{"id":57467,"date":"2024-10-12T01:42:51","date_gmt":"2024-10-11T14:42:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/maintenance.html\/?p=57467"},"modified":"2024-10-12T01:42:51","modified_gmt":"2024-10-11T14:42:51","slug":"billions-worldwide-face-micronutrient-deficiencies-study-finds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=57467","title":{"rendered":"Billions Worldwide Face Micronutrient Deficiencies, Study Finds"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><span id=\"bcr_rptStory_cslStory_0\">A balanced diet is important for proper nutrition, but many people fall short on essential micronutrients due to consuming energy-dense but nutrient-poor foods<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"bcr_rptStory_cslStory_1\">Micronutrient deficiencies lead to significant health issues like pregnancy complications, weakened immunity and increased risk of diseases<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"bcr_rptStory_cslStory_2\">A recent study published in The Lancet Global Health found that over half of the global population is lacking essential micronutrients, with deficiencies varying by age and gender<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"bcr_rptStory_cslStory_3\">The researchers found that more than 5 billion people are deficient in iodine (68%), vitamin E (67%) and calcium (66%), while over 4 billion lack iron (65%), riboflavin (55%), folate (54%) and vitamin C (53%)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"bcr_rptStory_cslStory_4\">In the U.S., common nutrient deficiencies include vitamins D, B12, B1, B2, B3, A, C and E, as well as calcium, magnesium and iodine. Tips to address these deficiencies are included in the article.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/articles.mercola.com\/sites\/articles\/archive\/2024\/10\/10\/global-micronutrient-deficiencies.aspx\">https:\/\/articles.mercola.com\/sites\/articles\/archive\/2024\/10\/10\/global-micronutrient-deficiencies.aspx<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A balanced diet is important for proper nutrition, but many people fall short on essential micronutrients due to consuming energy-dense but nutrient-poor foods Micronutrient deficiencies lead to significant health issues like pregnancy complications, weakened immunity and increased risk of diseases A recent study published in The Lancet Global Health found that over half of the &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=57467\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Billions Worldwide Face Micronutrient Deficiencies, Study Finds&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-57467","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-interest","category-health-tips"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57467","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=57467"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57467\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57468,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57467\/revisions\/57468"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=57467"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=57467"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=57467"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}