Re: Supplement to replinish vitamins that Metformin inhibits
From: =?iso-8859-2?q?Zalányi Sámuel ?= (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed, 13 Jun 2001 18:29:41 +0200
<anonymous@medispecialty.com (LF)> 2001.06.12. 15:23:54 -5h-kor írta:
Dear LF,
There is a plethora of info about vit A and the end conclusion is that any extra amount of it may be harmful in early pg. The only proven supplement is 800 mcg of folic acid/day (dozens of articles on this too.)
A: you have mistaken me. I sad, that B12 does NOT get absorbed from the intestinal system, therefore there is no need to take it orally (only injections work).
Sam
> Dr. Sam,
>
> You probably disagree, but I checked into the vitamin A issue. According
> to this article,
> http://www.obgyn.net/women/med-chest/med51104.htm
>
> the dosage (4,000 to 5,000 IU) in most prenatal vitamins is safe.
>
> The particular vitamin that I'm taking (mentioned earlier in this
> thread) has 5,000 IU in 2 tablets, 1/2 of which comes from beta
> carotene, and 1/2 from another source. I'm currently taking 1 tablet a
> day, so I'm getting 2,500 IU from the vitamin.
>
> Q: Are you saying that B12 can only come from food sources? What is a
> good source?
>
> LF
>
> At Tue, 12 Jun 2001, =?iso-8859-2?q?Zalányi wrote:
> >
> >Hi,
> >
> >You should not, because the only proven component in those multivitamins is
> >folic acid all the others are ... well bogus. (A good example is vit B12,
> >which absolutely does not get absorbed from the intestinal tract, why is it
> >then put into those complexes?) Besides they also contain vit A which is
> >proven to be DANGEROUS in early pg.
> >
> >Sam
> >
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