Vitamin Deficiency Symptoms & Cures
By Dan Purser MD and Jared Larkin
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Modern Deficiency Illness - Using Intracellular Micronutrient Results - Vitamin Deficiencies can cause: diabetes, infertility, anxiety, fatigue, depression.
Do you, or a family member, suffer from symptoms doctors cannot fully explain? The underlying cause may be vitamin deficiencies. Dr. Purser and Jared cover common conditions such as low-carb diet blues, diabetes, low testosterone, fatigue, depression, anxiety, infertility, neuropathy, hair loss, osteoporosis, and much more. Discover alternative natural solutions as they share experiences and studies to uncover the best ways to feel better and healthier.
Dan Purser MD
Dr. Dan Purser (www.danpursermd.com), graduated with Honors from Brigham Young University and the University of Mississippi School of Medicine, and after years of endocrinology research is the bestselling author of 10 books, including co-writing a textbook, Program120: A Physician's Guide to Proactive Preventive Medicine, and the Program 120 Handbooks. His men's health book, Improving Male Sexuality, Fertility and Testosterone, was #1 in the Amazon Health Sex section for more than a week and his breast cancer book, The Breast Cancer Patient's Survival Guide: Amazing Strategies for Winning, was #1 in the Amazon Health Reference section. He is also an entertaining and dynamic educator and speaker (he has never NOT been voted as The Most Popular Speaker at any conference at which he's spoken) and is popular among both the public and physicians, and has travelled many thousands of miles doing book, radio and product tours all over the world. He is also the founder of a couple of successful health product design companies through which he makes a number of products for nutraceutical companies. He is also a BIG fan of Disneyland and Disney World where you can probably find him in his off time with his wife and some of their 10 children.
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Vitamin Deficiency Symptoms & Cures - Dan Purser MD
CHAPTER ONE:
How Vitamins Can Be Obtained Naturally
Many patients ask me how vitamins can be increased naturally to overcome deficiencies. Although this process can be long and hard, I recommend taking the supplement route for the first three to six months. For example, patients with severe homozygous forms of MTHFR cannot get enough methylcoblamin or methylfolate in their diet. Therefore, in order to make up for their deficiencies, baseline support supplements are used. Below are ways to incorporate essential vitamins for these deficiencies:
B COMPLEX VITAMINS
B1 Thiamin
Nutritional Yeasts, Rice Bran, Wheat Germ, Pork, Legumes (beans, peas, soybeans, lentils), Enriched Grain & Grain Products (cereals)
B2 Riboflavin
Nutritional Yeasts, Meats, Dairy Products, Green Leafy Vegetables, Grain Products & Enriched Grains
B3 Niacinamide
Nutritional Yeasts, Meats, Legumes (including peanuts), Enriched Cereals & Potatoes
B6 Pyridoxine
Nutritional Yeasts, Potatoes, Meats, Wheat Germ, Bananas, Legumes, Fortified Cereal Products
B12 Cobalamin
Dietary sources for cobalamins are strictly from animal foodstuffs as Vitamin B12 is not found in plant foodstuffs.
Folate
Legumes, Vitamin-Fortified Cereals, Green Leafy Vegetables, Wheat Germ, Seeds, Nuts & Liver
Pantothenate
Nutritional Yeasts, Meats, Legumes, Whole Grain Products, Wheat Germ, Vegetables, Nuts & Seeds
Biotin (See Vitamin B8)
Liver, Egg Yolks, Nutritional Yeast, Royal Jelly, Legumes, Rice Bran, Whole Grains & Fish
AMINO ACIDS
Serine
Found in high-protein foods
Glutamine
Found in high-protein foods, richest sources in milk, protein & meats
Asparagine
Present in all proteins
METABOLITES
Choline
Lecithin, Choline Supplements, Egg Yolks, Liver, Soy Products, Wheat Germ, Peanuts and Legumes, Brain and Organ Meats, Potatoes & Lettuce
Inositol
Whole Grains, Nuts, Seeds, Citrus Fruits, Cantaloupes & Organ Meats
Carnitine
Red Meats, Pork, Seafood, Chicken & Dairy
FATTY ACIDS
Oleic Acid
Canola Oil, Olive Oil, Avocado Oil, Almond Oil, Avocados & High Oleic Safflower Oil
OTHER VITAMINS
D3 (Cholecalciferol)
Milk & Sunshine
Vitamin A Retinol
Animal foods such as Whole Eggs, Milk, Liver, Fortified Breakfast Cereals, Cantaloupe, Apricots, Mango, Carrots, Spinach, Kale & Green Peas
Vitamin K2
Kale, Beef Liver, Green Tea, Asparagus, Turnip Greens, Watercress, Spinach, Cheese, Broccoli, Oats, Lettuce, Peas, Cabbage & Whole Wheat
MINERALS
Calcium
Tofu, Milk and Dairy Products (milk, yogurt, cheeses), Bone Meal, Canned Salmon & Sardines (with bones)
