya zokhala ndi vitamini K amakhala ndi chiopsezo chochepa cha 34% cha matenda amtima omwe amakhudzana ndi atherosulinosis.
Asayansi ku yunivesite ya Edith Cohen (USA) adaphunzira zambiri za anthu opitilira 23 omwe adachita nawo kafukufuku wazaka 1 wa Zakudya za ku Danish Diet, Cancer, and Health pazaka 2. Zakudya zili ndi mitundu iwiri ya vitamini K: vitamini K amachokera makamaka ku masamba ndi mafuta a masamba, ndipo vitamini K amapezeka mu nyama, mazira, ndi zakudya zofufumitsa (monga tchizi).
Zotsatira zake, zidapezeka kuti anthu omwe amadya kwambiri vitamini K1 anali ochepera 21% kuti agoneke m'chipatala ndi matenda amtima omwe amakhudzana ndi atherosulinosis, pomwe chiopsezo chogonekedwa m'chipatala chinali 14% chochepa cha vitamini K2. Chiwopsezo chochepachi chidawonedwa pamitundu yonse ya matenda amtima okhudzana ndi atherosulinosis, makamaka pamitsempha yotumphukira (34%).
Malinga ndi asayansi, Vitamini K amagwira ntchito poteteza calcium buildup m'mitsempha yayikulu. Ndipo izi nthawi zambiri zimabweretsa calcification ya mitsempha.