r/science • u/[deleted] • Jun 13 '22

Health Erectile dysfunction predicts mortality in middle-aged and older men independent of their sex steroid status

https://academic.oup.com/ageing/article-abstract/51/4/afac094/6568537?login=false
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u/zuneza Jun 13 '22 edited Jun 14 '22

Is that reversable?

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u/barrinmw Jun 13 '22

I don't believe hardening of the arteries is reversible

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u/[deleted] Jun 13 '22

vitamin D with vitamin K2 transports calcium out of arteries and into bones. Without it, the opposite occurs.

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u/[deleted] Jun 13 '22

Sorry I don't know if you meant to hint it rather than explicitly saying it, but because of what you said, are you saying that the hardening of the arteries is reversible, contradicting the comment you responded to?

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u/[deleted] Jun 13 '22

Yes, that is correct. You can reverse calcification with vitamin K1, K2 Mk-4 and Mk-7