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If You Drink A Multivatamin Before A Major Drinking Event
Question: If you drink a multivatamin before a major drinking event you feel much better the next day. Is there a more natural way to avoid the hang over without having to take the chemical of a multivatamin?
Brief Answer:
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Detailed Answer:
Hello welcome and thanks for your query.
B group of vitamins especially Thiamine is important in the metabolism of carbohydrates to provide energy. Alcoholism can lead to Thiamine deficiency and taking multivitamin which contains thiamine is helpful in normalising the metabolism.There are several foods like meat especially pork and poultry, the XXXXXXX of cereals,nuts, dried beans, soya and peas are rich in Thiamine. You could try taking these instead of multivitamin and see if they are helpful.
Do get back to me if you have further queries.
Discussion follows
Detailed Answer:
Hello welcome and thanks for your query.
B group of vitamins especially Thiamine is important in the metabolism of carbohydrates to provide energy. Alcoholism can lead to Thiamine deficiency and taking multivitamin which contains thiamine is helpful in normalising the metabolism.There are several foods like meat especially pork and poultry, the XXXXXXX of cereals,nuts, dried beans, soya and peas are rich in Thiamine. You could try taking these instead of multivitamin and see if they are helpful.
Do get back to me if you have further queries.
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Raju A.T
1) Why do you recomend me several foods instead of a multivitamin?
2) Is there a problem ig you regularly take vitamin B?
2) Is there a problem ig you regularly take vitamin B?
Brief Answer:
Discussion continued.
Detailed Answer:
Thanks for your input.
There is absolutely no problem in taking Vitamin B1 on a long term basis as it is a water soluble vitamin and the excess will pass out in the urine.
The answer pointing out the foods that are good sources of vitamin B1 was in reply to your query for natural ways of avoiding taking a tablet.
Regards,
Discussion continued.
Detailed Answer:
Thanks for your input.
There is absolutely no problem in taking Vitamin B1 on a long term basis as it is a water soluble vitamin and the excess will pass out in the urine.
The answer pointing out the foods that are good sources of vitamin B1 was in reply to your query for natural ways of avoiding taking a tablet.
Regards,
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