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Canadian researchers have identified a new role for vitamin K and gamma-carboxylation in beta cells and their potentially protective role in diabetes, achieving a first in 15 years of basic research.The discovery by scientists at Université de Montré

Vitamin K foods include vegetables such as kale, spinach, Brussels sprouts, cabbage, broccoli and meat items such as beef liver, ground beef, chicken and bacon.

Toronto, May 19: Canadian researchers have identified how vitamin K helps prevent diabetes, a finding that could lead to new therapeutic applications for a disease that affects one in 11 people worldwide and has no cure.

The study reveals vitamin K was present in large quantities in pancreatic beta cells, the very cells that produce the precious insulin that controls blood sugar levels.