What are the white spots that sometimes show on my fingernail?!


Question: What are the white spots that sometimes show on my fingernail.?
Occasionally I get these white spots that start at my cuticle and eventually go to the top of my nail. I get them on my toes as well. Is it a vitamin deficiency.? Or is it something else.? Thanks in AdvanceHealth Question & Answer


Answers:
If it is a recurring thing then its usually a zinc deficiency.
I am a vegetarian and before i sorted my diet out i was getting these white marks on my nails which i was mistakenly putting down to lack of calcium [which is a myth].

this link will show you how zinc plays a role in our diets and sources of zinc so you can add to you're diet.

http://www.vegsoc.org/info/zinc.html

Zinc deficiency can also cause other symptoms so rethinking you're diet would certainly make a difference to you're health in general.


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