Comment on Anon comes into some money

• Jax@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  You think someone who thinks like this is eating correctly in the first place?

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  • SalmiakDragon@feddit.nu ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    How many people with scurvy do you know? It’s rare.

    From Scurvy - Wikipedia

    It takes at least a month of little to no vitamin C in the diet before symptoms occur.[1][2] In modern times, scurvy occurs most commonly in neglected children, people with mental disorders, unusual eating habits such as ARFID, alcoholism, and older people who live alone.[2] Other risk factors include intestinal malabsorption and dialysis.[2]

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    • Jax@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Personally I’d say this person calls into a mental disorder or unusual eating habits, but their favorite fruit could be oranges so who knows?

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      • SalmiakDragon@feddit.nu ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Nah, just Teenager. They enjoy the benefits of having parents who feed them most of the time.

        I’ve heard even poor college students can avoid scurvy by adding ketchup to their otherwise exclusively noodle-based diet. Bodies are oddly resilient in some ways.

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  • 100_kg_90_de_belin@feddit.it ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    The blueprints for a healthy diet are playing hard to find

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• gandalf_der_13te@feddit.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  i think visible scurvy symptoms don’t set in that fast, but i still notice myself being less fit when i don’t eat vitamins even for a single day.

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  • SalmiakDragon@feddit.nu ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    What does that even mean, not eating vitamins for a day? They’re kinda hard to avoid. Are you talking about skipping a multivitamin or something?

    I haven’t heard that such direct vitamin sensing is a thing. At most I’ve heard of people getting appropriate cravings when they lack a vitamin, and I’m not even sure whether that’s just anecdotal or an actual effect. Which vitamin do you think you’re sensing after just one day?

    I would bet that whatever you’re experiencing is either

    • due to different food choices altogether, like eating less fruit and vegetables or more junk food. That can definitely be noticeble to the GI-tract, due to different fiber and fat content.
    • essentially an example of the placebo effect, and would fail to appear if you didn’t know that you took placebos instead of your vitamin supplements.

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    • gandalf_der_13te@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      What does that even mean, not eating vitamins for a day? They’re kinda hard to avoid. Are you talking about skipping a multivitamin or something?

      for example only eating nuts, bread and cheese for a day. no tomatoes, bell pepper, onions, lemons, etc.

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      • SalmiakDragon@feddit.nu ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        Nuts have vitamins. I’m sure cheese and even bread has some too. Not the same ones as fruits and vegetables though.

        But more to the point, I think that what you’re describing definitely isn’t due to vitamins. Maybe acid reflux or a food sensitivity? Ask a doctor about it if it’s a recurring problem for you.

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