Manganese
Whole Grains, Nuts, Leafy Vegetables, Pineapple & Teas
Zinc
Oysters, Red Meats, Wheat Germ, Seeds, Nuts, Soybean Products, Legumes, Potatoes & Zinc-Fortified Cereal Products
Copper
Oysters, Seeds, Avocados, Chick Peas, Dark Leafy Vegetables, Organ Meats, Dried Legumes, Whole Grain Breads, Nuts (almonds, hazelnuts, cashews in particular), Shellfish, Chocolate, Soybeans, Oats & Blackstrap Molasses
Magnesium
Seeds (especially pumpkin), Nuts, Soybeans, Whole Grains, Potatoes, Legumes & Fresh Vegetables
CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM
Glucose-insulin interaction
Fructose Sensitivity
Chromium
Whole Grains,Wheat Germ, Brewer's Yeast, Bran Cereal, Orange Juice, Romaine Lettuce, Raw Onions, Broccoli, Potatoes, Green Beans, Raw Tomatoes, Black Pepper, Grape Juice & Ham
ANTIOXIDANTS
Glutathione
Not absorbed well from foods, but can help with cysteine
Cysteine
Meats, Yogurt, Wheat Germ & Eggs
CoQ10
Fish & Red Meat
Selenium
Wheat Germ, Bran, Brazil Nuts, Red Swiss Chard, Whole Wheat Bread, Oats, Brown Rice & Turnips
Vitamin E A-tocopherol
Almonds, Raw Seeds, Swiss Chard, Mustard Greens, Spinach, Turnip Greens, Kale, Plant Oils, Hazelnuts, Pine Nuts, Avocado, Broccoli, Parsley, Papaya & Olives
Alpha Lipoic Acid
Organ Meats, Broccoli and Spinach, Brewer's Yeast, Brussels Sprouts, Peas & Tomatoes
Vitamin C
Broccoli, Brussels Sprouts, Cantaloupe, Cauliflower, Citrus Fruits, Guava, Kiwi, Papaya, Parsley, Peas, Potatoes, Red and Green Peppers, Rose Hip, Strawberries & Tomatoes.
IMMUNIDEX
"A patient’s Immunidex™ score is one measurement to evaluate a person’s cell-mediated immune system performance. Specifically, it measures T-cell lymphocyte proliferation. Since immune function is a systemic measure of general health, a higher Immunidex™ score is generally desired since it means a person can respond efficiently not only to exogenous threats such as pathogens or allergens, but also to endogenous threats like tumors. The immune system, comprised of both cell-mediated (Th1) and humoral (Th2) components, when balanced and performing optimally, affords us critical protection and promotes health and wellness.
Micronutrient deficiencies will undermine a person’s immune function, and thus lower the Immunidex™. Since the highly complex immune system is dependent on the intracellular availability of vitamins, minerals and antioxidants, correcting specific micronutrient deficiencies typically raises the Immunidex™ and contributes to tangible clinical benefits, such as reduced infections and may assist in achieving Th1/Th2 balance."
- SpectraCell® website
SPECTROX
The same technology also provides a total antioxidant function test (Spectrox™) which assesses the ability of cells to resist damage caused by free radicals and other forms of oxidative stress. Due to the considerable number of cellular antioxidants with extensive interactions, redundancies, repair and recharging capabilities, measuring total function is the most accurate and clinically useful way to assess your patients’ capacity to resist oxidative damage.
- SpectraCell® website
GLUCOSE-INSULIN INTERATION
A stimulation of lymphocyte growth by insulin may indicate a functional deficiency of insulin in vivo, or a metabolic defect in glucose utilization. At suboptimal glucose concentrations, supplementation of lymphocyte cultures with insulin exerted a sparing effect. This means that insulin addition makes uptake or utilization of glucose and amino acids more efficient, producing more cellular energy, and thus, a greater growth response. At optimal concentrations of glucose, insulin does not exert a sparing effect in healthy persons.
- SpectraCell® website
FRUCTOSE SENSITIVITY
Humans have a limited ability to metabolize fructose (fruit sugar). Fructose is metabolized differently from other sugars. A fructose load leads to accumulation of fructose-1-phosphate in cells which may partially deplete intracellular ATP levels in susceptible individuals. Decreased cellular ATP causes disturbances in protein, DNA & RNA synthesis, interference with cyclic AMP formation, and reduced ammonia detoxification. Elevations of lactate, uric acid, and triglycerides may result with implications for gout and cardiovascular disease. Several forms of hereditary fructose intolerance have been described.
- SpectraCell® website
CHAPTER TWO:
A SpectraCell® Result
CHAPTER THREE:
Ten Benefits of Thiamin (B1)
Helps with Dysmenorrhea.[1]
Relieves the symptoms of PMS.[2]
Helps with Herpetic itching.[3]
Helps with glucose tolerance