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Ali: I hate the bitterness of potassium and magnesium supplements also. But they are hidden nicely by a sachet of preportioned drink mix, the kind that comes in a little tube you empty into a bottle of water. I use one of those in a liter with a packet of electrolyte mix and it makes it much more palatable… hope that helps. The bottle kind where you add drops of flavoring also works. Here we have flavors like strawberry or raspberry lemonade as options. Low sugar versions are readily available as well.


Deb, I don’t know about that being true anymore, with regard to B12. Usually the issue is that B12 deficiency leads to anemia first, and if you get enough folic acid, the anemia doesn’t show up so readily, and the other bad effects of low B12, including delirium, can be a problem because it wasn’t caught at the anemia stage.

These days, our B12 levels are tested pretty regularly by the GI or the primary doctor. Nobody is waiting for us to become anemic to look anymore… which is a good thing. So don’t be afraid of a multivitamin… they don’t have enough folate to hide anything anyway, because of really outdated FDA policy. Should have more than the 400 mcg they recommend; pregnant women need 1200 mcg/day to reduce the risk of neural tube defects, and those of us w inflammatory conditions could easily use more like 1000 mcg/ day. More folate is good for us—comes in leafy greens and fresh fruit and veg—and any excess is excreted in the urine, so it is not harmful.

Good luck!

Athena

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