THE LONG LIST OF WHAT DOES WHAT!!

The following bullit point presentation on vitamins and minerals was outlined by Dr. Joel Wallach in his booklet "A DIRE WARNING"

Everyone knows we need vitamins and minerals in our diet, but do you know why? Dr. Wallach has put together a simple list of vitamins and minerals and shows what a deficiency of each may cause. This is for your information only and not intented to be medical advice. If you have any questions please refer them to your health care professional.

The Mineral list is followed by the Vitamin list.

LIST OF MINERAL FUNCTIONS AND DEFICIENCY SYMPTOMS

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

LIST OF VITAMIN & NUTRIENT DEFICIENCY SYMPTOMS

Biotin

Deficiency:
Alopedia
Anemia
Anorexia and nausea
Depression
Fatigue
Hypercholesterolmia
Hyperglyeetnia (Diabtes)
Insomnia
Muscle pain and weakness
Dry, greyish skin
Pale smooth tongue

Essential Fatty Acid

Deficiency:
Acne
Alopecia (hair loss)
Arthritis
Atrophy of endrocine glands
Diarrhea
Dry Brittle Hair
Eczema
Endrocine dysfunction
Fatty degeneration of the liver
Gall stones
Growth retardation
Immmunologic dysfunction
Impaired wound healing
Infertility
Kidney dysfunction
Positive sweat test (cystic fibrosis. anorexia nervosa, etc.)
Xerosis

Folic Acid

Deficiency:
Anemia (megaloblastic)
Anorexia
Apathy
Birth Defects (spina bifida, Hydroec- cephalaocoels)
GI upsets/diarrhea
Dyspepesia
Geographic tongue
Growth retardation
Headaches
Insomnia
Memory Loss
Paranoia
Vitaligo
Weakness

Insoitol

Deficiency:
Alopecia
Constipation
Eczema
Hypercholesterolemia

Niacin

Deficiency:
Anorexia and Nauaea
Canker sores
Confusion
Depression
Dertnatitis (localized scaly),
Dark pigmented derinatilis
Diarrhea
Dyspepsia
Crying jags, emotional
Fatigue
Halitosis (bad breath)
Headaches
Insomnia
Irritability
Limb pains
Memory loss
Muscular weakness
Skin eruptions/eczema

Para Aminobenzoic Acid

Deficiency:
Constipation
Depression/headache/irritability
Fatigue
G I disorders
Graying hair

Vitamin A

Deficiency:
Acne
Anosmia (loss of smell)
Birth Defects
Dry Hair/ Alopecia
Fatigue
Growth Retardation
Hyperkeratosis
Infections
Infertility
Insomnia
Night Blindness
Weight Loss
Xerosis

Vitamin B-1 (Thiamine)

Deficiency:
Anorexia
Brain atrophy (senility)
Confusion
Constipation
Coordination impairment
Depression
Dyspnea (labored breathing)
G I upset
Edema
Fatigue
Irritability
Memory loss
Muscle atrophy
Nervousness
Numbness hands and feet
Pain hypersensitivity
Palpitations
Sonophobia
Weakness

Vitamin B-2 (Riboflavin)

Deficiency:
Alopecia (hair loss)
Blurred vision
Cataracts
Cheilosis
Depression
Dermatitis (drying, greasy, scaling)
Dizziness
Eyes (itching, burning, red)
Geographic tongue
Growth retardation
Pancreatic atrophy and fibrosis
Photophobia

Vitamin B-5 (Pantothenic Acid)

Deficiency:
Abdonminal pain
Alopecia (hair loss)
Burning feet
Coordination impairment
Depression
Eczema
Faintness/Fatigue
Hypotension
Infections
Insomnia
Muscle spasms
Nausea & vomiting
Nervousness
Tachycardia
Weakness

Vitamin B-6 (Pyridoxine)

Deficiency:
Alopecia (hair loss)
Anemia
Anorexia & nausea
Arthritis
Cheilosis
Conjunctivitis
Depression
Dizziness
Facial Oiliness
Fatigue
Geographic Tongue
Impaired Wound flealing
Irritability
Nervousness
Neurologic symptoms
Seizures
Stomatitis
Stunted Growth
Weakness

Vitamin B-12

Deficiency:
Achlorhydria
Anemia
Birth Defects
Constipation
Depression
Dizziness
Dyspnea (labored breathing)
Fatigue
G I Upset
Geographic Tongue
Headache
Irritability
Moodiness
Numbness
Palpitations
Psychosis
Spinal cord degeneration

Vitamin C

Deficiency:
Bleeding Gums/Loose gums
Depression/malaise/tiredness
Easy bruising
Impaired wound heating
Irritability
Joint pain

Vitamin D

Deficiency:
Burning in mouth and throat
Diarrhea
Insomnia
Myopia
Nervousness
Osteomalacia
Rickets

Vitamin E

Deficiency:
Alopecia (hair loss)
Areflexia
Dermatitis
Gait Disturbances
Infertility
Malabsorption
Muscular Dystrophy
Ophthalmoplegia
Proprioception problems
RBC fragility
Vibratory sense dysfunction

Vitamin K

Deficiency:
Poor clotting time
Osteoporosis

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