Brief Summary
This video discusses 18 signs of nutritional deficiencies, emphasizing the importance of addressing the root cause rather than just treating the symptoms. It covers deficiencies related to blood sugar issues, fungal overgrowth, vitamin and mineral deficiencies (B1, C, B6, biotin, iodine, magnesium, zinc, K1, E, A, sodium, omega-3), and their corresponding symptoms like skin tags, itchy skin, restless legs, bleeding gums, chronic cough, carpal tunnel syndrome, brittle nails, cold extremities, muscle cramps, ulcers, nosebleeds, chest pain, skin bumps, fatigue, decreased libido, dry skin, and white spots on nails. The video also recommends specific foods and supplements to correct these deficiencies and suggests watching another video for comprehensive dietary advice.
- Addressing the root cause of nutritional deficiencies is crucial rather than just treating the symptoms.
- Sugar consumption is a common factor that contributes to many deficiencies.
- Specific vitamins and minerals are highlighted for their roles in addressing various health issues.
The video introduces 18 signs indicating nutritional deficiencies in the body. It stresses the importance of identifying and treating the underlying causes of these deficiencies rather than merely addressing the symptoms. The video aims to provide insights into both the signs and their root causes to promote a more effective approach to health.
Skin tags are benign indicators of underlying blood sugar issues, suggesting pre-diabetes or diabetes. An A1C test above 5.7 indicates pre-diabetes. Reversing diabetes can be achieved by reducing carbohydrates (sugars and starches) and increasing high-quality protein intake from meat. Research suggests type 2 diabetes can be reversed in less than 10 weeks through dietary changes.
Itchy private parts or general body itching, especially at night, indicates fungal overgrowth on the skin, often due to antibiotic or steroid use, which wipes out beneficial bacteria that control fungus. Fungus, candida, and yeast thrive on sugar, leading to sugar cravings. Starving these microorganisms by eliminating sugar is the best strategy. Vitamin D can also boost the immune system and reduce itching.
Nighttime restlessness, particularly restless legs syndrome, is often due to a vitamin B1 (thiamine) deficiency, which leads to lactic acid buildup. Vitamin B1 is essential for burning fuel and preventing lactic acid accumulation. Magnesium is a helper mineral that enhances B1's effectiveness. B1 deficiency is commonly caused by excessive consumption of carbohydrates and sugars.
Bleeding gums indicate a vitamin C deficiency. Scurvy, an advanced form of vitamin C deficiency, highlights the importance of vitamin C for collagen production, which keeps capillaries strong. Sugar blocks vitamin C absorption. It's recommended to consume whole food vitamin C complexes or foods high in vitamin C, such as bell peppers, kiwis, lemons, and limes, rather than synthetic ascorbic acid.
A chronic cough can stem from either a calcium deficiency or acid reflux irritating the throat and vocal cords. Digestive issues, heartburn, or burning in the esophagus suggest acid reflux, which can be addressed by increasing salt intake or using betaine hydrochloride. If digestive issues are absent, calcium may be needed, preferably from high-quality cheese. Calcium can also help children with coughs or fevers.
Carpal tunnel syndrome, characterized by pain or swelling in the wrists, is often due to a vitamin B6 deficiency. B6 is essential for reducing swelling and protecting nerves. Pregnant women commonly experience carpal tunnel syndrome and nausea due to B6 depletion. P5P is the recommended form of B6 to alleviate these symptoms.
Brittle nails are a classic sign of biotin deficiency. Insufficient biotin levels can cause nails to break easily. Taking a biotin supplement can help strengthen the nails.
If you often feel cold, especially in your feet or hands, it may indicate an iodine deficiency. Consuming iodine in the form of seaweed or shellfish can help alleviate this issue.
Magnesium deficiency can manifest as cramps in the legs, migraine headaches, and even chest pain resembling a potential heart attack, particularly in the early morning. Magnesium levels are at their lowest during this time due to circadian rhythms. Taking magnesium glycinate before sleep can help maintain adequate levels and improve sleep quality.
Chest pain, pain down the left arm, or pain in the left shoulder related to the heart often indicates a vitamin E deficiency. Vitamin E deficiency lowers oxygen-carrying capacity, especially in the heart, and affects breathing at high altitudes. Tocotrienols are the best form of vitamin E to address these symptoms.
Sodium deficiency can lead to fatigue, insomnia, and weak muscles. Increasing salt intake can quickly alleviate these symptoms.
Dry, scaly skin indicates an imbalance with too much omega-6 fats and not enough omega-3 fats. This is often due to consuming a lot of seed oils and not enough fish oils. Good sources of omega-3 include cod liver oil, fish oil, sardines, and wild-caught salmon.
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0:00 Let's talk about the 18 signs that your body is deficient in key nutrients. The mistake people make is they end up treating the sign or the symptom and not the underlying cause. But we're going to talk about both. Starting with number one, skin tags. These little skin tags are benign, but they're indicators of something deeper. This is a classic blood sugar issue. It's either the person is a pre-diabetic or they're an actual diabetic. Best test is called A1C, which gives you an average of blood sugars for 3 months. If your A1C is above 5.7, that's pre-diabetes. You can actually reverse diabetes by reducing your carbohydrates like sugars and starches and increasing highquality protein from meat. Research indicates that you can reverse type 2 diabetes in less than 10
0:46 weeks. Number two, itchy private parts or you just itch somewhere in your body, especially at night. you have too much fungus overgrowing on the surface of your skin. This usually comes from either taking antibiotics or a person that takes steroids because then you wipe out the good bacteria that control the fungus because fungus, candida, and yeast love sugar. Guess what? You're going to crave sugar. The best strategy to get rid of it is to completely starve these microorganisms. Just as a side note to itchiness, vitamin D can greatly help your immune system and also help reduce itching. Number three, nighttime restlessness. I'm talking about mainly your legs called restless leg syndrome.
