It's lurking at the root of the deadliest diseases.

byJAYSON CALTON, PHD,MIRA CALTON, CNJuly 22, 20150 comments

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Micronutrient deficiency is the most widespread and dangerous health condition of the 21st century. This statement is the foundation of our nutritional philosophy. It's pretty shocking, right? It isn't just a theory, either.

According to U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) statistics, more than 96 percent of Americans are not getting adequate intakes of micronutrients from food alone, based on the government's average requirementSTANDARD . With approximately 317 million people in the United States, this means that there are more than 304 million men, women, and children suffering from a micronutrient deficiency of some kind right now.

Here is a scientific fact to consider: Micronutrients are so powerful that being deficient in even one can kill you. It's the truth. Take scurvy, a deficiency in vitamin C—this disease killed millions upon millions of people all around the world until medical science discovered that they hadn't died from bacterial infections, as had been previously suspected, but the deaths were in fact the D result of a single micronutrient deficiency.

What we want you to understand is that nothing hasCHANGEDregarding the causation of disease. While many people want to believe that our modern health conditions and diseases are somehow different from those of the past, this is not the case. Thousands of peer-reviewed studies over the past century show that, in the vast majority of cases, these diseases are not infectious or genetic, but are instead caused by a deficiency in essential micronutrients.

Micronutrient sufficiency is a requirement of optimal health. It's not fancy or particularly poetic, but we believe it is true. This is why we wroteThe Micronutrient Miracle, with one objective—to help people achieve and sustain a state of micronutrient sufficiency. By identifying which micronutrients you are likely deficient in, as well as which current health conditions they may be causing or could potentially cause, and by then taking the necessary steps to fill in those micronutrient gaps and become micronutrient sufficient, you put yourself on the path to preventingFUTURE disease or reversing any ill health you may be experiencing.

Want to know how toGET more micronutrients from your food?CHECK out these 13 nutrients you aren't eating enough of to find out how to cure common deficiencies and get more vitamins and minerals from natural food sources.

Here are several studies from various esteemed institutions highlighting the connection between a variety of health conditions and diseases and particular micronutrient deficiencies.

Heart Disease

In a study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers concluded that congestive heart failure (from a wide variety of causes) is strongly correlated with significantly low blood and tissue levels of the accessory micronutrient coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10). The study determined that the severity of heart diseaseCORRELATES with the severity of CoQ10 deficiency and concluded, "CoQ10 deficiency might be a major if not the sole cause of cardiomyopathy [heart disease]."

Additionally, in a 2014 study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, researchers determined that a daily dose of just 800 international units (IU) of vitamin D3 reduced theRISK of heart failure by 25 percent.

In a study published in The Lancet, vitamin ESUPPLEMENTATIONwas shown to reduce the risk of myocardial infarction (heart attack) by 77 percent in patients with existing coronary artery disease.

Vitamin K2, which is only found in animal sources and is often deficient in the American diet, can reduce incidents of heart disease byDIRECTING

calcium out of your arteries and into your bones. Researchers at Erasmus University Medical Center in Rotterdam, Netherlands, studied 4,807 men and women for more than seven years and determined that supplementation with vitamin K2 improved cardiovascular health by reducing arterial calcium accumulation by 50 percent and slashed the risk of a cardiovascular event by 50 percent. Additionally, according to a 2012 study out of Harokopio University of Athens, in Greece, vitamin K2 serves up added bone benefits and induces positive changes in bone mass by allowing for proper use of calcium in the body.

A 2013 scientificREVIEW

of seven randomized controlled trials found that an average of 101,028 cardiovascular events could be avoided each year if all U.S. adults over the age of 55 diagnosed with coronary heart disease were toSUPPLEMENT

using B6, B9 (folate), and B12 at protective intake levels.

More: 3 Steps to Cure Deficiency

Cancer

Michael Holick, MD, of Boston University School of Medicine, notes in his study on vitamin D and sunlight that women who are vitamin D deficient have a 253 percent increasedRISK

for developing colorectal cancer and a 222 percent increasedRISK

for developing breast cancer. He suggests that blood levels of vitamin D at the time of diagnosis of breast cancer accurately predict a woman's survival.

Another study out of Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto, Canada, showed that women with low levels of vitamin D at diagnosis of breast cancer are 94 percent more likely to have the cancer metastasize and 73 percent more likely to die within 10 years of diagnosis.

Studies out of the Arizona Cancer Center and Cornell University determined that total cancer mortality was reduced by 50 percent in those taking 200 micrograms of selenium daily. TheRISK

of developing prostate cancer was reduced by as much as 74 percent, colorectal cancer by 58 percent, and lung cancer by 48 percent.

Alzheimer's Disease

In a study published in the European Journal of Neurology, researchers concluded that individuals with elevated homocysteine levels caused by a vitamin B12 deficiency had more than twice the risk of developing Alzheimer's disease. And in the largest study yet to find an association between low levels of vitamin D and dementia, published in the journalNeurology, researchers determined that individuals with low vitamin D levels may have twice the risk of developing Alzheimer's as individuals with sufficient levels.

More: Your Vitamin D Cheat Sheet

Infertility

In 2011, researchers from the obstetrics and gynecology department at the University of Auckland, New Zealand,REVIEWED

more than 30 studies on the correlation between subfertile men and antioxidantSUPPLEMENTATION

. They discovered that antioxidants—such as vitamins C and E and zinc—reduced infertility and increased the odds of conception more than fourfold.

And fertility studies focusing on female participants have fared even better. In a recent British study, daily supplementation with 200 micrograms of selenium along with 400 milligrams of magnesium allowed 100 percent of the previously infertile women in the study to conceive and give birth.

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