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so today we’re going to talk about how

to determine nutrient deficiencies based

on looking at your nails now I’ve done a

webinar on this topic before which is

more of a complete video talking about

the hair the skin inside the mouth so

you can check that out I put a link down

below but in this video we’re going to

focus just on your nail now your nail

gives a lot of clues on what’s going on

internally relating to your nutrients

and your foods so let’s kind of go

through step by step let’s start with

vertical ridges okay that could be a

slow thyroid hypothyroidism

but it can also be a deficiency in

vitamin b12 okay or iron but if you’re

deficient in iron you’re gonna have

probably one or two ridges which are

gonna be a little bit bigger if your

nails are brittle and they break easily

usually a deficiency in folate okay this

comes from leafy greens people that have

brittle nails usually do not consume

enough vegetables also deficiency in

biotin which is related to your flora or

your good bacteria because your microbes

actually can make biotin now if you have

a history of taking antibiotics or you

have some digestive issue you may be

deficient in biotin just from that and

also fungus on the nail which is kind of

a yellowish discoloration on your nail

that’s a fungus that’s due to low biotin

because there’s some imbalance inside

your gut okay and that biotin is not not

working that well also taking silica

will strengthen your nails as well if

you have this little white spot which

this is green but it would be white

that’s usually a zinc deficiency if the

white spot is right in the center and

the nail grows every six months we know

you probably had a birthday party six

months ago and you ate the entire cake

because we’re finding carbohydrates and

sugar deplete zinc also stress will

deplete zinc as well and so well IBS

digestive issues

a lot of issues with your digestion will

create a zinc deficiency including low

stomach acid okay if you get the

horizontal white lines through here okay

that’s more of a low calcium now over

here we have horizontal lines which are

thicker but they’re not as white that’s

usually a deficiency of vitamin b3

niacin if the nail is slightly brown or

grey that could be low b12 and a b12

deficiency can occur if you’re a vegan

you’re not taking me 12 because b12

comes from animal products or it could

be that you had gastric bypass which

affects the digestion and the absorption

• b12 or it could be low stomach acids

if the nail is clubbed let’s say for

example it’s coming up like this that

can be a problem with the liver or

kidney if you have this pattern where

most of it is excessively white you just

the top part is pink a pink strip and

that could be b12 if the nail is

completely white or blue that can be a

b1 deficiency so as you can see the

common theme is low B vitamins and low

minerals because both of those nutrients

are involved as coenzymes in proteins

and your nail is mostly protein so it’s

not just a matter of consuming protein

it’s a matter of taking the nutrients in

the foods to turn on certain enzymes to

make the protein grow correctly if

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