By: Joseph Amici

Knowing Your Vitamins and Minerals!

While Vitamins and Minerals are essential to your diet, it is nice to know what a serious deficiency and large excess of each can do to your mental and physical health! Considering the Daily Values (DV %) listed on different containers are products, I will let you know what these deficiency and excess side effects are.

Vitamins

Vitamin A


• A deficiency of Vitamin A can lead you to have side effects including dry skin, dry hair, blindness at nighttime, and an increase in digestive infections.
• A large excess of Vitamin A can lead to dry skin (just as in a deficiency), hair loss, pain in the abdominals, headaches, and drowsiness.

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Vitamin B1


• A deficiency can cause heart failure and water retention.


Vitamin B2


• A deficiency can cause areas of discolored skin.


Vitamin B3


• A deficiency can contribute to damage to the skin and nervous system.
• A large excess can cause flush skin and liver damage.


Vitamin B6


• A deficiency can cause nervousness and muscular disorders.
• A large excess can cause a lack of coordination and numbness.


Vitamin B12


• A deficiency can cause weakened nerve function.


Vitamin C


• A deficiency can cause weakened immunity to sickness and slow healing of wounds.
• A large excess can cause kidney stones and diarrhea.

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Vitamin D


• A deficiency can cause softened bones in adults and bone deformities in children.
• A large excess can cause diarrhea, vomiting, and kidney damage.

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Vitamin E


• A large excess can cause fatigue and vomiting.


Vitamin K


• A deficiency can cause severe bleeding and easy bruising.
• A large excess can cause liver damage.

Minerals

Calcium


• A deficiency can cause a loss of bone mass and stunted growth.
• A large excess can cause kidney stones and a lesser absorption of other minerals.

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Chloride


• A deficiency can cause a loss in appetite and muscle cramps.
• A large excess can cause high blood pressure.


Copper


• A large excess can cause liver damage and vomiting.


Fluoride


• A deficiency can cause tooth decay.
• A large excess can cause upset stomachs and deformed skeletons.

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Iodine


• Both a deficiency and excess can cause enlarged thyroids.

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Iron


• A deficiency can cause a weakened immune system and overall weakness in the body.
• A large excess can cause liver damage, shock, and heart failure.


Magnesium


• A deficiency can cause muscle cramps.
• A large excess can cause neurological problems.


Manganese


• A large excess can cause nerve damage.


Phosphorus


• A deficiency can cause weakness.
• A large excess can lead to a lesser absorption of other minerals.


Potassium


• A deficiency can cause muscle weakness.
• A large excess can cause heart failure and paralysis.


Sodium


• A deficiency can cause muscle cramps and a reduced appetite.
• A large excess can cause high blood pressure.

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Sulfur


• There are no known side effects of consuming too little or too much sulfur.


Zinc


• A deficiency can cause slurred speaking, trouble walking, and weakened immune function.
• A large excess can cause vomiting and diarrhea.

Conclusion

I hope now that you have read this, you will have a better understanding of what a large excess and/or a deficiency of different vitamins and minerals can do to your body! For any questions or concerns, please feel free to email me at: amicijos@msu.edu. Have a great day!

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