Possible Nutrient Deficiencies: Gallbladder, Gastrointestinal

Excesses Attributed to Certain Disorders

Gallbladder

Gallstones

  • low Essential Fatty Acids (see our Signal369)

Gastrointestinal

General Symptoms

  • high L-Carnitine

  • high Choline

  • low Folic Acid

  • high Iron

  • low Iron

  • low Para-aminobenzoic Acid (PABA)

  • low Vitamin B12

  • high Vitamin E

Abdominal Pain

  • low Pantothenic Acid

  • high Selenium

  • low Sodium

  • high vitamin A

  • low Vitamin B6

  • high Vitamin C

  • high Vitamin D

  • high Vitamin E

Achlorhydria (lack of stomach acid)

  • low Vitamin B12

Anorexia

  • low Biotin (rare)

  • high Calcium

  • low Chloride

  • high Folic Acid or low Folic Acid

  • high Iron or low Iron

  • low Magnesium

  • low Niacin

  • low Pantothenic Acid

  • high Para-aminobenzoic Acid (PABA)

  • low Phosphorus

  • high Sodium

  • low Sodium

  • low Thiamine (mild)

  • high Vitamin A

  • low Vitamin B6

  • low Vitamin B12

  • low Vitamin C

  • high Vitamin D

  • low Zinc (moderate)

Constipation

  • low Folic Acid

  • low Inositol

  • low Iron

  • low Para-aminobenzoic Acid (PABA)

  • low Potassium

  • low Thiamine (atony)

  • high Vitamin A

  • low Vitamin B12

  • high vitamin D

Diarrhea

  • high Bismuth

  • high Choline

  • low Copper

  • low Essential Fatty Acids (see our Signal369)

  • low Folic Acid

  • high L-5-Hydroxytryptophan

  • high Iodine

  • high Lithium

  • high Niacin

  • low Niacin (pellagra) due to mucous membrane lesions in the colon

  • low Protein-Calorie

  • high Vitamin A

  • low Vitamin B12

  • high vitamin C

  • low Vitamin D

  • high Vitamin E

  • low Zinc (severe)

Dysphagia

  • low iron

  • low Magnesium

  • high Potassium

Flatulence

  • high folic acid

  • high S-Adenosyl-methionine (SAMe)

  • low Sodium

  • low Vitamin b12

  • high Vitamin E

Hypogeusia (loss of taste)

  • low Zinc (moderate)

Indigestion

  • low Niacin

  • low Thiamine

Melena (black stools due to blood loss)

  • low Vitamin C (scurvy)

Nausea

  • low Biotin (rare)

  • high Folic Acid

  • high L-5-Hydroxytryptophan

  • high Magnesium or low Magnesium

  • high Niacin (lactic acidosis) or low Niacin

  • low Pantothenic Acid

  • high Para-aminobenzoic Acid (PABA)

  • high S-Adenosyl-methionine (SAMe)

  • high Selenium

  • low Sodium

  • low Thiamine (mild)

  • high L-Tryptophan

  • high Vitamin A (acute)

  • low Vitamin B6

  • high Vitamin D

  • high Vitamin E

  • high Zinc

Ulcers

  • high Chromium

Vomiting

  • high Choline

  • high L-5-Hydroxytryptophan

  • high or low Magnesium

  • high Niacin (lactic acidosis)

  • low Pantothenic Acid

  • high Selenium

  • low Sodium

  • low Thiamine

  • high Vitamin A (acute)

  • low Vitamin B6

  • high Vitamin D

Weight Gain

  • low Iodine

  • high Lithium

  • high Sodium