Healthy living is a hot topic these days. No matter where you turn, you can always find advice on living better and living well. Essentially, healthy living boils down to exercising regularly, visiting your doctor regularly for routine medical check-ups, getting enough sleep and eating well. With your diet, ensure you include ample vitamins … you will know soon enough if you are cheating your body of these necessary and essential nutrients. Just watch for these signs:
Vitamin A – Watch for night blindness (not being able to see properly in the dark and being slow to adjust to bright lights). All individuals are also at risk of dry eyes, follicular hyperkeratosis (otherwise known as scaly skin) as well being more susceptible to any number of infections. Children, shorted on Vitamin A, will often remain short as they grow older.
Vitamin B2 – Those lacking this vitamin may succumb to body lesions (specifically around the eyes, genitals and skin areas). Eyes can redden and become irritated, lips may crack and general swelling may occur. Other signs include dizziness, hair loss and insomnia.
Vitamin C – Should you be regularly tired or experience gum bleeding, you may well be deficient in Vitamin C. Increase your intake while you are still young to reduce the risk of additional health problems including jaundice, weakness, weight loss and irritability.
Vitamin K – Signs of vitamin K deficiency are easy bruising and consistent nose bleeding.
The good news is that vitamins can be found in many delicious foods and you won’t have to necessarily pop any number of pills every day. Probably the easiest way to increase your vitamin intake is to take a recommended multi-vitamin regularly. Just watch that the nutrients contained in your multi-vitamin are specific to your own needs.
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Vitamin A – Watch for night blindness (not being able to see properly in the dark and being slow to adjust to bright lights). All individuals are also at risk of dry eyes, follicular hyperkeratosis (otherwise known as scaly skin) as well being more susceptible to any number of infections. Children, shorted on Vitamin A, will often remain short as they grow older.
Vitamin B2 – Those lacking this vitamin may succumb to body lesions (specifically around the eyes, genitals and skin areas). Eyes can redden and become irritated, lips may crack and general swelling may occur. Other signs include dizziness, hair loss and insomnia.
Vitamin C – Should you be regularly tired or experience gum bleeding, you may well be deficient in Vitamin C. Increase your intake while you are still young to reduce the risk of additional health problems including jaundice, weakness, weight loss and irritability.
Vitamin K – Signs of vitamin K deficiency are easy bruising and consistent nose bleeding.
The good news is that vitamins can be found in many delicious foods and you won’t have to necessarily pop any number of pills every day. Probably the easiest way to increase your vitamin intake is to take a recommended multi-vitamin regularly. Just watch that the nutrients contained in your multi-vitamin are specific to your own needs.
Copyright © 2006-2009 Curb Your Cravings LLC. All Rights Reserved Worldwide
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This is a great reminder because those of us who have been trying to lose weight or maintain a "normal" weight for any length of time---for me it's been lifelong---tend to lose fact that we often do not take in anywhere near the amount of vitamins that we need without using supplements. At one point I'd read several articles that focused on research that has proven that a vast majority of overweight people are considered "considerably malnourished" meaning that they're way below the accepted norm for necessary vitamin and minerals to maintain optimal health. I think in general people have a difficult time equating obesity with malnourishment, I know that for a long time I did.
When a person becomes that malnourished it also becomes almost impossible to lose weight because our bodies will go into survival mode slowing the metabolism and attempting to store **every** available calorie to stave off starvation. We enter into a no-win situation and a vicious circle.
Lyndie
What vitamin deficiency might be responsible for fingernails peeling and even the way they're growing being off the norm, bumpy on the nail bed, curving down to pretty much wrap onto the fingertip instead of growing out OVER the tip of the finger and kind of striped looking, ridges I suppose it would be called?? This woulld be my nails and I sure would like some ideas on what I can do to get them a bit more normal.
Connie, you might have more than just a vit deficiency going on, some of what you describe sounds almost like it could be related to low oxygen levels, the bumpy nail beds could be from a fungal growth---in other words sounds like it's time for a trip to your doctor b4 you try much of anything else. Just my thoughts of course.
For a web site that I'm assuming is completely commercial I've got to say KUDOS on the articles, you'all have some great information here and you sell a product that actually REALLY works (hoodia patches and green tea with hoodial both)---thanks folks!!
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