Examples of Vitamin Deficiency

There seems to be a lot of confusion about diet and nutrition. Our diet is the total sum of what we consume. Nutrition is the benefits of what we consume. It is important to keep in mind that it’s not only what we eat but how our bodies utilize what we eat. Most people are unaware of the unprecedented burden caused increasing environmental toxins leading to soil depletion. Fruits and vegetables grown decades ago were much richer in vitamins and minerals than the varieties most of us get today that dramatically increasing our need for nutrients. For example, as a number of studies have shown, our need for antioxidants more than tripled from 1970 to 1990. Meanwhile the antioxidant content in our foods was cut in half! The best solution to our nutrient depleted diet is to compensate deficiency of life-sustaining vitamin and minerals by taking supplements with the high rate of absorption.The following is just a few examples of vitamin deficiency.

Vitamin B12 Deficiency

Vitamin B12 is essential for many aspects of health, including the production of red blood cells and our genetic material. Deficiency of Vitamin B12 may lead to a wide range of neuropsychiatric and hematologic disorders. Smokers, people older than 65 and vegetarians are more likely to be B12 deficient. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 3%-5% of the general population suffer vitamin b12 deficiency with up to 46% in the South Asian group living in Northern sphere. The diabetes medication Metformin, the gastrointestinal drugs also deplete Vitamin B12.
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Vitamin C Deficiency

Vitamin C is the most important antioxidant in human plasma. It is essential for wound healing and facilitates recovery from burns and the absorption of iron. Severe deficiency results in scurvy, which is characterised by haemorrhages and abnormal bone and dentine formation. Low blood levels of vitamin C (“chronic scurvy”) can cause atherosclerosis. According to National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, approximately 13% of the US population was vitamin C deficient. Smokers and the dark-skinned people have elevated risks of vitamin C deficiency.

Vitamin D3 Deficiency

Low level of Vitamin D3 has been associated with the increased risk of death from cardiovascular disease; cognitive impairment; severe asthma and cancer. Research suggests that vitamin D could play a role in the prevention and treatment of type 1 and type 2 diabetes, hypertension, glucose intolerance, and multiple sclerosis. According to Genova Diagnostics in the USA 70% of whites aged 20-49 yrs and 91% of elderlies suffer either deficiency or insufficiency of vitamin D3. This rate is even higher in the dark-skinned population.
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