THE LONG LIST OF WHAT DOES WHAT!!
The following bullet point presentation on vitamins and minerals was outlined by Dr. Joel Wallach in his booklet "A DIRE WARNING"
Everyone knows we need vitamins and minerals in our diet, but do you know why? Dr. Wallach has put together a simple list of vitamins and minerals and shows what a deficiency of each may cause. This is for your information only and not intended to be medical advice. If you have any questions please refer them to your health care professional.
The Mineral list is followed by the Vitamin list.
LIST OF MINERAL FUNCTIONS AND DEFICIENCY SYMPTOMS
- Antimony
- Effective against blood flukes
- Bismuth
- Ulcers result from lack of bismuth & a bacteria Helicobacter pylori
- Boron
- Aids efficient calcium and magnesium use
- Essential for bone metabolism
- Proper endocrine function
- Reduces calcium loss from bones (Osteoporosis)
- Calcium
- High protein diets increases demands for calcium
- Deficiency:
- Arthritis
- Back pains (sciatica, disc problems)
- Bell's Palsy
- Bone spurs
- Brittle fingernails
- Calcium deposits
- Cognitive impairment
- Delusions
- Depression
- Eczema
- High Blood Pressure
- Hyperactivity
- Hypertension
- Insomnia
- Irritability
- Kidney stones
- Limb numbness
- Muscle cramps/spasms/twitches
- Nervousness
- Neuromuscular excitability
- Osteomalacia (failure to mineralize the protein bone matrix)
- Osteoporosis (& Dowagers Hump, spontaneous fractures, kyphosis)
- Panic attacks
- Periodontal disease - receding gums (osteoporosis of facial bones & jaw bones)
- PMS
- Pica (eating lead paint)
- Rickets
- Retarded growth
- Tetany
- Tooth decay
- Cesium
- Cancer aid; cesium enters cancer cell and produces alkaline condition
- Chromium
- Deficiency:
- ADD/ADHD
- Anxiety
- Aortic cholesterol plaque
- Coronary blood vessel disease
- Depression/Manic depression
- Diabetes (Vanadium also)
- Dr. Jeckyll/Mr. Hyde rages
- Elevated blood cholesterol
- Elevated blood triglycerides
- Fatigue
- Hyperactivity
- Hypercholesterolemia
- Hypoglycemia - low blood sugar (vanadium & copper also)
- Infertility and decreased sperm count
- Learning disabilities
- Negative nitrogen balance (body lean mass/protein loss)
- Pre-diabetes (vanadium also)
- Peripheral neuropathy
- Retarded growth
- Shortened life span
- Cobalt
- Deficiency:
- Anemia
- Anorexia
- Emaciation, listless, starved look, pale mucus membranes
- Essential part of Vitamin B 12 (Growth and nerve system function)
- Copper
- Deficiency:
- Alopecia (hair loss)
- Anemia (common in vegans & high milk users)
- Aneurysms (on wall bulges)
- Aneurysm / cerebral hemorrhage
- Arthritis (especially where growth plates are involved)
- Cerebral palsy & hypoplasia (failure to form) of the cerebellum
- Criminal or violent behavior, blind rage, explosive outbursts
- Depression
- Dermatosis
- Diarrhea
- Dry brittle hair
- Fatigue
- Fragile bones
- Hernias
- High blood cholesterol
- Hypercholesterolemia
- Hypo or Hyper thyroid
- Ptosis (sagging tissue - eye lids, skin, breasts, stomach, etc.)
- Kawasaki Disease
- Learning disabilities
- Liver cirrhosis (number 9 killer in the U.S.
