Point taken pamojja, though in adults, aside from mag & cal, deficiencies of trace min's don't look all that problematic to me.
Certain populations like vegans (might be low on zinc), and menstruating females (low on iron), but other than this the traces seem to take care of themselves quite well.
I've always been quite carnivorous, so I'm not worried about zinc, & I get plenty of calcium from dairy. I do supplement Magnesium, the most common mineral deficiency, which I mentioned above.
I chelate to try and remove toxic traces like cadmium, lead, arsenic, excess copper (from copper plumbing) and polonium (from smoking).
I check ferritin often as I wound up well into triple digits when I stopped donating blood for a few years a while back. I've found after pulling ferritin down to 50 through blood donation, that it rises to 100+ within a year of my last donation. I've been donating a pint every 4 months to keep it closer to the sweet spot @ 50 (for those concerned with ferrotoxic disease).
http://www.irondisor...org/iron-tests/
"Optimal SF ranges for men and women are 25 – 75 ng/ml. Individuals with risk factors for diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, stoke, liver diseases and cancer face amplified risks proportional to the amount of stored body iron over and above the optimal range.
Numerous medical research studies have demonstrated that serum ferritin above 100 ng/ml has been associated with decreased cardio vascular fitness and increased incidences of: atherosclerosis, type 2 diabetes, cancer gout and accelerated aging including osteoporosis and sarcopenia (muscle wasting) due to oxidative stress"
Edited by Dorian Grey, 23 May 2017 - 03:23 PM.