Avitaminosis - causes and consequences

Vitamin deficiency is cause of health concern which must not be avoided. Most often, vitamin deficiency is associated with a small lack of vitamins, and not with an extreme degree of their deficiency. But in any case, a pleasant little and the lack of a normal diet leads to changes in well-being.



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This condition of the body is not caused by serious diseases, it is only a consequence of malnutrition, ill-considered diet. Therefore, if the problem is identified in time, it can be quickly and successfully solved. By the way, nothing complicated is required to determine the vitamin deficiency. Usually the first signs of this phenomenon are drowsiness, dizziness, dry skin, brittle nails and hair, frequent colds. If you note for yourself such a condition, then you are overtaken by avitaminosis.

Usually there is no shortage of one vitamin, there is rarely such a thing. Not enough body usually just several vitamins, which he receives less from food. For each vitamin there is a list of products, and you can trace the lack of it in the body by analyzing your own diet.

• So, the lack of vitamin C is usually observed when there is a lack of fresh fruits and vegetables in the diet. Or in the event that you use such products only after they undergo a very long heat treatment. In this case it is possible to observe certain characteristic symptoms: an increase in the permeability of the vessel walls and a decrease in immunity. A consequence may be frequent enough hemorrhage.
  
  
  
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• With a deficiency of group B, noticeable deterioration of the skin condition can be noted. The nervous system and the gastrointestinal tract suffer. For example, lack of vitamin B2 leads to the emergence of non-healing sores on the lips, in the oral cavity. A lack of vitamin B12 causes anemia.
• Deficiency of B vitamins is often observed in people who abuse alcohol, since alcohol can inhibit their absorption in the intestine.
• A common symptom of vitamin A deficiency is a visual impairment and the onset of inflammatory processes on the mucosa and skin. The disadvantage is usually the exclusion of products of animal origin from the diet, reducing the consumption of vegetables that contain carotene.
• Another very important vitamin is vitamin D, which noticeably disrupts the absorption in the body of calcium. The lack of this vitamin is especially noticeable in tiny children, there is even a name for this disease - rickets. It leads to the wrong formation of the human skeleton, causes a violation of the bone system, a violation of the nervous system. In adults, vitamin D deficiency occurs much less frequently, but if it occurs, it becomes the cause of osteoporosis. Often to observe such problems it is possible at the people adhering to a mono-diet.
  
  
  
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• Violation of the body's regenerative functions can be noted with a deficiency of vitamin E. Skin suffers, as the healing of wounds is slow, skin is badly restored, hair is broken and dull. Also, the lack of vitamin E causes premature aging of human body cells, since protection against free radicals is seriously impaired. There is a shortage of this particular vitamin in the diet, which contains the minimum amount of vegetable oils.
• Another vitamin is vitamin K. If there is not enough of it in the body, then it will be possible to observe problems with blood coagulability. Spontaneous bleeding in the tissues can begin. Most often, a lack of vitamin is caused by a lack of green vegetables in the diet. Also replenish the body with vitamin K can be with the use of products of animal origin.
  
  
  
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Avoid vitamin deficiency with proper diet. It should be rich in vegetables and fruits, seafood and foods in protein content. Be sure to minimize alcoholic beverages, get rid of heavy food. The principles of healthy eating are very simple and accessible to everyone. They not only help to provide your body with the necessary vitamins for perfect well-being, but also allows you to control weight, keep fit, and enjoy the perfect mood.

Sometimes it is not possible to maintain a normal vitamin balance even with the right and thoughtful nutrition. For example, in our country this is very difficult in winter, when the amount of fresh fruit and vegetables is kept to a minimum, and what is sold on the shelves of stores is not credible. In this situation, you can choose additionally multivitamin complexes. They are sold in pharmacies and are designed to maintain the body in a normal state, enriching it with all the necessary vitamins and minerals. Multivitamins are a great way to avoid vitamin deficiency.

But too it is not recommended to get too involved with them. Nevertheless, the optimal option is nutrition, and the complexes from pharmacies can only be an auxiliary "tool", the wand is a survival tool for an extreme case.

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