- Ruptured vertebral discs problems
- Reduced glucose tolerance (low blood sugar)
- Respiratory disease
- Swachman's Syndrome
- Varicose veins
- White or Gray hair
- Europium
- Doubles the life span of laboratory animals
- Fluoride
- In plant based colloidal form will aid bone strength & no toxicity
- Germanium
- Aid in oxygen utilization
- Enhances immune system function (killer cells, interferon, macro phages and T-suppressor cells)
- Highly efficient electrical impulse initiator
- Deficiency:
- Arthritis
- Cancer
- Low energy
- Osteoporosis
- Gold
- Reduces active joint inflammation
- Iodine
- Copper needed to utilize iodine
- Needed by body for thyroid function (Thyroxin is thyroid hormone)
- Deficiency:
- Cold intolerance
- Brittle nails
- Bulging eyes
- Constipation
- Depression
- Dry skin & hair
- Elevated blood cholesterol
- Excessive sweating
- Fatigue
- Frequent bowel movements
- Goiter (throat swelling)
- Hair loss
- Hand tremors
- Heat intolerance
- Heavy periods or less than 28 day cycles
- Hypothyroidism
- Increased appetite
- Irritability
- Inability to concentrate
- Insomnia
- Light periods or longer than 28 day cycles
- Low basal body temperature
- Low sex drive
- Muscle aches and pains
- Muscle cramps
- Muscle weakness
- Nervousness
- Over-active Thyroid
- Poor memory Puffy face
- Rapid pulse
- Under-active Thyroid
- Weight gains Weight loss
- Copper
- Deficiency:
- Anemia
- Angular Stomatitis
- Anorexia
- Brittle nails
- Confusion
- Constipation
- Depression
- Dirt eating (pica)
- Dizziness
- Dysphagia
- Fatigue
- Fragile Bones
- GI upset
- Growth Retardation
- Headaches
- Ice eating (pica)
- Heart palpations
- Hemoglobin (Oxygen carrier in red blood cells)
- Irritability
- Listlessness and fatigue Memory deficits Sore Tongue
- Lanthanum
- Deficiency may be involved in chronic fatigue diseases
- Lithium
- Deficiency:
- ADD
- Depression
- Infertility
- Lithium deficiency aggravated by high sugar consumption
- Manic depression
- Rages & fits
- Reduced growth rate
- Reproductive failure
- Shortened life span
- Magnesium
- Deficiency:
- Anxiety
- Asthma
- Anorexia
- Birth Defects
- Calcification of small arteries
- Confusion
- Depression
- Growth failures
- Hyperactivity/cynophobia
- Hypotension
- Hypothermia
- Insomnia
- Irritability
- Malignant calcification of soft tissue
- Menstrual
- Migraines
- Muscle pains/tremors/ weakness
- Nervousness/Neuromuscular irritability
- Neuromuscular problems
- Restlessness
- Seizures
- SIDS
- Tachycardia/palpitations
- Tetany - Convulsions
- Tremors
- Vertigo
- Manganese
- Deficiency:
- Asthma
- Ataxia
- Atherosclerosis
- Chondromalacia
- Chondrodystrophy
- Convulsions
- Dizziness
- Hearing Loss
- Hypercholesterolemia
- Hypoglycemia
- Infertility (failure to ovulate or testicle atrophy)
- Loss of sex drive
- Pancreatic atrophy
- Poor cartilage formation problems
- Repetitive Motion Syndromes (like TMJ, Carpal Tunnel Syndrome)
- Retarded growth rates
- Shortened long bones
- Still births or spontaneous miscarriages
- Tinnitus
- Molybdenum
- Essential as a metalloenzyme of several enzyme systems
- Nickel
- Deficiency:
- Anemia (low hematocrit)
- Delayed puberty
- Depressed oxidative ability of the liver
- Dermatitis
- High newborn mortality
- Poor growth
- Poor zinc absorption
- Rough/dry hair coat in animals
- Phosphorus
- Deficiency:
- Anorexia
- Anxiety
- Apprehension
- Bone pain
- Dyspnea
- Fatigue
- Irritability
- Numbness
- Paresthesias
- Pica
- Tremulousness
- Weakness
- Weight loss
- Potassium
- Deficiency:
- Acne
- Arrhythmia
- Cognitive impairment
- Constipation
- Depression
- ECG changes
- Edema
- Fatigue
- Glucose intolerance
- Growth retardation
- Hypercholesterolemia
- Hyperreflexia
- Hypotension
- Insomnia
- Mental apathy
- Muscular weakness
- Nervousness
- Palpitations
- Plydipsia
- Proteinuria
- Respiratory distress
- "Salt" retention
- Tachycardia (rapid heart rate)
- Xerosis
- Praseodymium
- Doubles life span in laboratory animals
- Enhances normal cell growth
- Samarium
- Doubles life span in laboratory animals
