What Are The Top Vitamin & Mineral Deficiencies?

You would need to eat twenty heads of lettuce, to get the same amount of selenium, as you would have received from one head of lettuce one hundred years ago.

Eating a well balanced whole-food diet, is a foundational requirement for optimal health. But it is difficult to get sufficient amounts of vitamins and minerals from your diet, even if you eat all organic food.

Your age and certain health conditions, including digestive malfunction, can also impact your body's ability to absorb and metabolize nutrients.

Studies from both the U.S and the U.K., suggest a majority of people fail to get certain key vitamins and minerals from food alone. Topping this list are vitamins D, E, A, C, magnesium and calcium.

Other nutrients that people are also highly deficient in are; probiotics, potassium, choline, B vitamins, vitamin K2, zinc dietary fiber and omega-3 fats.

Nutrient Deficiencies Are Common Even Among Those Taking Supplements:

In general, whole food derived supplements are superior to synthetic supplements. Synthetic supplements do very little to help us to reduce these nutrient deficiencies and on top of that, they can even be toxic.

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