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🗓️ 22 December 2023
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Today, I’m going to cover the earliest signs of nutritional deficiencies.
There are many different nutrients to cover, but today, we’re going to talk about the top thirteen (plus one bonus). You can find a more comprehensive list of the earliest signs of nutritional deficiencies on my website.
Earliest signs of nutritional deficiencies
1. Vitamin A deficiency
#1 sign: Difficulty seeing in the dark
2. Vitamin B1 deficiency
#1 sign: Nervous tension
3. Vitamin C deficiency
#1 sign: Swollen or red gums with slight bleeding
4. Vitamin D deficiency
#1 sign: Bone pain
5. Vitamin E deficiency
#1 sign: Muscle weakness
6. Vitamin K1 deficiency
#1 sign: Excessive bruising
7. Vitamin K2 deficiency
#1 sign: Tartar buildup
8. Calcium deficiency
#1 sign: Chronic cough
9. Iodine deficiency
#1 sign: Breast tenderness
10. Sodium deficiency
#1 sign: Overall weakness
11. Magnesium deficiency
#1 sign: Loss of energy
12. Potassium deficiency
#1 sign: Pounding in your ears when trying to sleep
13. Selenium deficiency
#1 sign: Brain fog
14. Zinc deficiency
#1 sign: Getting out of breath upon exertion
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0:00.0 | Today we're going to talk about the 14 earliest signs of nutritional deficiencies. |
0:05.6 | That being said, there are a lot more nutrients and I have a complete list of all the earliest |
0:10.0 | signs of specific nutrient deficiencies on my website and I'll put the link down below |
0:14.4 | so you can download when we're done. |
0:16.2 | But today we're going to start with these 14. |
0:18.6 | Starting with Vitamin A, what would be the first sign |
0:21.5 | of a Vitamin A deficiency? That would be the first sign of a Vitamin A deficiency? |
0:23.2 | That would be difficulty seeing in the dark, |
0:26.2 | especially if you're driving at night and it's raining |
0:29.0 | and you just have a really hard time seeing in the dark. |
0:31.7 | That is one of the first signs of a vitamin A deficiency. |
0:35.9 | All right, now what about the B complex? Well, I'm only going to talk about B1. In the complete |
0:41.2 | document, you'll learn about all the B vitamins, but the first sign of a B1 deficiency is nervous tension. |
0:50.0 | You feel this buildup of nervous energy that you're just like you're agitated. |
0:55.6 | It's kind of like you could say a feeling of some stress buildup and this is why when you take |
1:00.6 | B1 that just goes right away within like two to three minutes. |
1:04.7 | Next one is Vitamin C. |
1:05.9 | What will be the first one of that? |
1:07.4 | That would be a pink toothbrush. |
1:08.8 | So let's say for example, you're brushing your teeth and you notice there's some slight bleeding, |
1:12.4 | but maybe not bleeding gums, but let's say your gums are some slight bleeding but maybe not bleeding gums but let's say |
1:14.2 | your gums are a little swollen or red that's a vitamin C deficiency and the |
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