Guest guest Posted November 21, 2002 Report Share Posted November 21, 2002 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 > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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