1:31 Feeling like they just can't relax, burning, achiness. All of those symptoms are symptoms of too much lactic acid because you're missing a really key nutrient called vitamin B1, thamine. This is the nutrient that allows you to burn up fuel and prevents the buildup of lactic acid. Anytime you take B1, you also need magnesium because that's a helper mineral to make B1 work. What causes a B1 deficiency? Too many carbohydrates and sugars. As you see, this is a common theme. Number four, tingling, numbness in your toes or your bottom of your foot. This is a nerve problem. These nerve problems occur in the ends of your extremities, your hands and your feet. You see this a lot in
2:16 diabetics because in diabetes, you're consuming too many carbs which deplete B vitamins, specifically B1. To correct this, you want to take a very specific type of B1 called benotamine. I would take just one four times a day and you're going to see relief like you've never seen before very quickly. Number five, bleeding gums. That's a vitamin C deficiency. If you take a look at an advanced severe form of vitamin C, which is called scurvy, one thing that blocks the absorption of vitamin C is sugar. Everything's kind of coming back to that sugar. You need vitamin C to make collagen to keep the capillaries really nice and strong. But I wouldn't take the synthetic form ascorbic acid. I would
3:01 take a whole food vitamin C complex or consume foods high in vitamin C. Bell pepper, kiwis, lemons, limes, things like that. Number six, chronic cough. This is usually a calcium deficiency or acid coming up your esophagus, reaching the throat around the vocal cords. So, you have to be able to differentiate the two. How do you do that? If you have uh digestive issues or maybe heartburn or it burns in your esophagus, think more acid reflux in which case you need to consume more salt. You can take a remedy called betane hydrochloride that fixes acid reflux pretty quickly. If you don't have digestive issues and this is just kind of like a spasm and irritation, some
3:46 calcium would go a long way. I like to get my calcium not from a supplement but from a high quality cheese. So you can try that. A lot of children that have coughing need a little bit of calcium or even if they have a fever, taking calcium is the fastest way to get rid of it. It really helps them. Number seven, carpal tunnel syndrome. Pain or swelling in your wrists. This is a vitamin B6 deficiency. B6 is needed to help reduce swelling. It's also needed to make the protection around the nerve. This is probably why even like a lot of pregnant women get carpal tunnel syndrome because they run out of B6. They also become nauseated. So you have the feeling of nauseousness and carpal tunnel syndrome. Think B6. The type of B6 that I would recommend would be something called P5P.
4:34 Number eight, brittle nails. This is a classic biotin deficiency. If you don't have enough biotin, oh my gosh, the nails just kind of break very easily. Just take a little biotin to help that. Number nine, if you run on the cold side, especially your feet or hands, I would recommend iodine in the form of seek help. You can get iodine from shellfish as well. Number 10, this includes a lot of different problems that occur in the early morning. Cramps in your legs, migraine headaches, and even chest pain as a potential heart attack. These are all magnesium deficiency symptoms. The big question is why would it happen more in the early morning? Well, that's because magnesium is on a circadian wave or rhythm and the
5:20 lowest point with magnesium occurs in the early morning. The real simple solution is to take magnesium glycinate before you go to sleep. It'll help you sleep. Number 11, ulcers or gastritis. Think zinc deficiency. And the best form of zinc for this condition is zinc carnosine. This type of zinc helps heal wounds. Next one is a nose bleed. This can happen if you have high blood pressure, but it can also happen if you're deficient in vitamin K1 because vitamin K1 is all about preventing bleeding. It helps you clot, but also a vitamin C deficiency can create a bleeding nose as well. Next one is chest pain or pain down the left arm or pain in the left shoulder that's related to
6:05 the heart. This usually is a vitamin E deficiency. If you look at literally every single mountain peak where you have mountain climbers, you'll find empty bottles of vitamin E. The vitamin E deficiency will lower your oxygen carrying capacity, especially in the heart. Also, it allows you to breathe better in high altitudes. The best vitamin E to take if you have those symptoms, would be something called tocatrinals. Number 14, those little raised little bumps in the back of your arms. This is a classic vitamin A deficiency called retinol. And you can only find that in animal products. It's in liver, it's in egg yolks, it's in cheese, but you're not going to be able to correct this by eating more carrots or spinach with the so-called uh vitamin A. Cod liver oil will give you vitamin A
6:52 as well. 15. If you're deficient in sodium, you're going to feel fatigued. You're going to have insomnia, and you're also going to have weak muscles. If you have any of those symptoms, just up your salt and it works like magic. 16. Decrease libido is a classic zinc deficiency. I would recommend taking 50 mg maybe a few times a day. And once your low libido is handled, then you can start reducing it from there. Next one is dry, scaly skin. This means the person has too much omega6 fats and not enough omega-3 fats. They're consuming a lot of seed oils, but not enough fish oils. Some of the best source of omega-3 is from cod liver oil or fish oil or
7:39 sardines, salmon, get it while caught. Number 18, the little white dots on your nail. That's a classic zinc deficiency. One of the key things that deplete zinc is sugar. I think I've talked about that before. If you want to correct this, you have to also correct your diet as well or it's going to keep coming back. Now that you know the cause effect relationship between deficiencies and symptoms, I think I would do you a disservice if I didn't tell you what to actually eat to prevent and avoid all of these symptoms in the first place, which is kind of important. The absolute best video to learn how to eat correctly and satisfy nutritional deficiencies is this video right here. Check it out right now.
