what are 2 diseases related to prolonged poor nutrition and explain how vitamin and/or fiber deficiencies contributed to the onset of those two diseases?
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Hello,\n\n\n      Moeller's disease is caused by ascorbic acid deficiency over a fairly long period of time. Moeller's disease is more commonly known as scurvy. By ascorbic acid, I mean Vitamin C. After about twelve weeks, scurvy sets in, and without the consumption of Vitamin C, death is imminent.\n      For your second disease, diverticular disease fits perfectly with the fiber deficiency criterion. To give you a slight background, basically spots on the outer layer of the colon become inflamed and move slightly out of the colon. This disease is extremely common among elderly people, and again, is typically caused by lack of dietary fiber due to the lack of consumption of fruits and vegetables (and other comestibles with fiber).\n      I do hope this aids in your project or research item. If you have any other questions, feel free to e-mail me.\n\njd111190@yahoo.com
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You're not eating enough whole grains, which can cause a B-vitamin deficiency.  Make sure your morning meal contains whole-wheat or 12-grain bread, use the same bread on your sandwich at lunch, and try adding brown rice or quinoa to your dinner.  Instead of eating sugary fruit yogurt, add your own fresh fruit to natural yogurt.  I also don't see any vegetables!  Increase your intake of leafy greens like spinach and kale, add in some other-colored veggies like squash, carrots, beets and tomatoes to make sure you're getting enough nutrients.  Cut out that Diet Coke- the human body wasn't designed to process all those chemicals!  Instead, switch to some different flavours of green tea.
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Hi there.. I'm a Licenced Dietetic Technician. The answer to your question....Anemia is a concern that can be fixed. Anemia is a condition in which the iron count in your blood is low meaning you have a hard time transmitting oxygen in the blood to other body parts. An easy solution is to take a simle daily supplement of 18mg/daily for 2 weeks. Then have your HGB and HCT checked again to see if the Anemia has improved. Make sure you also take a Vit C supplement with the Iron to help absorb the iron. Hope this helped. Your should have more energy because you'll have more oxygen flowing through your blood! Good luck and if you have anymore health questions feel free to ask. -Elizabeth Segler DTR/LDT
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I think that maybe it's a lack of Vitamins, try any vitamin supplies
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You need to be tested for Celiac Disease (CD).  This is a very common condition (1 in 100 people have it).  But it is often not 'recognised' by doctors and therefore, is rarely diagnosed (in the U.S. doctors only diagnose it in 1 in 3500 people, whichi is only 3% of the people with the disease).\n\nCeliac disease is an autoimmnune disease that causes serious damage to the lining of the small intestine.  The small intestine is where most of the body's digestion and nutrient absorption occurs.  Damage here leads to the 'odd' combination of malabsorption of basic nutrients (vitamins, minerals, amino acids) and hyperabsorption of bacteria, toxins, and food particles.  The result can be a whole variety of problems that can affect almost any organ of the body.  A particular form of CD causes a skin rash called "Dermatitis Herpetiformis".\n\nCeliac disease is CAUSED by an allergic reaction to the proteins in WHEAT, Rye and Barley.\n\nYour doctor may know very little about this disease (as the statistics above indicate).  In the last few years, many major medical journals have published review articles on CD to try to educate the medical profession (sadly, most docs do not read their own medical literature).  If your doctor 'resists' testing you for CD I would suggest two courses of action:\n1) DEMAND a referral to a doctor that SPECIALIZES in Celiac Disease, and\n2) DEMAND that your doctor read the entire April 2005 supplement of the medical journal "Gastroenterology".  This entire issue consists of review papers on CD.\n\nBest wishes and good luck!
