I’ve noticed over the past couple of weeks that all my fingernails are discolored under the nails, right at the tips. Right before the nail grows out there are 1-2mm horizontal bands that follow across the curve of the nails. They’re a couple of shades darker than the normal pink under my nails, and don’t hurt. I’m apparently not phasing a search right, since I’ve yet to find anything through a search engine that describes it. Does anyone know if it’s a symptom of anything? I’m looking more for “clues” than medical advice…
I’m also curious if it could be connected to the fact that I changed my eating habits, for the better, several weeks ago. I have a wicked sweet-tooth, and I decided that if I don’t want to become really unhealthy, I should cut back on my sweets intake- by about 90%. It makes me wonder if there actually are some nutrients in sweets (chocolate, candy, pastries etc) that I’m currently lacking, since some things I have been able to find about fingernails say that vitamin deficiencies can show up in your nails. Do sweets provide more than calories?