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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 590250" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>Another one here recommending having her tested for deficiencies. What very few people ever recognize is that MOST of the vitamins and minerals in those store bought tablets are not really bioavailable. I was horrified when I took a nutrition class and we studied the various nutrients and what our body could actually use and what was given to us in vitamins, fortified food products, etc.... Bioavailable vitamins are ones your body can use, and sadly most of the ones given as supplements are not bioavailable. The body has to work to change them into a bioavailable form or else to clean them out of us. I have known several people who worked cleaning out portapotties at various parks/construction sites/etc.... They have ALL talked about hwo shocked they were to see tons of little white pellets in the waste and then realizing that mostly it was undissolved vitamins of this or that type. Many are not in forms we can fully break down and they go through just like a rock would - in one piece, maybe a bit smaller than when they went in. Much of the measured amt of nutrients are not able to be dissolved off of the vitamin and what does get dissolved doesn't actually give much benefit.</p><p></p><p>The vitamins that a doctor prescribes are far more likely to be able to be used by your body. You don't take the forever unless you ahve some metabolic problem. You are given a very high dose so that you can get enough of the specific nutrient and they are far more likely to be in a form your body can absorb and use. You don't get one pill with both the vitamins that need fat to be absorbed/used and the ones that need water and no fat to be absorbed/used by your body. You get one medication with the form of vitamin that you need. I may not be saying this clearly, but it is not wise to depend on multivitamins to fill any real need. </p><p></p><p>If she is craving these foods to the point that she digs up rotting apples and eats them, then if at all possible she should be tested for deficiencies of nutrients. It is possible she has no deficiencies, but if there is one and you could fix it rather than having her eat all these quantities of rotting foods etc.... wouldn't you rather know? </p><p></p><p>There is something to the idea that you cannot realy control her eating forever. Not unless you are going to have her living with you forever. Even then, you probably cannot stop some things.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 590250, member: 1233"] Another one here recommending having her tested for deficiencies. What very few people ever recognize is that MOST of the vitamins and minerals in those store bought tablets are not really bioavailable. I was horrified when I took a nutrition class and we studied the various nutrients and what our body could actually use and what was given to us in vitamins, fortified food products, etc.... Bioavailable vitamins are ones your body can use, and sadly most of the ones given as supplements are not bioavailable. The body has to work to change them into a bioavailable form or else to clean them out of us. I have known several people who worked cleaning out portapotties at various parks/construction sites/etc.... They have ALL talked about hwo shocked they were to see tons of little white pellets in the waste and then realizing that mostly it was undissolved vitamins of this or that type. Many are not in forms we can fully break down and they go through just like a rock would - in one piece, maybe a bit smaller than when they went in. Much of the measured amt of nutrients are not able to be dissolved off of the vitamin and what does get dissolved doesn't actually give much benefit. The vitamins that a doctor prescribes are far more likely to be able to be used by your body. You don't take the forever unless you ahve some metabolic problem. You are given a very high dose so that you can get enough of the specific nutrient and they are far more likely to be in a form your body can absorb and use. You don't get one pill with both the vitamins that need fat to be absorbed/used and the ones that need water and no fat to be absorbed/used by your body. You get one medication with the form of vitamin that you need. I may not be saying this clearly, but it is not wise to depend on multivitamins to fill any real need. If she is craving these foods to the point that she digs up rotting apples and eats them, then if at all possible she should be tested for deficiencies of nutrients. It is possible she has no deficiencies, but if there is one and you could fix it rather than having her eat all these quantities of rotting foods etc.... wouldn't you rather know? There is something to the idea that you cannot realy control her eating forever. Not unless you are going to have her living with you forever. Even then, you probably cannot stop some things. [/QUOTE]
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