最常见的营养缺乏症以及如何对抗它们

世界各地的专家都认同，含有水果、蔬菜和瘦肉蛋白，营养均衡的饮食以及适当定期运动，对于保持最佳健康至关重要。这也包括为您的免疫系统提供必要的支持。

十分不幸的是，其实许多人们都没能成功获取身体所需的营养。根据 Nutrilite 健康研究所的全球植物营养素报告，全世界 60-87% 的成年人每日食用少于五份的水果和蔬菜。

健康的饮食，尤其是七彩斑斓的蔬菜水果，能为身体提供必要维生素、矿物质以及其他营养素，让身体能正常运作。而且，世界卫生组织 (WHO) 也建议人们每日食用 5-9 份水果和蔬菜。

蔬菜水果不仅能提供维生素和矿物质，它们也含有植物营养素，一种可在植物中找到的天然物。这种天然物质赋予它们耀眼的颜色，同时也可以为人类提供许多健康益处，其中包括抗氧化保护。

我该如何知道我是否有任何营养缺乏症？

几日没进行健康饮食不会太影响身体，但是如果长期随意饮食，可能会导致您产生营养缺乏症。营养缺乏症状会因不同的营养素而异，但您的身体会有办法让您知道它缺少了某个东西。

调整您的饮食习惯，确保包含各种超级食物和各种颜色的蔬菜水果，使得饮食多样化以及添加适当的保健品，可以让您的身体恢复平衡。以下列出了一些常见的营养缺乏症，以及应付这些症状的方案，以便您可以让身体以及免疫系统保持最佳状态。

缺铁

据世界卫生组织称，缺铁影响了全球 25% 以上的人，是最常见的营养缺乏症之一。将近一半的学龄前孩童以及 30% 正如经期的女士都可能没获取足够的钙。

素食者和纯素食者也是高风险人士，因为对比动物食品，我们身体对于植物食品所提供的钙的吸收能力较低。

生长和发育都需要钙。身体会利用钙制造血红蛋白，一种红细胞中的蛋白质，可以让氧气在您的身体里循环。

富含铁的食物包括红肉、肝脏、贝类、沙丁鱼罐头、豆类、种子（如南瓜、芝麻、南瓜）和深色绿叶蔬菜。许多食物，如谷物，也富含铁。

 您还可以考虑使用保健品来帮助身体获得每日达标的营养素量。全新 Nutrilite DOUBLE X 能提供12 种必需维生素和 10 种必需矿物质，包含了 28% 的每日铁需求量（ 食用 2x 全新 Nutrilite DOUBLE X；推荐女士铁摄入量）。

您可以选择日常单独使用 Double X™ 保健品，也可以与 Nutrilite 浓缩水果和蔬菜一起服用，以填补其他一些营养缺口。

浓缩水果和蔬菜所提供的植物营养素等于高过十份蔬菜水果。

Vitamin A deficiency

Research shows that vitamin A is one of the most prevalent vitamin deficiencies in the world. Globally, it’s estimated that 30% of children under age 5 are deficient. Those at the highest risk of deficiency are pregnant women, breastfeeding mothers, infants, and children.

Vitamin A is essential for healthy skin, teeth, bones, and cell membranes. It also supports vision health. To make sure you get enough vitamin A, look to nutrient-dense superfoods including meat, dairy, eggs, or fish liver oil, as well as green, yellow, red and orange fruits and vegetables, like sweet potatoes and carrots. Not only will those up your vitamin A intake, but those colourful foods will also add phytonutrients.

For supplements, New Advanced Nutrilite DOUBLE X can play a key role. Double X™ supplement offers 300% of the daily recommended intake of vitamin A plus 19 different plant concentrates providing phytonutrients from every colour of the fruit and vegetable spectrum.

Nutrilite™ Concentrated Fruits and Vegetables provides the phytonutrient equivalent of more than 10 servings of fruits and vegetables. Those phytonutrients are key to providing antioxidants, which research shows support your immune system.

Iodine deficiency

Your body uses iodine to make thyroid hormones and those hormones affect your metabolism and many other functions. It also helps with bone and brain development during pregnancy and infancy. (That’s why pregnant women need 50% more iodine than other people.)

Unfortunately, research shows that nearly a third of the world’s population is affected by iodine deficiency. Since your body doesn’t make this essential mineral, you’ll need to get it from foods rich in iodine like seaweed, fish, dairy, and eggs.

It’s also readily available in supplements. Nutrilite Daily includes 100 percent of the daily recommended intake of iodine as part of the 18 essential vitamins and minerals provided in each tablet. It also includes 6 added phytonutrients from 75 mg of whole plant concentrates.

Other common vitamin deficiencies

Additional common vitamin deficiencies include vitamin D, especially if you lack regular exposure to sunlight; calcium, particularly in women and older adults; and B12, which helps support healthy nerves and blood cells in addition to assisting in the production of DNA for all your cells.

Solutions to address vitamin deficiencies

The best way to prevent vitamin deficiency is to eat a balanced diet that includes a variety of whole, nutrient-dense foods. To fill any nutrient gaps, talk to your doctor about adding daily supplements.

A multivitamin and multimineral supplement is a good place to start, but your doctor may have other recommendations based on your nutrient needs.