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Hi ,

Point taken. I should have said " ...ADEKS isn't a *complete* multi. "

I realize it has other vitamins besides A, D, E, and K but it doesn't

contain a complete vitamin panel, nor does it contain any electrolytes

and minerals except zinc.

Roughly one dozen elements are missing from ADEKs that are typically

included in other *complete* multivitamin/mineral tablets. The danger

of this is that if you supplement one thing without another you risk

creating a larger imbalance or deficiency. For example, they included

vitamin D but no calcium, boron, magnesium, or phosphorus, which are

all necessary for bone health. The body won't uptake vitamin D if

there's a magnesium deficiency.

Did you know that if you had blood drawn today to check your vitamin D

level, what you'd see is not *current* vitamin D status, but actually

your vitamin D status from many, many months ago? This is why it's so

important to make sure all vitamin and minerals are covered, not just

a select few.

It's sad that the advent of ADEKs began as nothing more than a

marketing ploy to lure people into using Ultrase and away from

Pancrease. Drug reps will flat out tell you that years ago as doctors

were coming out of med school, they had it imprinted on their brains

that Pancrease was the gold standard for enzyme replacement -- because

at the time, Pancrease was the *only* enteric-coated enzyme. When

other drug companies followed with their enteric-coated versions, they

faced an uphill battle because docs stayed with what they learned in

med school. One way to overcome enzyme prejudice was to lure with

freebies such as ADEKs and Scandishakes.

ADEKs would actually be much more beneficial if it contained *only*

water soluble versions of A, D, E, and K. Then parents could give

ADEKs as adjunct therapy along with a *complete* multivitamin/mineral

supplement. As it stands now, if you take ADEKs *and* another

multivitamin, you might overdo some vitamins.

So yes, ADEKs is a multi but it's an *incomplete* multivitamin with

only one mineral. I believe an *incomplete* vitamin/mineral product is

unacceptable for people who already struggle with malabsorping

nutrients.

Kim

> > 1) Does your daughter take a multivitamin/mineral tablet every

> day? If

> > so, look on the label to see how much magnesium is in her multi.

> >

> > (ADEKs isn't a multi, and it doesn't contain magnesium.)

>

> ****************************

>

> ADEKs IS a multi, but you are correct that it does NOT contain

> magnesium. Many people mistakenly believe that only vitamins A, D,

> E, and K are in ADEKs vitamins, but this isn't so. ADEKs product

> information is below.

>

> ~

>

> http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hpb/drugs-dpd/product/p26641.html

>

> Product Information/Information sur le produit

> Updated/Mise à jour: 2003-07-18

>

> ADEKS TABLETS

> Ingredient/Ingrédient Strength/Concentration

> BETA-CAROTENE 3 MG

> BIOTIN 50 MCG

> D-ALPHA TOCOPHEROL 150 UNIT

> D-PANTOTHENIC ACID (CALCIUM D-PANTOTHENATE) 10 MG

> FOLIC ACID 0.2 MG

> NIACIN 10 MG

> VITAMIN A PALMITATE 4000 UNIT

> VITAMIN B1 1.2 MG

> VITAMIN B12 12 MCG

> VITAMIN B2 1.3 MG

> VITAMIN B6 1.5 MG

> VITAMIN C 60 MG

> VITAMIN D3 400 UNIT

> VITAMIN K1 0.15 MG

> ZINC (ZINC GLUCONATE) 7.5 MG

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