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> Thank you very much for taking the time to write these comments. You're welcome, thanks for the feedback. The only thing my girlfriend can do for herself wh
by tcj_phx 10y ago
> Thank you very much for taking the time to write these comments.
You're welcome, thanks for the feedback.
The only thing my girlfriend can do for herself while in the mental hospital is eat sugar for the stress response and caffeine-free coffee for the magnesium & Vitamin B1. The drugs they put her on are known to harm the metabolism, so she's put on a little weight, but sugar is a better source of calories than starch.
As for exercise, I think weight-bearing exercise is much more helpful than cardio (which is very stressful). Muscle burns calories; endurance runners waste away.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11589373 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11589373
- jsprogrammer 10y agoAccording to the USDA nutrient database, brewed coffee has no vitamin B1 and very little magnesium. Can she take a vitamin supplement? Ideally, all her nutrients would be gotten through daily food.
- tcj_phx 10y agoI'm pretty sure there is some amount of B-vitamins in coffee, and some other useful substances. When you're locked up in a mental hospital you're mostly helpless to do anything for yourself. The food is usually pretty bad...
- jsprogrammer 10y agoIt looks like only trace amounts of niacin and pantothenic acid [0]. I have no doubt that the food is bad. I just don't want anyone to drink coffee and think that they are getting any type of adequate intake of vitamins. [0] https://ndb.nal.usda.gov/ndb/foods/show/4271?fgcd=&man=&lfacet=&count=&max=&sort=&qlookup=&offset=&format=Full&new=&measureby= https://ndb.nal.usda.gov/ndb/foods/show/4271?fgcd=&man=&lfac...