- Enhances normal cell growth
- Animal studies show deficiencies cause:
- Cancer prevention properties
- Hearing loss
- Male pattern baldness
- Poor growth & Poor feeding
- Selenium
- Effective anti-oxidant
- Deficiency:
- Age spots or liver spots
- ALS (Lou Gehrig's Disease)
- Alzheimer's Disease (associated high vegetable oil consumption)
- Anemia (red blood cell fragility)
- Cardiomyopathy
- Cataracts
- Cancer Risk
- Cystic fibrosis
- Cancer (associated with high vegetable oil intake) (Number 2 killer)
- Fatigue
- Growth Retardation
- Heart palpitations (irregular heart beat)
- High infant mortality
- HIV (AIDS)
- Impaired immunity
- Infertility
- Keshan Disease (myocardial fibrosis)
- Liver cirrhosis
- Low birth weight
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Muscular dystrophy
- Myalgia
- Pancreatitis
- Pancreatic atrophy & fibrosis
- Parkinson's Disease (associated lead poisoning)
- Scoliosis
- Sterility in males
- Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)
- Sickle cell anemia
- Silica
- Increases collagen in growing bone by 100%
- Deficiency:
- Brittle fingernails
- Dry brittle hair
- Poor calcium utilization arterial wall strength problems
- Poor skin quality
- Silica
- Anti-bacterial
- Anti-fungal
- Anti-viral
- Kills over 650 diseases causing organisms
- Systemic disinfectant & immune support
- Subdues inflammation & promotes healing
- Strontium
- Essential trace element
- Strontium can replace calcium in many organisms including man
- Sulfur
- Important mineral used in several amino acids within the body
- Involved in functions of hemoglobin, insulin hormone, adrenal hormones, enzymes, and antibodies
- Deficiency:
- Degeneration of cartilage, ligaments and tendons
- Lupus
- Several collagen diseases
- Sickle cell anemia
- Thulium
- Doubles the life span of laboratory animals
- Enhances growth of normal cells
- Vanadium
- Aids in glucose (blood sugar) oxidation and transport
- Anti-Cancer properties
- Decreases cholesterol production
- Enhances insulin effectiveness (aids with blood sugar problems)
- Increases effectiveness of heart mus- cle contraction
- Deficiency:
- Cardiovascular disease
- Diabetes
- Elevated cholesterol & triglycerides
- Hypoglycemia
- Increased infant mortality
- Infertility
- Obesity
- Slow growth
- Yttrium
- Doubles life span of laboratory animals
- Enhances normal cell growth
- Zinc
- Zinc deficiency associated congenital birth defects:
- Cleft lip & Cleft palate
- Clubbed limbs
- Down's syndrome
- Heart & lung defects
- Hiatal hernia& umbilical hernia
- Small or absent eyes
- Spina bifida
- Webbed toes or fingers
- Urogenital defects
- Deficiency:
- Acne
- Acrodermatitis enteropathica
- Alopecia (hair loss)
- Anemia
- Anorexia and/or Bulimia
- Apathy
- Birth defects (see above)
- Bad body odors ("smelly tennis shoe" syndrome)
- Brittle nails
- Depression
- Diarrhea
- Enlarged prostate
- Eczema
- Fatigue
- "Frizzy" hair
- High infant mortality
- Hypercholesterolemia
- Hypogeusia (loss of sense of taste)
- Infertility
- Impaired wound healing
- Impotence
- Irritability
- Lethargy
- Loss of sense of smell
- Malabsorption
- Memory loss
- Paranoia
- Pica (eating hair, wool, etc.)
- Poor growth (short stature)
- Sexual immaturity (remain in pre- puberty state)
- Small and/or poor ovary and testes function
- Sterility
- Weaken immune function
- White spots on nails
LIST OF VITAMIN & NUTRIENT DEFICIENCY SYMPTOMS
- Biotin
- Deficiency:
- Alopecia
- Anemia
- Anorexia and nausea
- Depression
- Fatigue
- Hypercholesterolemia
- Hyperglycemia (Diabetes)
- Insomnia
- Muscle pain and weakness
- Dry, greyish skin
- Pale smooth tongue
- Essential Fatty Acid
- Deficiency:
- Acne
- Alopecia (hair loss)
- Arthritis
- Atrophy of endocrine glands
- Diarrhea
- Dry Brittle Hair
- Eczema
- Endocrine dysfunction
- Fatty degeneration of the liver
- Gall stones
- Growth retardation
- Immunologic dysfunction
- Impaired wound healing
- Infertility
- Kidney dysfunction
- Positive sweat test (cystic fibrosis. anorexia nervosa, etc.)
