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What about DHA/EPA? Iodine and vitamin B1? Our modern diets could cause further nutritional deficiencies. I doubt that many people in the West eat fish regular
by _d03 7y ago
What about DHA/EPA? Iodine and vitamin B1?
Our modern diets could cause further nutritional deficiencies. I doubt that many people in the West eat fish regularly or supplement with algae oil due to the conveniences of processed food. Same with iodine.
Wheat germs have the highest concentrations in vitamin B1, but whole grains in general (rolled oats etc.) are good so you should probably cut the processed food out as much as possible.
- leto_ii 7y agoIt can be that there are other hidden deficiencies. Vitamin D was the most surprising for me though because I wasn't aware that you can't really find it in food and that it's only synthesized in the skin in the presence of UV rays.
- joncrane 7y ago>you can't really find it in food Pretty sure that's the reason almost all milk in the USA is fortified with Vitamin D (and A)
- pmoriarty 7y agoMy biggest surprise: even meat eaters can have Vitamin B12 deficiency. My doctor recommends all his patients supplement with B12, regardless of whether they're vegetarian, because of the above mentioned potential for everyone to have B12 deficiency, and, according to him, tests for B12 aren't reliable.
- dr_coffee 7y agoTrue iodine deficiency is quite rare in the west as many table salts are fortified with iodine. It is extremely uncommon to see people with Goiter in the US. The same goes for thiamine/B1 deficiency which used to cause cardiovascular and neurological disease in alcoholics, but is now very rare becuse many pastas/breads/cereals are fortified with B1.
- aries1980 7y agoIn the UK, you can barely find table salt that has iodine. The one has the right potassium/sodium ratio with iodine (e.g. Iodized LoSalt) is zero.