Forums: September 2010 Kickstart Forum Archive: Vitamin Absorption Question
Created on: 09/23/10 01:54 PM Views: 801 Replies: 2
tammay Joined: 01/20/10 Posts: 18	Vitamin Absorption Question Posted Thursday, September 23, 2010 at 1:54 PM Hi everyone, I keep having this debate with my mom so I was hoping some of the experts on this forum could clear things up. I've been eating salads lately with just some fresh lime juice and pepper and she insists that I need to add at least a little olive oil (like a teaspoon) because there are vitamins in the veggies that won't get absorbed unless there is fat to help them along. Is that really true or is that just a myth? Also, if it is true, can the little added fat come in different forms? For example, I eat my salad every morning with a homemade hummus that has very little tahina (sesame seed paste) in it (like 1 teaspoon per 1/2 cup garbanzo beans and I usually take about 1/4 cup of hummus on my bread). Would the tahina in the hummus be enough to help the vitamins absorb? Tam
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Susan Levin Joined: 12/26/09 Posts: 1212	RE: Vitamin Absorption Question Posted Thursday, September 23, 2010 at 2:01 PM We addressed this a while back in a different thread. Would you mind if I directed you there? http://pcrm.org/kickstart/forum/messages.cfm?messageid=341DF500-D0D4-6497-E9A7768363F846CB#341DF500-D0D4-6497-E9A7768363F846CB Let me know if that helps. Susan Levin, MS, RD PCRM Director of Nutrition Education
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tammay Joined: 01/20/10 Posts: 18	RE: Vitamin Absorption Question Posted Thursday, September 23, 2010 at 6:00 PM Hi Susan, I don't mind at all . I should have done a search before posting the question! Rotem
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