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Folate & B12 Deficiency, Megaloblastic Anemia Hypersegmented Macrocytic Methylmalonic

Folate & B12 Deficiency, Megaloblastic Anemia Vitamin B9 (Folate/Folic Acid) is very important for 1 carbon chemical reactions (AKA methylation) during the creation of DNA. These functions are particularly important in tissues that undergo frequent cellular division (like hematopoietic cells) and during periods of rapid cellular division (such as infancy and pregnancy). Folate is found …Read more »

Fat Soluble Vitamin Deficiencies, Hemorrhagic Disease of the Newborn Vitamin D3 K A

Fat Soluble Vitamin Deficiencies Vitamin A (Retinol, Retinal or Retinoic Acid) functions as a component of light reception pigment in the retina. Therefore, deficiencies affect vision and cause Night Blindness. Vitamin A also acts as a growth factor that causes the differentiation of cells. Therefore, vitamin A can be used to treat certain types of …Read more »

Fat Soluble Vitamin Deficiencies in Pediatric Patients With Newly Diagnosed Celiac Disease

Imad Absah, M.D., a gastroenterologist at Mayo Clinic, discusses a recently published review in the Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition about fat-soluble vitamin deficiencies in pediatric patients with newly diagnosed celiac disease. The results show that is uncommon to have low vitamin levels in children with newly onset celiac disease.

Vegan Diet Related Diseases And Deficiencies

What are the diseases and deficiencies related to going on a vegan or plant-based diet? Will you get b12 deficiency, protein deficiency, calcium deficiency, iron deficiency by eating a vegan or plant based diet?

Vitamins & Minerals: The Truth About Vitamin & Mineral Deficiency

In this video, discover: * What a daily vitamin & mineral supplement is *The pivotal findings of Harvard School of Public Health Researchers about vitamin deficiency. For example, suboptimal levels of folic acid and vitamins B6 and B12 are a risk factor for cardiovascular disease and colon and breast cancer *How live source vitamins & …Read more »