Challenges in the diagnosis of magnesium status

Re:Challenges in the diagnosis of magnesium status by SuoDuanDao on Sunday June 27, 2021 @07:46PM (#27656556)

Yes, proteins and carbs reduce feelings of hunger. But nutrient deficiencies cause food cravings. That's why people who eat high-calorie meals with few vitamins and minerals tend to overeat, they satiate their hunger but the cravings remain.

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Re:Challenges in the diagnosis of magnesium status by pembrook on Monday June 28, 2021 @06:23AM (#27659987)

If that were true, you could solve your cravings by taking a simple multivitamin. Which just isn’t the case unless you’re critically deficient in something (which, most 1st world people aren’t). Eating fast food 3 meals a day but taking a multivitamin will change nothing about your feelings of hunger.

What’s more likely, is fast food doesn’t make you feel full because its low in protein (the most expensive ingredient typically, so fast food skimps on it) and high in simple carbs.

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Re:Challenges in the diagnosis of magnesium status by SuoDuanDao on Monday June 28, 2021 @08:06AM (#27660785)

You can't model a complex biological system as a simple flow-balancing problem of a few substances that have no effect on one another.

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Re:Challenges in the diagnosis of magnesium status by tekknik on Monday June 28, 2021 @07:58AM (#27660706)

But since when are multivitamins the same as the real thing? Study after study show that multivitamins don’t do much if anything so your idea here is flawed.

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Re:Challenges in the diagnosis of magnesium status by nerdponx on Monday June 28, 2021 @12:15PM (#27663775)

Isn't that (at least partly) a problem of bioavailability?

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