pruned fingertips

[kt]

Shelley, the undersides of my fingertips have had a shrivelled, prune-like appearance, with vertical and horizontal lines, for a few months now. Since I've been on the anti-candida diet they have filled out a bit, but they're still not back to normal. Any idea what causes this - if it highlights a deficiency of something? They look really strange!

[shelley]

Yes, MAJOR deficiencies, broad-spectrum, of vitamins and minerals. Now don't go out and buy a ton of pills, you have to take care of this with real foods and concentrated foods as much as possible. You can definitely take advantage of the super-foods that I list in the FAQ of course, and a broad-spectrum mineral supplement is okay (I like Solaray's Mega Multi Mineral), minerals do okay as pills but most vitamins do really lousy once synthesized.