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CP and vitamins

janev825
janev825

Hi everyone I have a question about CP and vitamin deficiency. My doc told me to take a multivitamin because CP can cause vitamin deficiencies. However if the CP causes my body not to absorb vitamins how is the multi going to help me? Also how do I know if I'm deficient in any particular vitamin? Advice would be appreciated. Thanks.

TerryL
TerryL
I think the vitamins you get from food is more difficult to break out using your own body chemistry. Therefore, if you take a multi vitamin, it is more in it's concentrated form, not inside food. Like taking a vitamin C pill versus eating an orange. You get all your daily supply (and usually more than your daily supply) from the pill form. Therefore, even if your body only absorbs a fraction of the pill, it would be more than what it would get from an orange, etc.

I started using multi vitamins after I was diagnosed with mild CP. After seeing a new doctor, he claims I don't have CP anymore, which is hard for me to swallow. Needless to say, I still take the vitamis (a multi, a C and a B12). I still get really tired and I like this to the deficientcy. I hope this helps.
dexter12
dexter12
Nutrients like vitamins found in food need to be broken down by the pancreas. However, the enzymes have a hard time digesting the food - so the multivitamin by-passes all of that and adequately supplies your daily vitamin intake.
njdevil2
njdevil2
My wife uses Eco-power drink. It's a non-sugary vitamin powder you add to water. It does not taste like all the other bad vitamin waters. The importance of drinking vitamins as opposed to pills is the absorbtion rate.