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56 Post author: Qiaochu_Yuan 07 March 2013 04:33AM

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Comment author: OrphanWilde 08 March 2013 03:05:30PM 0 points [-]

I've been conflating vitamin K and potassium. (Teach me to go on memory.)

Fat-soluble vitamins (like vitamin K, and apparently unlike potassium) have long-term exposure health risks - they aren't effectively regulated in the digestive system, and they build up in the body to potentially dangerous levels.