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Webinar: K2-7, a multitasking vitamin
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First people, then Science & Innovation
Webinar: K2-7, a multitasking vitamin
Webinar: Vitamin K2-7, a multitasking vitamin
Hanna Lauren Jarden
Discover how Vitamin K2 might change lives
In this recent webinar Dr. Kimmo Makinen, OneHealth Innovation Director, introduces the scientific evidence for Vitamin K2. Vitamin K2 has been associated with many health benefits. Bone and heart health are the benefits supported by the largest body of evidence, but emerging science also shows promising results in sports performance and nerve health. Vitamin K2 plays a unique role in human health at many stages of life. However, supplementation may be needed as not all diets contain vitamin K2 and intestinal production by gut bacteria may not be sufficient.
Who is Dr. Kimmo Makinen
Kimmo Makinen heads up innovation at Novozymes OneHealth, focused on developing probiotics, enzymes, and other active ingredients to improve human health. His work focusses on discovering and validating new functional ingredient opportunities using a mix of conventional and more innovative AI-enhanced approaches. With more than 15 years’ experience in the industry, he works with teams of diverse experts to see ingredients through from scratch to human clinical studies. Prior to Novozymes, Kimmo worked as the probiotic pipeline manager at Nestle in Switzerland, and prior to this, in the academia in the UK. He earned his PhD in Immunology from the University of Aberdeen in Scotland