Sources

• Brown Rice
• Nuts: Pecans, Almonds
• Legumes: pinto, beans, navy beans, peanuts
• Fruit: Pineapples, grapes, berries, kiwi

Deficiency

• Iron and manganese fight for absorption. If you have high iron stores, you will probably have low m...

Sources:

• Dark green leafy vegetables - spinach, broccoli
• Legumes - black beans, kidney beans
• Nuts and seeds - almonds, cashews
• Avocado, banana
• Meat - chicken and beef

Deficiency:

Common signs of low magnesium include eye twitches, leg c...

Anemia or low iron is common in menstruating women whereas iron overload is common in postmenopausal women. Please test before starting an iron supplement and retest again later.

Sources:

• Meat - beef, lamb
• Seafood - oysters, clams, sardin...

Sources:

• Seaweed- kelp, nori, kombu, and wakame
• Seafood
• Eggs
• Salt - Iodised salt is not recommended. Natural salt contains 43 trace minerals and is a super food, iodised salt is highly-processed and has had 40 of the minerals removed imbalancin...

Sources:

• Shellfish like oysters
• Nuts such as cashews and almonds
• Dark green leafy greens
• Black pepper
• Cocoa
• Yeast
• Copper cooking equipment

Deficiency:

Toxicity is more common than deficiency. Rarely do my prescriptions include copper....

Sources:

• Brewer’s yeast
• Vegetables: Broccoli, green beans
• Herbs and spices: Garlic, Basil
• Beef and Poultry
• Fruit: apple, banana, grapes

Deficiency is very common.

Uses:

• Enhances the action of insulin, helps to regulate blood sugar...

Sources:

• Vegetables: cabbage, kale, and broccoli
• Seeds: sesame, poppy, chia
• Nuts: almonds
• Sardines and salmon with bones
• Beans and lentils
• Dairy is not a good source, calcium from broccoli is about 100 times more absorbable than dairy and i...

Sources

• Dark green leafy vegetables - spinach, broccoli, kale, lettuce
• Other vegetables - carrot, pumpkin
• Animal meat - poultry and swine
• Fermented foods - natto
• Nuts - pine nuts, cashews
• Egg

Deficiency:

Generally, only found in women ...

Sources:

• Seeds: sunflower
• Nuts: almonds, hazelnuts,
• Green vegetables: spinach, broccoli
• Fruit: kiwi, mango, tomato,

Deficiency:

Found in women on low-fat diets or those with digestion issues.

Uses:

• Specific nutrient for hormonal...

Sources:

• Safe sunshine exposure. Note sunscreen blocks vitamin D absorption
• Fatty fish especially cod liver oil
• Egg yolk
• Mushrooms, especially those grown under ultraviolet light

Deficiency:

This is extremely common these days, people ju...