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Nutrient Interrelationships Minerals — Vitamins — Endocrines

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David L. Watts, D.C., Ph.D., F.A.C.E.P.1 Source: Journal of Orthomolecular Medicine Vol. 5, No. 1, 1990 Nutritional therapeutics has largely been directed toward the recognition and correction of nutritional deficiencies. It is now becoming evident that a loss of homeostatic equilibrium between the nutrients can also have an adverse effect upon health. A loss of this vital balance, particularly between the trace elements, can lead

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Comparison of Traditional Indigenous Diet and Modern Industrial Diets and Their Link to Ascorbate Requirement and Status

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Authors: Alexander J Audette; Francesco Anello; Richard Russell Johnson Date of Publication: 20 December 2020 Source: ISOM, Volume 36, Number 1, 2021 Abstract Traditional indigenous diets contained liberal amounts of parts of animals such as internal organs, glands and other tissues in addition to edible insects and foraged wild vegetables. As a consequence, carbohydrate loads in traditional indigenous diets were much lower than modern diets of

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Adverse Effects of Zinc Deficiency: A Review from the Literature

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Tuula E. Tuormaa1 Source: Journal of Orthomolecular Medicine Vol. 10, No. 3 & 4, 1995 Zinc (Zn) has been known to be an essential element for more than a hundred years, ever since it was discovered by Raulin in 1869 to be required for the growth of Aspergillus niger.1 However, it has not been until relatively modern times that the universal importance of this metal for both

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