Comments on: How Our Modern Lifestyle Causes Vitamin And Mineral Deficiencies

By: alfredoe

alfredoe — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 17:32:45 +0000

Hi All, It is a well know fact that we eat too many omega 6 fats, mainly from grains and grain oils, and too few omega 3 fats. It is estimated that 90% of the population is omega 3 deficient, bringing with it a host of health disorders from hypertension, diabetes, obesity, etc, to depression and mood swings.

This omega 3 deficiency would not go away taking flaxseed or eating a few fish a week. You have take stronger measures like supplementing with fish oil, cod liver oil or krill oil everyday, the real bio available omega 3 oils.

If you want to read more go to http://www.omega-3-fish-oil-wonders.com/omega-3-fish-oil-deficiency.html

Best wishes,
Alfredoe

By: Great links for the weekend!

Great links for the weekend! — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 21:15:02 +0000

[...] our modern lifestyle cause vitamin and mineral deficiencies? Have a read of this article and then tell me what you [...]

By: Ed

Ed — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 02:19:06 +0000

Dr Davis linked to a study showing 15% of Americans iodine deficient. He says he is finding lots of goiters in his clinical practice.

Peter at hyperlipid just posted on how hyperglycaemia causes kidney stones, by causing excess elimination of magnesium. What causes hyperglycemia? Insulin resistance caused by fructose. So a mechanism for magnesium deficiency.

By: Mike OD

Mike OD — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:46:34 +0000

@Amelia – The body craves things usually for a good reason (except processed sugar, as sugar is not supposed to be so widely plentiful in the natural food world). Craving fat could be sign of the body depleted of essential fat soluble vitamins and minerals (which there are many of). Also people who are on the verge of “rabbit starvation” (high protein, low fat, low calories) will start to crave fatty meats as a survival instinct. Marathons (and all the training) take a large toll on your body, and if you are craving fat it may be trying to tell you something.

By: Amelia Burton

Amelia Burton — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 03:15:47 +0000

I have recently completed my third marathon and what I noticed is that I have been craving seafood such as sardines, oysters and salmon. Even when running I was thinking about oysters, so weird hey! Could it be possible that my body is telling me I need zinc and omegas?

I’ve heard of pregnant women having cravings but runners!?!

Amelia

By: Important read! « Studio B: WOD

Important read! « Studio B: WOD — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:09:40 +0000

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By: john fitzgibbon

john fitzgibbon — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:08:13 +0000

A decent paper about vit d deficiency in kids
http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/cgi/content/abstract/124/5/1404

By: Mike OD

Mike OD — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:56:51 +0000

@Icarus – Very good point about the liver and organ meats. Even the strongmen from long ago stressed the importance of eating liver. Sadly unless you are in a place where people have learned to naturally eat/use the whole animal, or stuck out in the wild and have no other choice…the majority of people will opt for the quick and easy route of processed foods/grains especially with people working 10+ hours a day….and the ongoing vitamin and mineral deficiencies will continue to run rampant.

By: Icarus

Icarus — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:21:51 +0000

Also, many of these deficiencies could be eliminated simply by eating more of the original primal superfood, liver, especially of the grass-fed variety, because it is extremely rich in most vitamins and minerals. 4 ounces of grain-fed liver (which is surely low in vitamin K2 compared to its grass-fed counterpart) contains well over the RDA for most of the micronutrients listed in the article, particularly vitamin A (~800%!) and copper.

If only Americans weren’t so terrified of organ meats and the cholesterol bogeyman; then liver might be recognized as the terrific, nourishing food it is.

By: Icarus

Icarus — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:34:47 +0000

It’s also worth noting that carbohydrates deplete the body of B vitamins – this has been established since the ’20s, is probably a contributing factor to grain-based deficiencies like pellagra and beriberi, and is never ever stated publicly for some reason – and *probably* vitamin C as well. Proteins and fats do not have this effect.

If you eat carbohydrates, be sure that they are rich in water-soluble vitamins and fairly low in sugar and starch (i.e. green vegetables, berries, nuts.)