- Xerosis
- Folic Acid
- Deficiency:
- Anemia (megaloblastic)
- Anorexia
- Apathy
- Birth Defects (spina bifida, Hydrocephalocele)
- GI upsets/diarrhea
- Dyspepsia
- Geographic tongue
- Growth retardation
- Headaches
- Insomnia
- Memory Loss
- Paranoia
- Vitiligo
- Weakness
- Inositol
- Deficiency:
- Alopecia
- Constipation
- Eczema
- Hypercholesterolemia
- Niacin
- Deficiency:
- Anorexia and Nausea
- Canker sores
- Confusion
- Depression
- Dermatitis (localized scaly),
- Dark pigmented dermatitis
- Diarrhea
- Dyspepsia
- Crying jags, emotional
- Fatigue
- Halitosis (bad breath)
- Headaches
- Insomnia
- Irritability
- Limb pains
- Memory loss
- Muscular weakness
- Skin eruptions/eczema
- Para Aminobenzoic Acid
- Deficiency:
- Constipation
- Depression/headache/irritability
- Fatigue
- G I disorders
- Graying hair
- Vitamin A
- Deficiency:
- Acne
- Anosmia (loss of smell)
- Birth Defects
- Dry Hair/ Alopecia
- Fatigue
- Growth Retardation
- Hyperkeratosis
- Infections
- Infertility
- Insomnia
- Night Blindness
- Weight Loss
- Xerosis
- Vitamin B-1 (Thiamine)
- Deficiency:
- Anorexia
- Brain atrophy (senility)
- Confusion
- Constipation
- Coordination impairment
- Depression
- Dyspnea (labored breathing)
- G I upset
- Edema
- Fatigue
- Irritability
- Memory loss
- Muscle atrophy
- Nervousness
- Numbness hands and feet
- Pain hypersensitivity
- Palpitations
- Sonophobia
- Weakness
- Vitamin B-2 (Riboflavin)
- Deficiency:
- Alopecia (hair loss)
- Blurred vision
- Cataracts
- Cheilosis
- Depression
- Dermatitis (drying, greasy, scaling)
- Dizziness
- Eyes (itching, burning, red)
- Geographic tongue
- Growth retardation
- Pancreatic atrophy and fibrosis
- Photophobia
- Vitamin B-5 (Pantothenic Acid)
- Deficiency:
- Abdominal pain
- Alopecia (hair loss)
- Burning feet
- Coordination impairment
- Depression
- Eczema
- Faintness/Fatigue
- Hypotension
- Infections
- Insomnia
- Muscle spasms
- Nausea & vomiting
- Nervousness
- Tachycardia
- Weakness
- Vitamin B-6 (Pyridoxine)
- Deficiency:
- Alopecia (hair loss)
- Anemia
- Anorexia & nausea
- Arthritis
- Cheilosis
- Conjunctivitis
- Depression
- Dizziness
- Facial Oiliness
- Fatigue
- Geographic Tongue
- Impaired Wound healing
- Irritability
- Nervousness
- Neurologic symptoms
- Seizures
- Stomatitis
- Stunted Growth
- Weakness
- Vitamin B-12
- Deficiency:
- Achlorhydria
- Anemia
- Birth Defects
- Constipation
- Depression
- Dizziness
- Dyspnea (labored breathing)
- Fatigue
- G I Upset
- Geographic Tongue
- Headache
- Irritability
- Moodiness
- Numbness
- Palpitations
- Psychosis
- Spinal cord degeneration
- Vitamin C
- Deficiency:
- Bleeding Gums/Loose gums
- Depression/malaise/tiredness
- Easy bruising
- Impaired wound heating
- Irritability
- Joint pain
- Vitamin D
- Deficiency:
- Burning in mouth and throat
- Diarrhea
- Insomnia
- Myopia
- Nervousness
- Osteomalacia
- Rickets
- Vitamin E
- Deficiency:
- Alopecia (hair loss)
- Areflexia
- Dermatitis
- Gait Disturbances
- Infertility
- Malabsorption
- Muscular Dystrophy
- Ophthalmoplegia
- Proprioception problems
- RBC fragility
- Vibratory sense dysfunction
- Vitamin K
- Deficiency:
- Poor clotting time
- Osteoporosis