Re: vitamins; supplements (was: breakfast)

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In a message dated 02/10/2001 7:29:18 AM Pacific Standard Time,

ottercritter@... writes:

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Ok...this is going to sound stupid.....but....what are water soluble

vitamins? (turning red from embarrassment)

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in Constable wrote:

<< One hazard (?) of this WOE is that last fall I developed a very sore

tongue and mouth. A check in the Nutrition Almanac pointed to Vitamin B

deficiency. I bought some B-50 tabs, and it cleared up. I think that the

lack of grain products in my diet over a year and a half of time perhaps

dumped me into a B deficiency. >>

It's a hazard for all diabetics. I urge all to supplement not only with

B-complex but all the water-soluble vitamins. We tend to lose them, as well

as ourr electrolytes. Be sure to take the full B-complex and not just

selected B's, to get the maximum advantage. I find Centrum Silver to be a

good multi, and I add the water-soluble vitamins to that, plus a few other

supplements that are supposed to be good for us diabetics.

Susie

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Freebienut asked about water-soluble vitamins. The difference between them

and fat-soluble vitamins is that they regularly leave your body as you

urinate, sweat, etc., whereas fat-soluble vitamins can build up in your

body, even to a dangerous degree. A fat-soluble vitamin overload can be

surprisingly dangerous.

Fat-soluble vitamins are A, D, E and K. Of those, E is the only one that

does not appear to build up to dangerous levels in our bodies. Vitamin D is

much more efficiently absorbed by spending a little time in the sun without

sunscreen than via diet or supplementation. Water-soluble vitamins include:

Thiamin (B1)

Riboflavin (B2)

Niacin (Nicotinic acid)

Pantothenic acid

Pyrodoxinc B6

B12

Folic acid

Choline

Electrolytes include potassium, sodium, phosphorus and calcium. If low in

potassium, you can take potassium supplements. (They tend to upset the

stomach.) If low in sodium and/or chloride and increased salt intake doesn't

aggravate your hypertension, you can increase your salt intake. Taking an

ACE inhibitor (which diabetics should do, even if they don't have

hypertension) not only helps protect the kidneys but is

potassium-potentiating, meaning it helps accumulate potassium (which we tend

to lose from urination).

Susie

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In a message dated 02/10/2001 11:35:35 AM Pacific Standard Time,

ottercritter@... writes:

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Thanks for the info Susie :-)

Danna