Six signs from the body indicate that you are lacking nutrition

Everything in the world adheres to the principle of balance, and the same is true for the body. If your body is unbalanced or lacks certain elements, it often conveys information to the outside world through body signals. Next, I will introduce six signs that your body is lacking in nutrition. Let’s see if you have found any.

Signal 1: Dry, thin, brittle hair, and hair loss

Possible nutritional deficiencies: protein, energy, fatty acids, trace element zinc

Nutritional countermeasures: Ensure the daily intake of staple food, 150 grams of lean meat, 250 ml of milk, and a boiled egg per day, by supplementing high-quality protein, and at the same time increase the intake of fatty acids. You can also eat more sea fish every week.

Signal 2: Reduced night vision

Possible nutritional deficiencies: Vitamin A

Nutritional countermeasures: Increase the intake of foods such as carrots and pork liver. Both provide vitamin A in plant and animal forms respectively, with the latter being more efficiently absorbed. It should be noted that vitamin A is a vitamin that dissolves in oil but not in water. Therefore, the absorption efficiency of vitamin A can be greatly improved by cooking carrots with vegetable oil rather than eating them raw. Vitamin A in the diet comes from two parts: one part is retinol provided directly from animal foods, such as animal liver, egg yolk, butter, other animal offal, etc.; the other part comes from yellow-green vegetables and fruits rich in carotene, such as carrots, rapeseed, peppers, tomatoes and oranges.

Signal 3: Dry corners of mouth

Possible nutritional deficiencies: Riboflavin and niacin

Nutritional Countermeasures: The content of riboflavin (vitamin B1) varies greatly in different foods. Animal liver, egg yolk, milk, etc. are rich in it. To this end, you should supplement pork liver once a week (2 to 3 taels), and 250 ml of milk and one egg every day. It should be noted that processing cereal foods can cause a large loss of vitamin B1. For example, the vitamin B1 retention rate of refined white rice is only 11%, and the vitamin B1 retention rate of standard wheat flour is only 35%. Therefore, attention should be paid to the combination of coarse and fine staple foods. Niacin mainly comes from animal foods, especially pork liver, chicken liver, etc.

Signal 4: Glossitis, fissure tongue, tongue edema

Possible nutritional deficiencies: B vitamins

Nutritional countermeasures: Eating a lot of rice, flour and vegetarian food on a regular basis can easily lead to vitamin B deficiency, because the staple food should be a combination of coarse and fine grains, and a balance of meat and vegetables. You should have a good habit of eating vegetarian food, and you can take vitamin B tablets every day as appropriate.

Signal 5: Bleeding gums

Possible nutritional deficiencies: Vitamin C

Nutritional countermeasures: Vitamin C is the most easily deficient vitamin because it has very demanding requirements for living conditions. Light, temperature, storage and cooking methods can all cause the destruction or loss of vitamin C. Therefore, you should eat plenty of fresh vegetables and fruits every day. It is best to consume about 1 kilogram of vegetables and 2 to 3 fruits. Among them, the best cooking method for vegetables is a combination of hot stir-fry and cold salad. Food sources of vitamin C: Mainly from fresh vegetables and fruits, such as peppers, spinach, tomatoes, tangerines, oranges, sour dates, etc.; only liver and kidneys of animal foods contain a small amount of vitamin C.

Sign 6: Loss of taste

Possible nutritional deficiencies: Zinc

Nutritional countermeasures: Increasing the intake of shellfish, such as oysters, scallops, etc., is an effective way to supplement the trace element zinc.