Essentials of Good Health

By Dr Jaan Suurküla

The main purpose of this site is to help you find out what is really essential and useful among the myriad of health advice and "miracle" preparations offered at the internet.

As a first item for the English version, I have written about nutrient deficiencies in vegetarians that I have often seen in my clinical practice, or have been reported in the litterature. I am not against vegetarianism, but I am highly concerned about nutrient deficiencies occurring from lacking knowledge of nutrition in many new vegetarians. It seems to me that this is a quite common and underestimated problem - in my experience the majority has some deficiency of essential nutrients because they are not found in vegetarian food in sufficient amounts.

1. Common nutritional deficiencies. Deficiencies of essential nutrients affect the wellbeing negatively and can cause severe disoders. Advice for optimal food supplementation.
2. Swine flu Available only in Swedish.