Often, your choice of lifestyle is dictated by a variety of
factors. Time, habit, genes, likes and dislikes – they all play a role. Right,
you know your body wants a gym workout and an apple, but what it gets is a steak
and kidney pie and a slouch on the couch.
So depending on your choice of habit and lifestyle, your
body may have certain mineral and vitamin shortages. Check the table below to
find out which of these your body may be crying out for:
Who may lack nutrients?
Deficiency
Tea- and coffee- drinking vegetarians
Iron
Women with prolonged or heavy periods
Zinc and iron
Those eating junk and fast food
Vitamin B and magnesium
Those who drink too much alcohol
Vitamin B and magnesium
Women with premenstrual syndrome
Magnesium
Those suffering from depression and anxiety
Vitamins B and C
Those who eat little fruit and vegetables
Vitamin C, magnesium and potassium
Heavy smokers
Vitamin C
Those suffering an illness causing weight loss
Vitamin B and others
The ill and the elderly
Vitamin B and others
Those with poor resistance to infection
Zinc, vitamins B and A
(Information from Every Woman's Health Guide, by Maryon
Stewart and Dr Alan Stewart)
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