Here's a potential tweak for those who would like the damp their appetites -- take your "evening" vitamins an hour before dinner.
I've begun experimenting with this lately (when I remember). You see, our usual dinner hour is 7:00, and sometimes my digestion hasn't progressed as far as i'd like when I starting thinking about bedtime. Drinking my vitamin when my stomach is still processing dinner is, I think, less optimal than doing it on an empty stomach. Ergo, i'm trying to do it earlier.
Last night, I really noticed that I wasn't interested in putting as much food on my plate as I frequently am. Dinner was corned beef and cabbage, something I really enjoy. I just felt i'd be satisfied with less than usual ... and I was.
I really do think that it's the nutrient pre-load that caused me to want less food for my evening meal. All my life I really haven't been inclined to jump out of bed in the morning and eat something, so having my morning vitamin with nothing but coffee on my stomach has seemed appropriate, and doesn't seem to cause me to delay fast-breaking any more than usual. Now, having my PM shot of vitamins and minerals before dinner, I perceive a reduced desire for alimentary intake.
Just like having a shot of gelatin or collagen hydrolysate with my first cup of coffee in the morning makes me feel like I need less protein in my diet for the rest of the day, taking my vitamins when they have their best chance of being absorbed seems to reduce my other nutrient needs.
This agrees with my long-held opinion that an insatiable appetite is based, at least in part, on inadequate nutrition. I'm going to keep taking my Nutreince BEFORE my morning and evening meals -- it just seems right.
That's curious. I found that I take my a.m. oils, (fish and evening primrose) and then am not hungry until about 1 p.m. . It makes sense that an evening dose would do the same.
ReplyDelete:-) i don't know why it took me so long to think of doing it....
Delete"Dinner was corned beef and cabbage, something I really enjoy" ......... now I enjoy that too and haven't had it in ages. What a good idea, thanks Tess.
ReplyDeleteAll the best Jan
you're more than welcome! :-) yes, for quite awhile, it seemed wrong not to have potatoes with it, but i don't miss them at all any more.
DeleteWho needs potatoes ..... when you could have buttery mashed swede or roasted celeriac chunks !!!!!!
DeleteAll the best Jan
Interesting.. unfortunately I get sick if I take mine before I eat. I have to wait about 1 to 1.5 hours after I eat... I know what you mean about the gelatin. Good observation.
ReplyDeletethank you! yes, we all have to work within what our individual bodies find best.... do you take gelatin daily, too?
DeleteWith no background in science whatsoever, I often struggle with understanding the blogs that I follow, so forgive me if this is rubbish, but I remember reading years ago that vitamins and other supplements would not be properly absorbed unless taken with food and that is what I have tried to do. Do you disagree and is there any basis for this?
ReplyDeletehi, Elsa! I'm not in the medical field, so i don't know the official answers -- i just observe what works for me and report it. :-)
DeleteI suspect that the recommendation to take certain supplements WITH FOOD comes from either the tendency for stomach-upset, like Karen's experience, or because A, E, D and K are fat-soluble vitamins, and absorb better in the presence of dietary fats. For the latter reason, i take some oil with mine.
Thanks Tess. Really enjoy your blog by the way.
ReplyDeletethank you! :-D
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