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If you pay attention, you'll discover that your body is giving you lots of signals about how it is doing. Body Language helps you interpret those signals

"This website introduces you to the idea that there are many hundreds of ‘Body Language’ signals telling you about the state of your health, and what you need to look after your body. This isn’t more healthy eating advice. It’s about your body’s signs and symptoms to help you to lead a healthier, enrich your life, and live longer."

For example:
Do you suffer from skin cracks at the corners of your mouth?
If you do, you may be deficient in VITAMIN B2 and B6.
Symptoms of vitamin B2 and B6 deficiencies include painful cracks in the corners of the mouth and on the lips and a sore mouth and tongue. The tongue may turn magenta, and greasy (seborrheic) patches may appear around the nose and in the area between the nose and the lips.

My favorite:
Does your baby's urine smell of maple syrup?

If so, you should seek medical attention.

Maple Syrup Urine Disease (MSUD) is an extremely rare inherited metabolic disorder characterized by a distinctive sweet odor of the urine and sweat. It is a serious disorder that, unless treated promptly and correctly, can be life threatening. Therapy must be started at the earliest possible age to achieve the best results. MSUD is manageable, just as diabetes is manageable, but care and attention must be given to diet and to the treatment of even minor illnesses.

Symptoms develop because the body is unable to break down (metabolize) three of the essential amino acids, leucine, isoleucine, and valine. They are essential because they are used by the body to build proteins, and they are three of 11 amino acids that must be obtained as part of the daily diet since the body cannot synthesize them. These three amino aids share a common characteristic of chemical structure and are thus known as the branched chain amino acids (BCAAs). An affected newborn will present with abnormally high concentrations of acidic metabolic by-products of the BCAAs in the blood and other tissues (metabolic acidosis) that, if left untreated, may lead to seizures or coma, and may be life-threatening.

[ On the plus side, you're always ready for a steaming stack of flapjacks. ]

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