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iron deficiency...the most common. if you go to the doctor ask for a blood tests for all the vitamins, ferritin, iron (Fe) and haematocrit.\ngood luck.(nutritionist BSc)
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I have been reading this book called Menopause Without Medicine, \nwanted to share something with you that I read today.\n\nIf you have emotional distress, what are the chances that you are \nmissing a vital vitamin or mineral in your diet? Check whether any of \nthe symptoms listed below are familiar to you:\n\n- Vitamin B-1(thiamine): loss of appetite, depression, irritability,\n  memory loss, sensitivity to noise, inability to concentrate, \n  fatigue, reduced attention span.\n\n- Vitamin B-3 (niacin): insomnia, nervousness, confusion, depression,\n  hallucination, loss of memory\n\n- Vitamin B-6: anxiety, depression, irritability, insomnia\n\n- Pantothenic acid: depression, inability to tolerate stress\n\n- Vitamin B-12 (cobalamine): difficulty concentrating and remembering,\n  stuporous depression, severe agitation, hallucinations, manic\n  behavior\n\n- Folic acid: irritabiity, weakness, apathy, hostility, anemia\n\n- Vitamin C: increased stress and fatigue\n\n_ Vitamin E: depression, lethargy\n\n- Potassium: nervousness, irritability, mental disorientation\n\n- Magnesium: paranoid psychosis\n\n- Calcium: anxiety, neurosis, fatigue, insomnia, tension\n\n- Zinc: anemia, poor mental function\n\n- Iron: depression, lethargy, poor concentration, irritability,\n  decreased attention span, personality changes\n\n- Essential fatty acid: anxiety, irritability, insomnia\n\nThe chemical makeup of the brain requires an ample and constant \nsupply of essential nutrients. Vitamins, amino acids, fatty acids, \nand enyzymes are all interrelated, each dependent on the others for \nabsorption and utilization; moreover, a shortage of one vital element \ncan render all the others less effective. That is why nutritionists \nurge people to eat a variety of nutrient-dense foods.\n\nI do know from past research and personal experience that if you are \nnot taking a good multi-vitamin along with a mineral supplement it is \nmore difficult to get your hormones balanced and keep them there...\n\n\nNeed more info?\nE-mail me!\nBlessings~\nMichelle Jones
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Correct diagnosis was made initially by a high index of suspicion, following the demonstration of clinical proximal myopathy; confirmation was made by the demonstration of low 25-hydroxyvitamin D and elevated parathyroid hormone concentrations. Treatment with vitamin D caused a resolution of body aches and pains and a restoration of normal muscle strength in 4 to 6 weeks.
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check vitamin deficencies. Vit. A can be a cause.\n\nSilver Birch
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Irritable Bowel, psychiatric causes, food and or drug allergies are other potential causes.  Any new stresses in the last six months?  Dietary or lifestyle changes?  \n\nTry to think of anything that may have coincided with or be related to the onset of your symptoms.  Think of what brings on the symptoms, prolongs them or shortens them, makes them more or less intense, affects them in any way.\n\nOften, it is hard to think of anything that is related, especialy after so many tests, but it is a way to find answers.  Consider keeping a diary of your symptoms and observations to help find associations with diet, activity, daily stressors, etc.\n\nShare your fidnings with your doctor(s) see if they spark any thoughts about possible causes.  Best wishes - I hope your symptoms resolve soon.  Take some solace in the fact that alot of really bad things have been eliminated as possible causes.
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Fructose compounded vitamins and a high fiber diet. This is according to a research study I read.
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mhmmm... how is he eating? does he eat fruits and vegetables? does he assume enough vitamins and stuff? Maybe if you have shortage of vitamins you can have symptoms like that...
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Well the saying goes, "Do you live to eat, or eat to live?"\nIf it makes you ill to think about food best to see a doctor to be on the safe side. Many other problems can arise because of a lack of nourishment; like heart failure, kidneys go into shock, the black eyes are a sign of anemia.
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Hemophilia is not a vitamin deficiency.  It is definitely a lack of a clotting factor.  General hemophilia, or Hemophilia A, is simply a lack of Factor VIII.  Secondarily, iron deficiencies are common, but not a primary cause of Hemophilia A.  Hemophilia B is a Factor IX deficiency.  Von Willebrand Disease is a bleeding disorder caused by a defect or deficiency of a blood clotting protein called von Willebrand Factor.  Thrombophilia, which is also a hemophilia condition where the person is subject to excessive clotting, can be caused by protein C deficiency, protein S deficiency, and anti-thrombin deficiency.  There are other inherited conditions which can also cause Thrombophilia as well.\n\nHTH
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Lipid peroxidation .\nTry this link for more:\nhttp://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=3319227&dopt=Abstract\nAND:\nhttp://www.answers.com/Organelle+Dysfunction?gwp=11&ver=1.1.2.381&method=3\n Hope that helped ;-)
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Obesity\n\nDiabetes\n\nCardiovascular disease\n\nDental Caries\n\nCancer\n\nMetabolic Syndrome\n\nADHD\n\nDepression/Affective Disorders\n\nAlzheimer's, Parkinson's and other neurodegenerative diseases\n\nOsteoporosis\n\netc.  \n\nEvery chronic disease is related to poor dietary choices.  Schools should not be supporting poor health habits that cause major health problems by selling junk food.
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I have not explanation for that..an exact one.At any rate that cannot be caused by the intake of your vitamins..You are lucky!