A true vitamin deficiency is difficult to detect, except in its advanced stages. Here, it becomes all the more fatal. A deficiency can only be definitively diagnosed through blood levels when severe clinical deficiency states are present.
However, even with normal blood levels, the vitamin stores in the cells may already be depleted, as the body tries to maintain vital nutrients in the blood, even if there's nothing left in the cells themselves.
In 1983, vitamin researcher Brubacher established a "Six-Stage Model" to better understand this issue. The stages are as follows:
Stage 1: The tissue stores are already partially depleted. The vitamin blood levels remain unchanged.
Stage 2: There is a reduction in turnover and consequently in excretion. The vitamin blood levels remain unchanged.
Stage 3: Vitamin-dependent enzyme reactions are restricted. The vitamin blood levels may remain unchanged!
Stage 4: First non-specific symptoms appear. The vitamin blood levels may remain unchanged!
Stage 5: Characteristic deficiency symptoms appear. With appropriate vitamin intake, the symptoms are reversible. The vitamin blood levels are usually reduced!
Stage 6: At this point, irreversible tissue and organ damage occurs, which can hardly be remedied even with appropriate vitamin intake. Blood vitamin levels are significantly reduced!
In stage 2-4, especially in stage 4, a variety of non-specific symptoms can occur: from fatigue to concentration disorders and various other complaints. In such cases, a medical examination should be carried out first, but often nothing is found in the so-called check-up to explain these complaints.
Everyday Vitamin Thieves
Generally, vitamin thieves include things and habits such as:
- Stress
- Smoking
- Lack of exercise
- Alcohol
- Sugar
- Caffeine (can inhibit iron absorption)
- White flour products
- Medications
- Laxatives
This list is intentionally general and not exhaustive. Anyone who uses a search engine to look up the term "vitamin thieves" will find many details here or can also search with "pill + vitamin thieves" or similar combinations.
It is important to understand that many everyday habits and many things we consume can hinder or prevent vitamin absorption or simply use up more vitamins than necessary, thereby promoting a deficiency.
Refilling the Stores
A specific deficiency diagnosed by a doctor will be addressed by administering targeted amounts of vitamin supplements. For example, the administration of iron supplements has been common in the past.
To avoid a deficiency in the first place, one should aim to avoid as many vitamin thieves as possible.
Additionally, strive for an individually optimal diet, which means eating correctly and sufficiently for one's own body and nutrient needs, and consuming the right amounts of fruits, vegetables, secondary plant substances, polyphenols, proteins, enzymes, vitaminoids, oils and fats, minerals, and trace elements.
The right diet is the central building block.
Often, this can make the supplementation of individual vitamins unnecessary from the outset.
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