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Multivitamins are very nutrient dense and cheap.
by zrs6yk 7y ago
Multivitamins are very nutrient dense and cheap.
- cmurf 7y agoYeah but to what degree are they absorbed and used versus just peed out? What is the mechanism by which nutrients are absorbed? Does the gut recognize a nutrient indirectly only because it comes along for the ride with XYZ plant or animal? Or does the gut directly recognize the nutrient?
- def_true_false 7y ago> Yeah but to what degree are they absorbed and used versus just peed out? Considering multivitamins cost basically nothing, you don't have to care about paying for the stuff you end up peeing out.
- zrs6yk 7y agoWell if in blood test you are diagnosed with vitamin deficiency, it's treated with pills. So they are effective. 1. Take it together with food (containing fat) so it gets dissolved. 2. For each micronutrient check if it's in the best available form, and big enough dose.
- bluGill 7y agoSometimes vitamin deficiency is treated will pills. I know people who have to get vitamin shots because pills don't work for their condition. I always tell people treat vitamin deficiency with a healthy diet, if that doesn't work you have a gut problem and pills won't fix it either. I'm not a doctor, but it is a reasonable claim.
- QuantumAphid 7y agoMultivitamins are not food, at least not natural whole food. They're supplements, as in to supplement any gap in vitamins from eating actual food.