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Anon comes into some money (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 1 day ago by Early_To_Risa@sh.itjust.works to c/greentext@sh.itjust.works

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[–] SalmiakDragon@feddit.nu 8 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

Also, I doubt 2 weeks is a long enough period for scurvy to set in anyway

[–] gandalf_der_13te@feddit.org 1 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

i think visible scurvy symptoms don't set in that fast, but i still notice myself being less fit when i don't eat vitamins even for a single day.

[–] SalmiakDragon@feddit.nu 1 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

What does that even mean, not eating vitamins for a day? They're kinda hard to avoid. Are you talking about skipping a multivitamin or something?

I haven't heard that such direct vitamin sensing is a thing. At most I've heard of people getting appropriate cravings when they lack a vitamin, and I'm not even sure whether that's just anecdotal or an actual effect. Which vitamin do you think you're sensing after just one day?

I would bet that whatever you're experiencing is either

due to different food choices altogether, like eating less fruit and vegetables or more junk food. That can definitely be noticeble to the GI-tract, due to different fiber and fat content.
essentially an example of the placebo effect, and would fail to appear if you didn't know that you took placebos instead of your vitamin supplements.

Edit: To be clear, I absolutely expect OP to feel like shit even if he could have as much ravioli as he wanted. This is far too drastic a change, and not a super gut-friendly one, and that is ignoring that he is starving himself with only a can per day. If he didn't return to a normal diet, he would definitely develop some lack of vitamins.

[–] Jax@sh.itjust.works 5 points 19 hours ago (2 children)

You think someone who thinks like this is eating correctly in the first place?

[–] SalmiakDragon@feddit.nu 2 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) (1 children)

How many people with scurvy do you know? It's rare.

From Scurvy - Wikipedia

It takes at least a month of little to no vitamin C in the diet before symptoms occur.[1][2] In modern times, scurvy occurs most commonly in neglected children, people with mental disorders, unusual eating habits such as ARFID, alcoholism, and older people who live alone.[2] Other risk factors include intestinal malabsorption and dialysis.[2]

[–] Jax@sh.itjust.works 1 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) (1 children)

Personally I'd say this person falls into the mental disorder or unusual eating habits category, but their favorite fruit could be oranges so who knows?

[–] SalmiakDragon@feddit.nu 3 points 15 hours ago

Nah, just Teenager. They enjoy the benefits of having parents who feed them most of the time.

I've heard even poor college students can avoid scurvy by adding ketchup to their otherwise exclusively noodle-based diet. Bodies are oddly resilient in some ways.

[–] 100_kg_90_de_belin@feddit.it 1 points 17 hours ago

The blueprints for a healthy diet are playing hard to find