Nutrition not only affects your body’s ability to maintain itself but also helps you manage your risk for developing disease. An occasional lapse in eating foods of high nutritional quality is unlikely to cause problems, but consuming low-quality foods, especially when practiced over time, can impact both your short-term and long-term well-being.
HERE IS A SUMMARY HOW MISSING NUTRIENTS AFFECT YOUR BODY
| Missing Nutrient | How the Body Is Affected |
|---|
| Protein | Poor growth, diarrhea, weight loss, weakness |
| Carbohydrates | Poor growth, lack of energy, weight loss |
| Iron | Weakness, dizziness, headache, drowsiness, fatigue, irritability |
| Calcium | Poor growth, soft bones and teeth |
| Phosphorus | Soft bones and teeth |
| Potassium | Weakness, nausea, irregular heartbeat |
| Vitamin A | Poor night vision; dry and inflamed eyes, loss of appetite, diarrhea, lowered resistance to disease |
| Vitamin D | Softening of bones |
| Vitamin C | Weakness, aches and pains, swollen gums, excessive bleeding |
| Vitamin B12 | Numbness and tingling of arms and legs depression |
