LIST OF MINERAL FUNCTIONS AND DEFICIENCY SYMPTOMS FOLLOWED BY THE VITAMIN & NUTRIENT DEFICIENCY SYMPTOMS

As outlined by Dr. Joel Wallach in his booklet "A DIRE WARNING"

• Antimony

  • Effective against blood flukes
• Bismuth
  • Ulcers result from lack of bismuth & a bacteria Heliobacter pylori
• Boron
  • Aids efficient calcium and magnesium use
  • Essential for bone metabolism
  • Proper endocrine function
  • Reduces calcium loss from bones (Osteoporosis)
• Calcium
  • High protein diets increases demands for calcium
  • Deficiency:
  • Arthritis
  • Back pains (sciatica, disc problems)
  • Bell's Palsy
  • Bone spurs
  • Brittle fingernails
  • Calcium deposits
  • Cognitive impairment
  • Delusions
  • Depression
  • Eczema
  • High Blood Pressure
  • Hyperactivity
  • Hypertension
  • Insomnia
  • Irritability
  • Kidney stones
  • Limb numbness
  • Muscle cramps/spasms/twitches
  • Nervousness
  • Neuromuscular excitability
  • Osteomalacia (failure to mineralize the protein bone matrix)
  • Osteoporosis (& Dowagers Hump, spontanious fractures, kyphosis)
  • Panic attacks
  • Periodontal disease - receding gums (osteoporosis of facial bones & jaw bones)
  • PMS
  • Pica (eating lead paint)
  • Rickets
  • Retarded growth
  • Tetany
  • Tooth decay
• Cesium
  • Cancer aid; cesium enters cancer cell and produces alkaline condition
• Chromium
  • Deficiency:
  • ADD/ADHD
  • Anxiety
  • Anortic cholesterol plaque
  • Coronary blood vessel disease
  • Depression/Manic depression
  • Diabetes (Vanadium also)
  • Dr. Jeckyll/Mr. Hyde rages
  • Elevated blood cholesterol
  • Elevated blood triglycerides
  • Fatique
  • Hyperactivity
  • Hypercholesterolemia
  • Hypoglycemia - low blood sugar (vanadium & copper also)
  • Infertility and decreased sperm count
  • Learning disabilities
  • Negative nitrogen balance (body lean mass/protein loss)
  • Prediabetes (vanadium also)
  • Peripheral neuropathy
  • Retarded growth
  • Shortened life span
• Cobalt
  • Deficiency:
  • Anemia
  • Anorexia
  • Emaciation, listless, starved look, pale mucus membranes
  • Essential part of Vitamin B 12 (Growth and nerve system function)
• Copper
  • Deficiency:
  • Alopecia (hair loss)
  • Anemia (common in vegans & high milk users)
  • Aneurysms (on wall bulges)
  • Aneutysm / cerbral hemmorage
  • Arthritis (especially where growth plates are involved)
  • Cerebral palsy & hypoplasia (failure to form) of the cerebellum
  • Criminal or violent behavior, blind rage, explosive outbursts
  • Depression
  • Dermatosis
  • Diarrhea
  • Dry brittle hair
  • Fatique
  • Fragile bones
  • Hernias
  • High blood cholesterol
  • Hypercholesterolemia
  • Hypo or Hyper thyroid
  • Ptosis (sagging tissue - eye lids, skin, breasts, stomach, etc.)
  • Kawasaki Disease
  • Learning disabilities
  • Liver cirrhosis (number 9 killer in the U.S.
