Many of us are deficient in certain
nutrients and our doctors do not or will not test us for deficiencies
as we age. Some of us do have sufficient quantities in our diets and
then take supplements, which may give us an oversupply. I will give
the name of the test when it is available. Your doctor should test
for all of these (that have testing available) before you run out and
buy supplements. You may not need them because you are already
obtaining sufficient intake from your diet. If you have a doctor
that will not test because you should be eating foods with sufficient
nutrients, then you will have a decision to make about retaining your
current doctor.
I realize that many of you may be aware
of them, but it never hurts to review them. In the coming blogs I
will cover iodine, selenium, choline, manganese, magnesium,
potassium, Vitamin D, Vitamin K, and Vitamin B12. These may not be
what you would think is needed for those of us with diabetes;
however, they are still important. If you would like more detailed
information, please read the links supplied with each blog as there
may be several links. Some are water-soluble and others are
fat-soluble. Vitamin D is neither as it is correctly a hormone.
This will not change because of acceptance.
I would be remiss if I did not give you
a warning about not overcompensating and ingesting too much of some
of these nutrients as there are some medical concerns with toxicity
and conflicts with certain prescription medications. More is often
not better and can be fatal with some supplements. I will give
warnings where they apply.
When there is a list of foods that may
give you sufficient supply of a nutrient, they will be listed.
Since most of these vitamins and
minerals have recommended daily allowances (RDAs) that vary by age,
the entire table will be given. Some sources list only the adult
RDAs and I prefer to give you the full list.
Please refer back to this blog if you
question something and I will update this blog with each blog as I
publish it. Some of my blogs will refer to my other blogs, as the
nutrients can be essential for the same thing. Example - iodine and
selenium both are essential for the thyroid gland to work properly.
There may be others, but as of yet, I am not into research for each
of them. I had intended to put two or three nutrients in a single
blog, but with all that I am discovering, this would make the blog
too long and essential points less obvious.
Vitamin K
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