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SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ SATURDAY, JULY 11, 2015
Yachats Music Festival
to rock this weekend
J OEL F UHRMAN , MD
What is vitamin K2?
Vitamin K is essential for the
process of blood clotting. In
fact, vitamin K was named for
this important function; the sci-
entists who discovered the vita-
min named it using the first let-
ter of the German word “koag-
ulation.”
In addition, we now know
that vitamin K also promotes
bone health and heart health via
interactions with calcium.
Vitamin K allows the body to
utilize the calcium needed for
bone and tooth formation.
Many studies have associated
low vitamin K status with a
higher risk of hip fracture or
low bone mineral density.
There are two forms of vita-
min K; vitamin K1 is easy to
obtain when following a high-
nutrient (nutritarian) diet, since
it is abundant in leafy green
vegetables. Kale, collards,
spinach and mustard greens are
some of the richest sources of
K1.
Vitamin K2, on the other
hand, is produced by microor-
ganisms and scarce in plant
foods; high K2 foods include
dark meat chicken, pork and
fermented foods like cheese, so
K2 is more difficult to get from
a Nutritarian diet. The human
body can synthesize some K2
from K1, and intestinal bacteria
can produce some K2, but these
are very small amounts.
Studies report that a
causative factor of the low hip
fracture incidence in Japan was
natto, a fermented soy food,
rich in K2.
Following this observation,
several studies found supple-
mentation with vitamin K2 to
be particularly effective at
improving bone health.
A review of randomized con-
trolled trials found that vitamin
K2 reduced bone loss and
reduced the risk of fractures;
vertebral fracture by 60 per-
cent, hip fracture by 77 percent
and all non-vertebral fractures
by 81 percent.
In women who already had
osteoporosis, Vitamin K2 sup-
plementation was also shown
to reduce the risk of fracture,
reduce bone loss and increase
bone mineral density.
A vitamin K-dependent pro-
tein binds up calcium to protect
the soft tissues-including the
arteries-from calcification.
Vitamin K2 in particular
helps to prevent the artery wall
from stiffening and maintain
elasticity. Coronary artery cal-
cification is a predictor of car-
diovascular events, as is arteri-
al stiffness.
Higher vitamin K2 intake
has been linked with a lower
likelihood of coronary calcifi-
cation, however the same asso-
ciation was not found for K1.
In 2004, the Rotterdam
Study revealed that increased
dietary intake specifically of
vitamin K2 significantly
reduced the risk of coronary
heart disease by 50 percent as
compared to low dietary vita-
min K2 intake. In this study,
vitamin K1 had no effect.
Similar results were found in
another study conducted in
2009. Furthermore, a systemat-
ic review of several studies in
2010 also found no association
between vitamin K1 intake and
coronary heart disease, but
higher K2 intake was associat-
ed with lower risk.
Therefore taking in vitamin
K2 in addition to K1 is likely
beneficial to help protect
against vascular calcification.
Ongoing research on vitamin
K is revealing new ways that
vitamin K acts to maintain
good health. There is some evi-
dence that vitamin K is
involved in insulin metabolism,
and higher intake of vitamins
K1 and K2 are associated with
lower risk of type 2 diabetes.
Remember, leafy green veg-
etables provide generous
amounts of vitamin K1, and
getting K2 from a supplement
is likely beneficial if your diet
is low in K2.
Dr. Fuhrman is a New York
Times best-selling author and
board certified family physician
specializing in lifestyle and nutri-
tional medicine.
Visit his website at Dr
Fuhrman.com, or submit questions
and
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FRAA hosts reception for featured artist today
Florence Regional Arts Alliance
(FRAA) is featuring award-winning
artist Minn Depweg as its Artist for the
Month for July.
The public is invited to an artist’s
reception today, July 11, from 3 to 5
p.m., at the FRAA Art Center, 4969
Highway 101, Munsel Lake Plaza No.
4.
