5 Useful Elements Our Bodies Often Lack and How We Can Get Them

Unfortunately, due to the fact that our lives are so fast-paced, we can fall victim to consuming an unbalanced diet.

When we combine this with the amount of stress that we experience, it can often lead to feeling exhausted, sluggish, and fatigued.

This is because we are experiencing a vitamin and element deficiency that isn’t being correct by a natural and healthy diet.
Here are five elements that our bodies often lack, what they are needed for, and how we can get them.

1. Potassium: potassium is vital to our water balance, our muscles and nerve cells, as well as our heart pressure.
When we have a deficiency in potassium, we can get fragile bones, feel depressed, have renal insufficiency, and even experience heart arrhythmias.

A deficiency in potassium is due to an unbalanced diet.
You are supposed to consume anywhere from three to five grams a day and you can get it from baked potatoes, dried apricots, bananas, and spinach.

2. Fiber: comes from eating complex meals that have cellulose fibers.
However, because we are always on the go, we often consume sugary snack foods that have a lot of simple wheat and carbs.
When you don’t get enough fiber it can lead to constipation, an increase in cholesterol, and diabetes.
You need it to maintain a healthy microflora, to clean out the body and to decrease your sugar levels.
You can get fiber from beans, raspberries, and quinoa.

3. Calcium: when you either 1. Don’t consume enough dairy products or 2. Over consume large amounts of caffeine, you’re going to run into a calcium deficiency.
Caffeine flushes the body out of its calcium.
When you are deficient in this, it can cause bone and joint disorders, heart failure, and cavities.
You need it to prevent blood clotting, strengthen your teeth and bones, and help your brain work.
You can get it from poppy seeds, almonds, dairy products, and broccoli.

4. Vitamin D: if you don’t get enough sunlight or don’t use supplements, then you aren’t getting enough vitamin D.
You need it to assimilate in the vitamins K and MG, you need it to have a strong immune system, and it will increase your energy levels.
If you are deficient in this, it can lead to bone and joint disorders, hair loss, colds, and insomnia.
You can get it from canned tuna, salmon, or the sun!

5. Iron: since our bodies cannot produce iron, you have to get it from the food you eat or in a supplement form.
Unfortunately, for women, you will lose iron during your monthly cycles and for everyone, it gets lost during bowel movements.
You need it for proper hormone production, metabolism, and the transportation of oxygen to the body’s tissues.
If you are deficient in this it can lead to hair loss, skin dryness, fragile nails and anemia.

You can get it from beef, chicken, and even some dark leafy greens.

If you are eating a balanced diet that is filled with lots of vegetables, protein, and fiber, you should be getting the recommended dosage of the above elements.

However, it is extremely important that you keep track of what you are eating and what your symptoms are as these can indicate whether you are hitting the mark or not.

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