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Vitamins
This may seem like a backwards way of looking at it, but does it pay to take vitamin supplements if I have D 8+ time a day? Is it a waste of money if I'm not absorbing anything? I'm especially concerned right now because my hair has noticably thinned in the past month. I've always had fine hair but I'm having a hard time even keeping it in a braid because it all slips out. Hair should be the least of my worries but it's a concern.
Only speaking for myself, I took several kinds of vitamins. Tex advised me to cut down on all that I was taking and just keep up with the D, B's, and fish oil. I did and as my bowels became better, I began adding more back. Also, check your vitamins, look for any suspicious signs regarding their fillers and how they were manufactured. Usually, the better (read more expensive) vitamins are of higher quality and content. Btw, are you taking any biotin? Biotin is great for hair, skin and nails.
Mandy
Mandy
DebE,
I tend to agree with you that when the D is so bad that we can't utilize the vitamins in our food, we're not likely to get much benefit from vitamin supplements either, because whether those vitamins are fat-soluble or water-soluble, when we're in a flare, we aren't able to absorb more than a small amount of fats, and our water-recovery system isn't working very well, either, so supplements are not likely to do us much good, unless we bypass the standard route, (such as sublingual lozenges).
IMO, it's best to concentrate on resolving the D first, and then fine-tuning nutritional needs later. More than a few members have found that when they stopped taking all their supplements, medications, etc., their D stopped. That doesn't mean that doing so will work for everyone, of course, but many pharmaceuticals do cause problems for many of us with MC.
Tex
I tend to agree with you that when the D is so bad that we can't utilize the vitamins in our food, we're not likely to get much benefit from vitamin supplements either, because whether those vitamins are fat-soluble or water-soluble, when we're in a flare, we aren't able to absorb more than a small amount of fats, and our water-recovery system isn't working very well, either, so supplements are not likely to do us much good, unless we bypass the standard route, (such as sublingual lozenges).
IMO, it's best to concentrate on resolving the D first, and then fine-tuning nutritional needs later. More than a few members have found that when they stopped taking all their supplements, medications, etc., their D stopped. That doesn't mean that doing so will work for everyone, of course, but many pharmaceuticals do cause problems for many of us with MC.
Tex
It is suspected that some of the hardest material known to science can be found in the skulls of GI specialists who insist that diet has nothing to do with the treatment of microscopic colitis.
Thanks- Mine are capsules too and very expensive. I was taking them for quite some time through my Chiropractor/Nutritionist and they are free of any potential allergens. Considering the expense, I don't want to be flushing money down the toilet 
I just don't have enough experience with this to determine if it's better to hold off or not.
Mandy- I've not tried the Biotin but will keep that in mind once I get control over the D.
I just don't have enough experience with this to determine if it's better to hold off or not.Mandy- I've not tried the Biotin but will keep that in mind once I get control over the D.
