| > | | | | does not store vitamin C and daily requirements vary |
| In the Western world, good, clean food is in ready | | | | from person to person)- anemia from insufficient iron- |
| supply, and there is no real reason why anyone of us | | | | lack of motor function in the legs, painful feet, |
| should suffer from malnutrition which is the result of | | | | numbness, lesions in the spinal cord, and neurological |
| inadequate nutritional intake. However, failure to | | | | disease, may all be the result of vitamin B deficiency- |
| understand the changing needs of our bodies, for | | | | digestive disorders, including diarrhea, nausea, cramps, |
| instance, in pregnancy, illness, and as we grow older, | | | | IBS, pain, and piles, may be a result of inadequate |
| land the dismaying lack of nutrition available in our | | | | diet- rashes, itching, allergies, sensitivities and other |
| food due to environmental factors, means that cases | | | | skin problems may be the result of vitamin |
| of malnutrition are on the increase in richer countries. | | | | deficiencies- loss of hair, or dry, dull hair reflects |
| The great Western diet has come up short for many | | | | deficiency in some area of the diet- insufficient fluid |
| people.The links between diet and disease are not | | | | causes stones to form in the kidneys; excess fat |
| fully understood as yet, but we do know that | | | | causes them to form in the gallÂbladder (gallstones)- |
| malnutrition can cause pathological illness affecting all | | | | enlargement of the thyroid may be the result of an |
| parts of the body. Some of the most common | | | | iodine deficiency- defective bone growth in children |
| effects of malnutrition are:- heart disease and | | | | due to lack of vitamin D, a component of fish, milk, |
| circulatory problems as a result of obesity- normal | | | | and eggs- softening of the bones and early |
| headaches or migraine- night blindness, from a vitamin | | | | osteoporosis may be a result of a calcium and |
| A deficiency- bleeding gums, loose teeth and general | | | | vitamin D deficiency, becoming increasingly common |
| fatigue resulting from a lack of vitamin C (the body | | | | in the West where they are in adequate supply. |