Hi guys,

For the last week I've had a headache off and on. When I got out of the shower yesterday morning, I noticed I seemed very pale with deep dark circles. I was short of breath after folding the clothes and again after cleaning the bathroom. I just really felt worn out.

I called one of my very good friends who is a nurse. She told me to come right over. She checked my vitals (which were okay) and went with me to get a physical and my blood checked at the emergency clinic. The results are in. Turns out, I'm suffering from iron deficiency. My calcium levels were also low. Besides that, I'm in great health. Because of the fact that we eat so much meat products and also because I have well water with a trace amount of iron in it, I figured I was safe. Obviously not. On the way home, we stopped and I got an iron supplement and a calcium w/ D supplement. Now I'll have 4 supplements to take every day -- my Atkins Basic 3 multivitamin and Atkins Essential Oils are the other two.

I found a terrific link which tells you exactly what symptoms you can expect from deficiency in just about every basic vitamin and mineral.

http://www.diet-secrets.com/vitamin...rals_chart.html

I just thought I'd post this in case anyone else wasn't feeling well.