Refreshments will be served and
attendees will have a chance to meet
Depweg and view works depicting her
varied skills in the arts.
Depweg is a versatile artist who
paints in oils, watercolors, pencil cray-
on, oil pastels and acrylics. She also
does several kinds of needlework,
embroidery, crewel, counted threads,
pulled threads, needlepoint and quilt-
ing.
She has been honored with many
awards during her artistic career and
currently has two quilts on display at
the Siuslaw Public Library.
Depweg has taken painting classes
from several artists in California, as
well as the Republic of Ireland.
She lived in Chico, Calif., on an
almond farm after her husband Bob
retired, and taught arts and crafts class-
es there for many years.
After mo-ving to Flo-rence, Dep-
weg became an active member
of FRAA, volunteering her time at
the Art Center and exhibiting her art-
work.
COURTESY PHOTO
FRAA artist Minn Depweg stands with her
artwork on display at FRAA and awards she
has won.
YACHATS — Classical
music singers, pianists and
instrumentalists will be fea-
tured in the 35th annual
Yachats Music Festival in con-
certs today, July 11, at 8 p.m.;
and tomorrow, Sunday, July
12, at 2 and 8 p.m.
All concerts take place at
the Yachats Community
Presbyterian Church, 360 West
Seventh St., in Yachats.
Tickets are $20.
Concerts will feature solo
and ensemble performances
by:
• Pianists Leon Bates,
Chiao-Wen Cheng, Gerry
Hecht, Dennis Helmrich,
Joseph Kubera, Betty Woo and
Jeongeun Yom.
• Singers: Ilya Martinez and
Kimberly Jones, sopranos;
Thomas Buckner, Rafael
LeBron, Autris Paige and
Anthony Turner, baritones.
• Instrumentalists:
Ayn
Balija, viola; Portia Diwa,
Celtic harp; Marco Granados,
flute; Elaine Kreston, cello;
Tom Rose, clarinet; David
Wong, guzheng and guqin;
David Burnett and Anyango
Yarbo-Davenport, violins.
Tickets can be purchased at
the Adobe Resort by calling
541-547-3141, at the Yachats
Visitor’s Center by calling
541-547-3530, or online at
www.brownpapertickets.com/
event/1295037.
Member ($85) and Patron
($140) packages are also avail-
able by calling 541-961-8374.
Community Chorus
seeks singers, musicians
The Community Chorus of
Florence Oregon (CCFO) will
begin recruiting singers and
instrumentalists next month
for its fall session.
Registration for the Dec. 12
concert will begin on Monday,
Aug. 24, from 6:30 to 7:30
p.m., at Cross Roads Church
on 10th and Maple streets. It
will be immediately followed
by the first rehearsal from 7:30
to 8:30 p.m.
The December concert will
include a 40-minute sacred
work, “Appalachian Winter,”
by Joseph Martin and includes
recent and centuries old folk
music from Appalachia.
Other sacred and secular
pieces will be performed, such
as, “Oh, Shenandoah,” “I
Wonder as I Wander,” “Down
in the Valley to Pray,” “In the
Bleak Mid-Winter” and a few
Moravian folk tunes as well.
Interim director Dr. Paul
Guthmuller will again wield
the baton for the chorus.
Folk instrumentalists are
being sought for many of
the
pieces.
Instruments
of interest include flute,
violin, cello, mandolin, guitar,
piano, percussion and dul-
cimer.
Interested musicians can
contact Laura Merz at 541-
902-8567.
Voices in all sections —
soprano, alto, tenor and bass
— are invited to join the cho-
rus. Registration fee is $60.
Singers of high-school age
and older are welcome.
Membership scholarships
are available with additional
information provided upon
registration or by calling mem-
bership chairwoman Beth
Johnston at 541-991-3585.
Registration forms for
returning chorus members
and those wishing to join
can be found on the CCFO
website at www.community
chorusflorenceor.org.
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