  • Ruptured vertebral discs problems
  • Reduced glucose tolerance (low blood sugar)
  • Respiratory disease
  • Swachman's Syndrome
  • Varicose veins
  • White or Gray hair
• Europium
  • Doubles the life span of laboratory animals
• Fluoride
  • In plant based colloidal form will aid bone strength & no toxicity
• Germanium
  • Aid in oxygen utilization
  • Enhances immune system function (killer cells, interferon, macro phages and T-suppressor cells)
  • Highly efficient electrical impulse initiator
  • Deficiency:
  • Arthritis
  • Cancer
  • Low energy
  • Osteoporosis
• Gold
  • Reduces active joint inflammation
• Iodine
  • Copper needed to utilize iodine
  • Needed by body for thyroid function (Thyroxin is thyroid hormone)
  • Deficiency:
  • Cold intolerance
  • Brittle nails
  • Bulging eyes
  • Constipation
  • Depression
  • Dry skin & hair
  • Elevated blood cholesterol
  • Excessive sweating
  • Fatique
  • Frequent bowel movements
  • Goiter (throat swelling)
  • Hair loss
  • Hand tremors
  • Heat intolerance
  • Heavy periods or less than 28 day cycles
  • Hypothyroidism
  • Increased appetite < LI> Irritability
  • Inability to concentrate
  • Insomnia
  • Light periods or longer than 28 day cycles
  • Low basal body temperature
  • Low sex drive
  • Muscle aches and pains
  • Muscle cramps
  • Muscle weakness
  • Nervousness
  • Over-active Thyroid
  • Poor memory Puffy face
  • Rapid pulse
  • Under-active Thyroid
  • Weight gains Weight loss
• Copper
  • Deficiency:
  • Anemia
  • Angular Stomatitis
  • Anorexia
  • Brittle nails
  • Confusion
  • Constipation
  • Depression
  • Dirt eating (pica)
  • Dizziness
  • Dysphagia
  • Fatigue
  • Fragile Bones
  • GI upset
  • Growth Retardation
  • Headaches
  • Ice eating (pica)
  • Heart palpations
  • Hemoglobin (Oxygen carrier in red blood cells)
  • Irritability
  • Listlessness and fatigue Memory deficits Sore Tongue
• Lanthium
  • Deficiency may be involved in chronic fatique diseases
• Lithium
  • Deficiency:
  • ADD
  • Depression
  • Infertility
  • Lithium deficiency aggravated by high sugar consumption
  • Manic depression
  • Rages & fits
  • Reduced growth rate
  • Reproductive failure
  • Shortened life span
• Magnesium
  • Deficiency:
  • Anxiety
  • Asthma
  • Anorexia
  • Birth Defects
  • Calcification of small arteries
  • Confusion
  • Depression
  • Growth failures
  • Hyperactivity/synophobia
  • Hypotension
  • Hypothermia
  • Insomnia
  • Irritability
  • Malignant calcification of soft tissue
  • Menstrual
  • Migraines
  • Muscle pains/tremors/ weakness
  • Nervousness/Nueromuscular irrability
  • Neuromuscular problems
  • Restlessness
  • Seizures
  • SIDS
  • Tachycardia/palpitations
  • Tetany - Convulsions
  • Tremors
  • Vertigo
• Manganese
  • Deficiency:
  • Asthma
  • Ataxia
  • Atherosclerosis
  • Chondrornalacia
  • Chondrodystrophy
  • Convulsions
  • Dizziness
  • Hearing Loss
  • Hypercholesterolemia
  • Hypoglycemia
  • Infertility (failure to ovulate or testicle atrophy)
  • Loss of sex drive
  • Pancreatic atrophy
  • Poor cartilage formation problems
  • Repetitive Motion Syndromes (like TMJ, Carpal Tunnel Syndrome)
  • Retarded growth rates
  • Shortened long bones
  • Still births or spontaneous miscarriages
  • Tinnitus
• Molybdenium
  • Essential as a metalloenzyme of several enzyme systems
• Nickel
  • Deficiency:
  • Anemia (low hematocrit)
  • Delayed puberty
  • Depressed oxidative ability of the liver
  • Dermatitis
  • High newborn mortality
  • Poor growth
  • Poor zinc absorption
  • Rough/dry hair coat in animals
• Phosphorus
  • Deficiency:
  • Anorexia
  • Anxiety
  • Apprehension
  • Bone pain
  • Dyspnea
  • Fatigue
  • Irritability
  • Numbness
  • Paresthesias
  • Pica
  • Tremulousness
  • Weakness
  • Weight loss
• Potassium
  • Deficiency:
  • Acne
  • Arrhythmia
  • Cognitive impairment
  • Constipation
  • Depression
  • ECG changes
  • Edema
  • Fatigue
  • Glucose intolerance
  • Growth retardation
