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Iodine deficiency is still shockingly widespread. According to World Health Organization, "Iodine deficiency is the world’s most prevalent, yet easily preventable, cause of brain damage."
http://www.who.int/nutrition/topics/idd/en/
And many believe it is even still widespread in first world countries: https://hypothyroidmom.com/busting-the-iodine-myths/
👤waskosky🕑7y🔼0🗨️0
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B12 is another deficiency that is definitely more common than tenths of a percent in the United States. [1]
[1] https://www.ars.usda.gov/news-events/news/research-news/2000...
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In a study of college athletes, males were deficient in about 40% of the vitamins and 50% of the minerals required. The female athletes were better but were still deficient in 29% of the vitamins and 40% of the minerals RDA.
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About 1-3% of middle aged people have insufficient stomach acid, meaning that nutrients are not fully absorbed.
👤amelius🕑7y🔼0🗨️0
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What about K2?
👤mtgx🕑7y🔼0🗨️0
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Also potassium. Very few hit the RDA and most are shocked how high it is.
👤Lost_BiomedE🕑7y🔼0🗨️0
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A tenth of a percent of the U.S population is 300,000 people. (I don't really understand what the rest of your comment means.)
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Zinc as well.
👤ipunchghosts🕑7y🔼0🗨️0
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Vitamin D supplementation is also still controversial, so there isn't even good consensus on that.
👤smt88🕑7y🔼0🗨️0
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Ironic how the majority of replies in a geek thread are so confident about health when we know - statistically speaking - the majority of you geeks are in terrible health!
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Every other deficiency is in the tenths of a percent range, well outside of the level at which people in the general population would be treated if it were e.g. antibiotics or other non dietary drugs.