2023-11-02 15:50:54
05:48 PM Thursday 02 November 2023
The Consulto
There is a nutrient that is extremely important to the body, and one must be careful not to let its levels in the blood fall below the normal range, according to Dr. Jamal Shaaban, former dean of the National Heart Institute.
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Shaaban said that the nutrient he is referring to is “vitamin D,” noting that its levels in the body must be more than 50 nano/mol.
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The former dean of the Heart Institute added that a deficiency of vitamin D to less than 25 nano/mol poses a great danger to human health, explaining that the elderly are among the groups that suffer most from its deficiency in the body, in addition to children, kidney patients, and people who suffer from problems in the digestive system.
He pointed out that it is easy to detect vitamin D deficiency in the body through a group of symptoms, the most prominent of which are:
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– Osteoporosis.
– Joint pain.
– Chest pain.
– Arrhythmia.
– Exhaustion.
– Weak immunity.
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Shaaban stressed that vitamin D deficiency can be compensated for by eating foods rich in it, such as dairy products, eggs, and fish, and daily exposure to sunlight and obtaining nutritional supplements under the supervision of a doctor.
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