Welcome to our Vitamins series! There are alot of vitamins floating around out there, and well, we decided that it’s time for us to clear some things up! So, Vitamin K; why is it named ‘K’? Well, vitamin K was first named by the germans, because of Koagulation, because, yes! Vitamin K plays an essential role in blood clotting. But wait, we don’t want our blood to clot right? That’s true! We don’t want our blood to clot, however, in our body, as with all things, we need a bal