Link between obesity and vitamin deficiency
If you want to lose weight, it is extra important that you get what you really need. Such as vitamins: these can then be compromised. Vitamins are a weighty issue in other ways too.
It may sound strange, but being overweight can lead to a vitamin deficiency. And to make it even more complicated: a vitamin deficiency can also lead to obesity. Time to give a good indication of what overweight and vitamins have to do with each other.
Vitamin A and E
Research shows that overweight people regularly have a deficiency of both vitamin A and vitamin E. Their daily diet contains too little of these vitamins to meet this extra demand.
Vitamin D
A vitamin D deficiency can cause more fat storage and therefore obesity. It also applies the other way around: overweight people often have a D deficiency. The reasons for this are diverse. Vitamin D is stored in adipose tissue, making less vitamin D available in the body.
A lower production of vitamin D in the skin may also be the cause. This in turn is because overweight people move less and wear skin-covering clothing more often.
Vitamin B1
Vitamin B1 deficiency is also common in overweight people. Their high consumption of refined and fatty products means that they eat deficient foods and therefore do not receive enough vitamin B1. The moment someone starts to lose weight, the risk of a vitamin B1 deficiency remains: due to an energy-restricted diet, the intake of vitamin B1 is often at the low customer.
Vitamin B5
Vitamin B5 is closely involved in fat burning. The moment someone starts to lose weight, vitamin B5 is badly needed. This vitamin ensures that fat is released from the adipose tissue and is burned. This ensures the desired weight loss and ensures that someone has a less strong feeling of hunger.
Vitamin B6
Obese people often have a much lower vitamin B6 value. That is why extra attention for vitamin B6 is necessary when these people start to lose weight. Research has shown that a good vitamin B6 status keeps the body in better balance.
Folic Acid (Vitamin B11)
Overweight people are at risk of folic acid deficiency. Recent research shows that after the menopause, overweight women have much lower folic acid levels than with a normal weight.
Vitamin B12
Vitamin B12 deficiency is more common in obese people. It is not entirely clear what exactly causes this. It may be caused by the diet or because these people need more vitamin B12.
Vitamin C
Obese people probably need more vitamin C. Furthermore, vitamin C appears to be related to the distribution of fat in the body. People with little vitamin C in the blood have a higher waist circumference than people with a higher vitamin C status.
Vitamin K
Research shows that women with a lot of fat tissue have much less vitamin K1 in the body. Significant amounts of vitamin K1 are stored in adipose tissue. When this happens, the body cannot utilize this vitamin. Vitamin K is important for the prevention of a number of chronic diseases such as cardiovascular disease and diabetes.
Conclusion
It is important for overweight people to ensure a good supply of vitamins. The next step is to lose weight. During this process, the vitamin status remains a point of attention, because deficiencies can also arise or worsen during weight loss.
In these situations the advice applies: take a normally dosed multivitamin. That is a necessary addition. Opt for a multivitamin with 100 to 300 percent RDA (Recommended Daily Allowance).
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