Everything about Fat Deficiency Diseases: Symptoms & Prevention

Eating a large amount of fats has adverse effects on a person's health. However, not getting adequate fat in the diet can lead to various problems.

Keep reading to know the symptoms and signs for diseases caused due to fat deficiency.

Fat deficiency happens due to the lack of fat in your diet. It can lead to fat deficiency disease such as EFA deficiency disease. Polyunsaturated and monounsaturated fats should be part of everyone's diet. These fats are present in nuts, seeds, avocados, olive oil and fatty fish.

The symptoms of fat deficiency are as follows –

• Scaly, dry skin
• Not able to lose weight 
• Constantly feeling cold
• Always feeling hungry
• Hormonal imbalance

Now that you know the symptoms, you will be able to easily identify it beforehand to steer clear of diseases caused due to fat deficiency accordingly.

The primary causes behind fat deficiency are listed below.

• Eating disorders
• Inflammatory bowel disorders
• Colectomy

Human beings fall victim to several diseases caused due to fat deficiency. Some of them are –

• Heart diseases
• Colon cancer
• Vitamin deficiency diseases
• Weaker immune system
• Hormonal imbalance
• Essential fatty acid (EFA) deficiency diseases
• Dermatitis

Now that you know about the reasons behind diseases caused due to fat deficiency, let’s find out how to prevent them.

The daily consumption of essential fatty acids should be 2.7% of the total normal calorie requirement for children. Diseases caused due to fats deficiency can be treated by reversing the deficit and dietary EFAs.

Dietary fat is essential to carry out various biological processes in the body. The eighth edition of 2015-2020 Dietary Guidelines for Americans recommends the consumption of 5 ounces of seeds and nuts per week.