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  2. Mineral deficiency - Wikipedia

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    Mineral deficiency is a lack of the dietary minerals, the micronutrients that are needed for an organism's proper health. [1] The cause may be a poor diet , impaired uptake of the minerals that are consumed, or a dysfunction in the organism's use of the mineral after it is absorbed.

  3. Micronutrient deficiency - Wikipedia

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    In plants a micronutrient deficiency (or trace mineral deficiency) is a physiological plant disorder which occurs when a micronutrient is deficient in the soil in which a plant grows. Micronutrients are distinguished from macronutrients ( nitrogen , phosphorus , sulfur , potassium , calcium and magnesium ) by the relatively low quantities ...

  4. Iodine deficiency - Wikipedia

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    Iodine deficiency is a lack of the trace element iodine, an essential nutrient in the diet. It may result in metabolic problems such as goiter , sometimes as an endemic goiter as well as congenital iodine deficiency syndrome due to untreated congenital hypothyroidism , which results in developmental delays and other health problems.

  5. Many young women and girls have low levels of this essential ...

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    An underdiagnosed deficiency of an essential mineral may be contributing to fatigue, brain fog and concentration problems in almost 1 in 4 adolescent girls and young women in the United States.

  6. Nutritional anemia - Wikipedia

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    Nutritional anemia has many different causes, each either nutritional or non-nutritional. Nutritional causes are vitamin and mineral deficiencies and non-nutritional causes include infections. The number one cause of this type of anemia, however, is iron deficiency. [12]

  7. The Internet Says Zinc Can Help Your Cold, but Do Experts Agree?

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    There is a risk of copper deficiency from excessive zinc supplementation, says Dr. Mercola. “Zinc intake between 150-300 mg per day can actually decrease immune function, and even 60 mg per day ...

  8. Zinc deficiency - Wikipedia

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    Zinc deficiency is defined either as insufficient zinc to meet the needs of the body, or as a serum zinc level below the normal range. However, since a decrease in the serum concentration is only detectable after long-term or severe depletion, serum zinc is not a reliable biomarker for zinc status. [1] Common symptoms include increased rates of ...

  9. Malabsorption - Wikipedia

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    Symptoms can manifest in a variety of ways and features might give a clue to the underlying condition. Symptoms can be intestinal or extra-intestinal - the former predominates in severe malabsorption. [citation needed] Diarrhoea, often steatorrhoea, is the most common feature. Watery, diurnal and nocturnal, bulky, frequent stools are the ...