Nutrient Deficiency

AberdeenNews.com
Tree Talk: What's bugging your trees
AberdeenNews.com
Yellowing maples is a common sight in Aberdeen. These yellow leafed trees are slowing dying from a micro-nutrient deficiency, and there is no cure. Treating with chelated iron can sometimes help green the tree up, but it will be a yearly maintenance ...

Guardian (blog)
Nutrition and health
Guardian (blog)
These reactions are made possible by various vitamins and minerals which although are required in comparatively small amounts are nevertheless indispensable to life”. ... There are reports of such deficiencies following the use of anti-biotics. Anti ...

Herald & Review
Dear Pharmacist: Reasons you don't sleep like a baby
Herald & Review
This mineral is a natural chill pill, and it helps your muscles relax. Magnesium is thought to be a calming mineral, so coffee drinkers are up against potential mag deficiency, and therefore more prone to migraines, insomnia and sadness. Drinking decaf ...

Chronicle
EDITORIAL COMMENT: Food fortification the way to go
Chronicle
The Government will, with effect from July 1, enforce mandatory fortification of selected foods, a strategy announced two years ago to fight micro-nutrient deficiency in the country, especially among women and children. Food fortification is a process ...

The Herald
'Fortified food helps prevent diseases' | The Herald
The Herald
“Fortified foods are completely safe for consumers and the benefits are enormous,” says Dr Parirenyatwa. Government, through Statutory Instrument 120 of 2017, ...

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The Herald
'Fortified food helps prevent diseases' | The Herald
The Herald
“Fortified foods are completely safe for consumers and the benefits are enormous,” says Dr Parirenyatwa. Government, through Statutory Instrument 120 of 2017, ...

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Letter: Fluoride's effectiveness, safety long proven
Gloucester Daily Times
When medical science has convincing evidence that an essential mineral or vitamin is deficient in our diet, it is completely rational and justifiable that an attempt be made to provide it as a supplement in a safe amount to the general public to ...

Corn and Soybean Digest
Midwest agronomists talk late June crop progress
Corn and Soybean Digest
Corn is entering its rapid growth stage, so using tissue and soil samples to identify nutrient deficiencies and correct them quickly is critical, says Glady. Although many soybean fields were planted later than optimal, there has been good residual ...

Digital Journal: A Global Digital Media Network
Digital Journal
Mineral supplements are consumed in different forms, such as capsules, pills, powder, gel caps, granules, tablets, and liquid. Mineral supplements such as ...

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Green Bay Press Gazette
How to deal with too much rain in the garden
Green Bay Press Gazette
Too much rain during the summer months can cause plenty of problems in the garden.

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Global Nitric Acid Market to Grow at a CAGR of 2.8% by 2021 - Key Vendors are Agrium, BASF, Dyno Nobel, LSB ...
Business Wire (press release)
Nitrogen, phosphorous, calcium, and potassium are naturally present in plants that help stimulating plant growth. When soil nutrients are not present in the required amount, plants suffer from nutrient deficiency that hinders their growth. This results ...

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Arizona Daily Star
Could Your Office Job Rob You of Vitamin D?
Arizona Daily Star
"We know that vitamin D deficiency and insufficiency is prevalent in the population at large. We can now say that occupation is a factor that is important in determining if someone may be vitamin D-deficient or not," said lead researcher Dr. Sebastian ...
You need to get out more. Occupation could be a major risk factor in ...BMC Blogs Network (blog)
Occupation Tied to Risk of Vitamin D Deficiency --Doctors LoungeDoctors Lounge

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Medical Xpress
Could your office job rob you of vitamin D?
Medical Xpress
Canadian researchers found that vitamin D deficiency levels differ by occupation, with people who are closeted indoors faring worse than others. "We know that vitamin D deficiency and insufficiency is prevalent in the population at large. We can now ...
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Yellow Beans? Check Manganese
Farmer's Exchange
Manganese deficiency is the most common nutrient deficiency seen in soybeans in Michigan. Due to this year's dry weather, deficiency symptoms are expected to be more prevalent and more severe than usual. The manganese deficiency symptoms depicted ...

World Grain
Flour fortification enhances, saves lives
World Grain
According to the World Health Organization (WHO) and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), iron deficiency anemia is the most widespread nutritional deficiency in the world and has important consequences for child development and ...

MinnPost
Many Americans are taking too much vitamin D, U of M study finds
MinnPost
As I've written here before, in 2011, the Institute of Medicine (IOM, now the National Academy of Medicine) determined that healthy people (those who do not have a specific medical condition that causes a vitamin D deficiency) require, on average, 400 ...

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HealthDay
Could Your Office Job Rob You of Vitamin D?
HealthDay
THURSDAY, June 22, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- Spending your days cooped up inside an office might mean you're not getting enough vital vitamin D -- know as the "sunshine vitamin," researchers report. Canadian researchers found that vitamin D deficiency ...

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Southside Times
Seeking health and awesomeness? Become a locavore
Southside Times
Vitamin deficiency anemia occurs when your body doesn't have enough vitamins needed to produce adequate numbers of healthy red blood cells. We've all heard of pirate's grey-death, scurvy is caused by a lack of vitamin C. And we all know folic acid ...

MOH partners to launch micro-nutrient supplements to pregnant women and adolescent girls
The Standard
The prevalence of iron deficiency and subsequent anemia increases at the start of adolescence and more so in girls which is caused by increased requirements of nutrition for growth aggravated a few years later by the onset of menstruation. The ...

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Tanzania: Dar Incurs 650 Billion/ - Loss Annually Due to Malnutrition
AllAfrica.com
According to the President and Chief Executive Officer of Nutrition International, Joel Spicer, recent UNICEF analysis determined that vitamin and mineral deficiencies cost Tanzania 650bn/- (about 390 million US dollars) in lost revenue each year.