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tell me why this wouldnt work

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#1 ·
what if i had a routine looking like this:

in the morning eat a big fatty meal and then take a multivitamin supplement with over 100% NDV (meaning it covers a lot more than regular multivitamins)

then wait like a few hours and let the food and vitamins absorb

then binge and purge

then supplement all electrolytes lost

would i prevent defiencies this way since id let the multivitamin absorb daily? or is not enough in general bcs it's like an OMAD? but if the multivitamin in theory covers everything and if i get bloodwork done and then supplement the extra potential deficiencies as well?

just asking because only ONE month of bulimia where i never ate anything outside binge purges got me a severe folate acid defiency, magnesium, zinc, potassium, and vitamin d3 (tho that is probably from never going out and the UK/germany weather always being cloudy)
 
#2 ·
a lot of vitamins don't cover everything, so you might either need to use a couple or something along those lines--calcium pills for example, tend to be quite large. potassium can be dangerous to take as a supplement, so that is one thing I would make a point of getting through food.

I'm not saying that the plan is safe, just that this is one additional item to take into consideration. Also it might be smart to figure out if you need to supplement iron or not--I tend to get it separately, not in a multivitamin, because if your needs flip-flop, you have more freedom without having to get more vitamins.
 
#3 ·
Tbf i don't think "handling" a stomach full of full fat foods would stay down well

And im not an expert for sure but I don't think that's how vitamin absorption works (like straightforward like that)
 
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