When your pancreas doesn't make enough digestive enzymes, your body can't break down fats properly, so you can't absorb important vitamins like A, D, E, and K from your food — leading to deficiencies.

When your pancreas doesn't make enough digestive juices, your body can't properly absorb vitamins A, D, E, and K from your food—so you might end up low on all of them at once.

People with long-term pancreas inflammation often lack vitamin D — about 6 in 10 of them do — but even those with very damaged pancreases aren’t more likely to be deficient than those with milder damage, so how bad the pancreas looks on a scan doesn’t tell you if someone needs more vitamin D.