RE: Re: Vitamin Levels LIAM

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HI - we use two set liquid vitamin sets for our children (even the

two-week old) - infantol (multivitamin) inlcudes vitamin a and d. We

use Aquasol E for the vitamin E. We've used them with both Cameron and

Claire since they were diagnosed. We use the droppers for giving the

vitamins. We would prefer to use liquid ADEK but can't since it hasn't

be available to us due to manufacturing and reporting issues between

Canada and the US.

For vitamin K we have some special tablets we crush and give with the

apple sauce twice a week. We only do this for Claire, and don't do it

for Cameron..

The fat soluble vitamins NEED to be given with a meal (ie. Breastmilk)

to help with the absobtion of the vitamins. Cameron was breastfed and

Claire is.

If you have any other questions, I'll try to help.

Pat

Father of Cameron 23 months wcf and Claire 2-weeks wcf.

Re: Vitamin Levels LIAM

Hi ,

Vitamins A, D, E, and K are all fat soluble vitamins. This *fat

soluble* tells you that these are stored in your body fat (i.e., they

*need* fat in order to be soluble in the body).

This is why people with cf need A, D, E, and K in water soluble forms.

If people with cf don't absorb fat well then they don't have adequate

fat storage and these particular vitamins have no where to go.

In people who don't have malabsorption problems (and before the

Western diet got so bad), the USDA recommended eating vegetables rich

in vitamin A every other day, since it's stored in the fat it builds

up in the body. (But now that Western diets are mostly junk and

processed foods and our soils are depleted of minerals, I wouldn't

hold to that old standard.)

All other vitamins aren't stored in body fat, which is why they need

to be replaced daily. Vitamin C especially is a good example; it's

shed from the body each time you urinate, so if you have a cold or flu

or under stress, it's a helpful habit to remember to take more Vitamin

C each time you urinate.

To answer your other question, eating carrots or drinking carrot juice

(or other vitamin A rich foods such as pumpkin, sweet potato and acorn

squash) replenishes the body with vitamin A, which gets stored in your

body fat. It has nothing to do with the foods containing fat or not.

I hope this makes sense; I haven't had a full cup of coffee yet!

Kim

Mom to (23 with cf and asthma) and (20 asthma no cf)

> Hi all

> Got Liams vitamin levels back

> A is Fine

> E is below normal

> D is Below normal

>

> He is going to get supplemented on Micell E to correct the E

imbalance and we will put him in the sun more for the D

> Hopefully this will work

> Has anyone got some more suggestions he is only 3 months old and

still fully breastfeed

>

> I do have aquestion though: If vitamin A is a fat soluble vitamin

then when giving carrot juice or eating a carrort is this turned into

a fat soluble substance in the body?? Or is this betacarotene in the

carrot water soluble and the vit A is still fat soluble, so confused

about that. There is no fat in a carrot????? HELPPP

> thanks for your time

> mum to baby Liam

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