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Vitamin deficiency to cause modern ills
London, Feb 16: Vitamin shortage might be responsible for triggering many of the modern life ills, latest study says.''The deficiency of one or more of the 40 micro-nutrients in people's diet, essential for a healthy life could be compensated by taking dietary supplements in the form of vitamin pills to counteract many of the disorders associated with ageing,'' the Independent quoted Professor Bruce Ames, of University of California as saying.
This
chronic
shortage
of
vitamins
and
other
'micro-nutrients'
in
the
diet
might
result
in
diseases
such
as
cancer,
obesity
and
the
degenerative
diseases
of
ageing.
Many
people
on
a
high-calorie
diet
in
the
West
or
poor
diet
in
developing
countries
were
short
of
micro-nutrients,
causing
the
body
to
go
into
an
emergency
'triage'
response
in
which
it
tried
to
keep
its
metabolism
in
balance
by
the
process
of
compensation,
ensuring
immediate
survival.
''The
consequences
included
increase
in
DNA
damage,
causing
future
cancers,
a
lowered
immune
defence,
and
a
decay
of
the
mitochondrial
'power
plants'
of
the
cells,
which
causes
accelerated
ageing,''
he
added.
UNI
