VITAMIN DEFICIENCIES CAUSE SERIOUS DISEASE




Can vitamin deficiencies actually cause serious disease? you probably would not ever connect a vitamin deficiency with a serious disease but there are quite a few diseases that stem from nutrient deficiencies.  

They are called classical deficiencies, for example, you have classical scurvy, which is a vitamin C deficiency, Rickets vitamin D deficiency, Osteomalacia which is also a vitamin D deficiency that most of the time occurs when you get a little bit older, Beriberi which is a B1 deficiency,  Pellegra which is a vitamin B3 deficiency.  


you additionally have subclinical lacks which do not actually show up genuinely, yet they are blending in the broiler. What's more, in the long run, they make issues not too far off and you might see a few side effects yet it's hard to perceive unless you understand the link between nutrient deficiencies and their manifestation.  

 

A lot of these deficiencies start in the fetus, especially if you are not breastfed and you are consuming infant formula there are some really important nutrients that a pregnant woman and someone who is breastfeeding must get in the diet enough like zinc, vitamin D, Folate, Iodine, Omega-3, Fatty acids, these are vital. 


If you are deficient in iodine, first of all, you are going to have stunted growth secondly, you are going to have lower intelligence, so it can create a lot of issues and if your mother is deficient in folate you can end up with what is called a neural tube defect which means part of your spinal column is not closing properly so your spinal cord is literally being exposed and it's not protected. 


Vitamin D is really important in maintaining the structure of your skeletal system as well as the tone of the muscles. If you're deficient in vitamin D you could have things like scoliosis, flat feet, kyphosis which is a hunchback, lordosis which is an excessive low back curve, as well as a lot of dental problems in your maxillary bone and in your jaw. 


A vitamin C deficiency can lead to severe scurvy fatigue, bleeding gums that are gingivitis, and loss of connective tissue. 


Rickets is caused because of low vitamin D, in this disease, your legs start bowing out, your bones, start to malform, and you have a lot of muscle weakness and cramps.   


Another disease is beriberi which is a vitamin B1 deficiency, severe B1 deficiency can create some serious diseases dementia loss of memory neuropathy, nerve damage gets brain atrophy your brain actually shrinks when you do not have a certain nutrient, all these vitamins are cofactors, they're helper compounds to allow the chemistry in your body to work right so if you are missing one of these cofactors it has profound effects down the road. 


Osteomalacia is basically soft bones disease this happens mainly when you get older, but it also could occur when you are young as well with this there is pain in the legs, you have weakness in the muscles, you have weakness in the lower back so how many people have low back pain and they do not realize it could be subclinical osteomalacia or a vitamin D deficiency. 


Pellagra, it is called the four d's it's B3 deficiency diarrhea, dermatitis, dementia, and death.  


Like other Vitamins, vitamin A is also very important for eyesight if you do not have enough, you can literally go blind. 


If you have a severe vitamin E deficiency your heart can go into a cramp, it can cause angina and you can have a heart attack. 


Study says a lot of these deficiencies occur when you consume refined foods especially vitamin E, B3, B1, vitamin C, and even a vitamin D deficiency could be created when you are consuming refined foods because when you are consuming refined foods as in refined carbohydrates then lead to insulin resistance and your ability to absorb these nutrients goes way down.   


These are the causes of these effects, these are the symptoms but when you look up a lot of these symptoms they are classified as a disease or a cause of something, and when you are researching a lot of things like bleeding gums as in gingivitis if you look to the cause of that you do not even see vitamin C on the list it is not even there and it says it is a condition it leads to excessive bleeding and you should brush your teeth more or dental floss your teeth and normally the nutritional causative factors are not mentioned. 


The nutrient deficiency affects all of their symptoms which then are classified as a disease, and it is very confusing when you treat symptoms and you do not really know the true cause you never really get rid of the problem.