LIST OF MINERAL FUNCTIONS AND DEFICIENCY SYMPTOMS FOLLOWED BY THE VITAMIN & NUTRIENT DEFICIENCY SYMPTOMS
As outlined by Dr. Joel Wallach in his booklet "A DIRE WARNING"
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LIST OF MINERAL FUNCTIONS AND DEFICIENCY SYMPTOMS
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- Antimony
- Effective against blood flukes
- Bismuth
- Ulcers result from lack of bismuth & a bacteria Heliobacter 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, spontanious 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
- Anortic cholesterol plaque
- Coronary blood vessel disease
- Depression/Manic depression
- Diabetes (Vanadium also)
- Dr. Jeckyll/Mr. Hyde rages
- Elevated blood cholesterol
- Elevated blood triglycerides
- Fatique
- Hyperactivity
- Hypercholesterolemia
- Hypoglycemia - low blood sugar (vanadium & copper also)
- Infertility and decreased sperm count
- Learning disabilities
- Negative nitrogen balance (body lean mass/protein loss)
- Prediabetes (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)
- Aneutysm / cerbral hemmorage
- 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
- Fatique
- 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
- Fatique
- Frequent bowel movements
- Goiter (throat swelling)
- Hair loss
- Hand tremors
- Heat intolerance
- Heavy periods or less than 28 day cycles
- Hypothyroidism
- Increased appetite <
LI> 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
- Lanthium
- Deficiency may be involved in chronic fatique 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/synophobia
- Hypotension
- Hypothermia
- Insomnia
- Irritability
- Malignant calcification of soft tissue
- Menstrual
- Migraines
- Muscle pains/tremors/ weakness
- Nervousness/Nueromuscular irrability
- Neuromuscular problems
- Restlessness
- Seizures
- SIDS
- Tachycardia/palpitations
- Tetany - Convulsions
- Tremors
- Vertigo
- Manganese
- Deficiency:
- Asthma
- Ataxia
- Atherosclerosis
- Chondrornalacia
- 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
- Molybdenium
- 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
- Hyperretlexia
- 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 ftagility)
- Cardiomyopathy
- Cataracts
- Cancer Risk
- Cystic fibrosis
- Cancer (associated with high veg- etable 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 collegen 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 nonnal 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
- Urogenitat defects
- Deficiency:
- Acne
- Acrodermatitis enteropathica
- Alopecia (hair loss)
- Anemia
- Anorexia and/or Butimia
- 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
- Hypogewusia (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
