Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Vitamin K is NOT Potassium!

Just wanted to inlcude this inforamtion into my blog.  It's great how easily we can access information from the internet these days, epsecially looking at peer-reviewed research articles.  On the flip side, there are many invalid sites out there that we need to be weary of when considering using their information for educational purposes.

When I was looking around for information on vitamin k and muscles I came across this site:

http://www.gainmuscleprogram.net/2010/01/31/vitamins-and-relief-vitamin-k-for-leg-cramps/

Some of the information reguarding vitamin k is correct, however they mistakingly confused it with potassium, stating that in fact vitamin k was potassium.  This is not true and proves the point that not everything we find on the interent holds any validity.  Its importnant to be skeptical when looking at non-reviewed sites and to always use a critical mind during research.

Just wanted to share what I had found.

3 comments:

  1. If there was a like button on this site, I would press it for what you have written here. So true, so true that we have to be discerning about internet information.

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  2. ha, they mistook vitamin k for element k. the periodic table K - potassium, very different from our fat soluble vitamin k. tsk tsk muscle website. tsk tsk.

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  3. I like the feedback! Thanks to both of you! It's pretty crazy what you can find...

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