Posted by IsoM on December 16, 2001, at 23:59:22
In reply to Re: CAM: Please answer this » IsoM, posted by susan C on December 16, 2001, at 15:46:33
Some supplements come with such a coating on them that they tend to not dissolve easily & can pass on through, relatively undigested - like when we eat corn on the cob that's not been chewed well. That's why it's good to find a tablet that will dissolve fairly easily.
> this is a related, but distant cousin of what you are investigating, perhaps...
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> In a recent copy of Prevention Magazine, I read a tip on how to check and see if your multivitamin is dissolving in your stomach...so it can be absorbed by small intestines...
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> take 1/2 c vinegar, drop in multi, stir occassionally for 20 minutes...should be broken up at the end of 20 minutes...
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> I assume this means, vinegar is like stomach acid and that it is GOOD to have the capsalor tab broken...any comments?
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> a collector of odd bits which may not mean anything...mouse
> sc
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