  • Hypercholesterolemia
  • Hyperretlexia
  • Hypotension
  • Insomnia
  • Mental apathy
  • Muscular weakness
  • Nervousness
  • Palpitations
  • Plydipsia
  • Proteinuria
  • Respiratory distress
  • "Salt" retention
  • Tachycardia (rapid heart rate)
  • Xerosis
• Praseodymium
  • Doubles life span in laboratory animals
  • Enhances normal cell growth
• Samarium
  • Doubles life span in laboratory animals
  • Enhances normal cell growth
  • Animal studies show deficiencies cause:
  • Cancer prevention properties
  • Hearing loss
  • Male pattern baldness
  • Poor growth & Poor feeding
• Selenium
  • Effective anti-oxidant
  • Deficiency:
  • Age spots or liver spots
  • ALS (Lou Gehrig's Disease)
  • Alzheimer's Disease (associated high vegetable oil consumption)
  • Anemia (red blood cell ftagility)
  • Cardiomyopathy
  • Cataracts
  • Cancer Risk
  • Cystic fibrosis
  • Cancer (associated with high veg- etable oil intake) (Number 2 killer)
  • Fatigue
  • Growth Retardation
  • Heart palpitations (irregular heart beat)
  • High infant mortality
  • HIV (AIDS)
  • Impaired immunity
  • Infertility
  • Keshan Disease (myocardial fibrosis)
  • Liver cirrhosis
  • Low birth weight
  • Multiple Sclerosis
  • Muscular dystrophy
  • Myalgia
  • Pancreatitis
  • Pancreatic atrophy & fibrosis
  • Parkinson's Disease (associated lead poisoning)
  • Scoliosis
  • Sterility in males
  • Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)
  • Sickle cell anemia
• Silica
  • Increases collegen in growing bone by 100%
  • Deficiency:
  • Brittle fingernails
  • Dry brittle hair
  • Poor calcium utilization arterial wall strength problems
  • Poor skin quality
• Silica
  • Anti-bacterial
  • Anti-fungal
  • Anti-viral
  • Kills over 650 diseases causing organisms
  • Systemic disinfectant & immune support
  • Subdues inflammation & promotes healing
• Strontium
  • Essential trace element
  • Strontium can replace calcium in many organisms including man
• Sulfur
  • Important mineral used in several amino acids within the body
  • Involved in functions of hemoglobin, insulin hormone, adrenal hormones, enzymes, and antibodies
  • Deficiency:
  • Degeneration of cartilage, ligaments and tendons
  • Lupus
  • Several collagen diseases
  • Sickle cell anemia
• Thulium
  • Doubles the life span of laboratory animals
  • Enhances growth of normal cells
• Vanadium
  • Aids in glucose (blood sugar) oxidation and transport
  • Anti-Cancer properties
  • Decreases cholesterol production
  • Enhances insulin effectiveness (aids with blood sugar problems)
  • Increases effectiveness of heart mus- cle contraction
  • Deficiency:
  • Cardiovascular disease
  • Diabetes
  • Elevated cholesterol & triglycerides
  • Hypoglycemia
  • Increased infant mortality
  • Infertility
  • Obesity
  • Slow growth
• Yttrium
  • Doubles life span of laboratory animals
  • Enhances nonnal cell growth
• Zinc
  • Zinc deficiency associated congenital birth defects:
  • Cleft lip & Cleft palate
  • Clubbed limbs
  • Down's syndrome
  • Heart & lung defects
  • Hiatal hernia& umbilical hernia
  • Small or absent eyes
  • Spina bifida
  • Webbed toes or fingers
  • Urogenitat defects
  • Deficiency:
  • Acne
  • Acrodermatitis enteropathica
  • Alopecia (hair loss)
  • Anemia
  • Anorexia and/or Butimia
  • Apathy
  • Birth defects (see above)
  • Bad body odors ("smelly tennis shoe" syndrome)
  • Brittle nails
  • Depression
  • Diarrhea
  • Enlarged prostate
  • Eczema
  • Fatigue
  • "Frizzy" hair
  • High infant mortality
  • Hypercholesterolemia
  • Hypogewusia (loss of sense of taste)
  • Infertility
  • Impaired wound healing
  • Impotence
  • Irritability
  • Lethargy
  • Loss of sense of smell
  • Malabsorption
  • Memory loss
  • Paranoia
  • Pica (eating hair, wool, etc.)
  • Poor growth (short stature)
  • Sexual immaturity (remain in pre- puberty state)
  • Small and/or poor ovary and testes function
  • Sterility
  • Weaken immune function
  • White spots on nails