I have been dwelling upon this peculiarity of human life for a bit: there are certain substances which the human body needs for its proper functioning, and yet the lack of that substance corresponds with no specifically recognized human feeling.

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I have been dwelling upon this peculiarity of human life for a bit: there are certain substances which the human body needs for its proper functioning, and yet the lack of that substance corresponds with no specifically recognized human feeling.

What's it like to feel low on magnesium? If you're not getting quite enough linoleic acid, how would you tell?

A long term deficiency leads to a syndrome, a definite disease, and #medicine has its definitions for hypomagnesemia and other such fundamental deficiencies, and the symptoms produced by prolonged lack.