Vitamins deficiencies and risks/problems they cause??
- Vitamin A: dry hair, broken nails, increased risk of infections, anemia, loss of eyesight
- Vitamin B1: permanent neuromuscular disorders, permanent defects in learning & short-term memory, coma, death
- Vitamin B9 (folate): forgetfulness, irritability, hostility, paranoid behaviors
- Vitamin B12: neurological symptoms, numbness & tingling of extremities, difficulty walking, memory loss, disorientation,megaloblastic anemia, permanent neural impairment, extreme delusions, hallucinations, overt psychosis
- Vitamin D: muscle pain & spasms, weakness, bone pain, osteomalacia (adult-form rickets), osteoporosis, increased cancer risk
- Calcium: osteopenia, osteoporosis, hypoparathyroidism, hypotension, muscle cramping
- Iron: anemia, fatigue, hair loss, feeling cold, eating ice uncontrollably (a form of Pica)
- Copper: anemia, neurological impairment
- Zinc: decreased sense of smell, altered taste, poor wound healing, poor appetite, anemia, lethargy, poor libido, hair loss, lack of proper protein utilization in the body
She's from 339 to 200 as of 6/14/2012.. SOO proud of my bigbabygirl



