Vitamin D serum levels, supplementation&suicide attempts&intentional self-harm

Re:Vitamin D serum levels, supplementation&suicide attempts&... by Traubenfuchs on Monday February 06, 2023 @10:47AM (#34679093)

The numbers might fluctuate widely between studies and countries, but are geenrally harrowing even in first world countries. Luckily the amount of essential micro nutrients is actually very limited and it's easy to gain an overview.

https://thebiostation.com/bioblog/do-you-have-vitamin-defici...

Purely US: 90% potassium, 70% calcium, 80% vitamin E, 50% vitamin A&C + Magnesium, 50% vitamin D (90% of POC!).

https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/7-common-nutrient-defic...

Purely US: 70-80% Magnesia

https://healthcare-in-europe.com/en/news/iron-deficiency-ana....

5-10% iron (in Europe)

https://academic.oup.com/ajcn/article/110/5/1088/5555582

20% Folate (USA)

https://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/VitaminB12-HealthProfessio....

6% vitamin B12 (under 60, USA)

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Re:Vitamin D serum levels, supplementation&suicide attempts&... by canucker2016 on Monday February 06, 2023 @01:55PM (#34682246)

Get tested for ferritin levels before iron supplementation.

There's a HFE gene that's responsible for regulating a protein that controls iron absorption in the body.

But more than 30% of the American population is estimated to have one or more faulty copies of the HFE gene.

Links to too much iron in the body and various diseases are described in the following link including heart disease, stroke, diabetes, cancer, Parkinson's and Alzheimer's.

see https://nautil.us/iron-is-the-new-cholesterol-237280/

One way to reduce iron in the body - donating blood.

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