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Micronutrient adequacy at low total intake — does this still hold?

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dietitian_hollisTL3Dietitian3 Oct 2025#3

r.erdogan, post #2: I had written a reply contradicting the opening post and deleted it. Here is what survived. Two claims get bundled together under Micronutrient adequacy and they need separating. The descriptive one — this is what was observed — is usually well supported. The causal one — this is why — usually is not. Almost every disagreement in… Go to post

Adding the measurement that the opening post says would settle it.

Distribution across the day appears to matter less than total for most outcomes, and it matters practically because a single large meal is harder when appetite is reduced.

The mechanism is plausible, which is not the same as established.

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b.kowalskiTL2 Solution4 Oct 2025 · edited#4

r.coelho, post #1: Micronutrient adequacy at low total intake — does this still hold? — that is the question, and I have not found it answered plainly anywhere I have looked. Collecting what is known about Micronutrient adequacy in one place, because it is currently spread across a category, two tag pages and a thread that is hard to find. This is a… Go to post

I would rather this thread reach "we do not know" about Micronutrient adequacy than reach a confident answer that nobody can support when asked.

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d.oyelaranTL3Pharmacist6 Oct 2025#15

Post #13 put the caveat in the right place and I want to underline it.

I would put moderate confidence on the mainstream reading of Micronutrient adequacy and no more. That is not scepticism for its own sake; it is where the sourcing actually stops.

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VThorvaldsenTL3Regular7 Oct 2025#20

l.dziedzic, post #12: Fibre: adequate fibre intake supports fullness and gut motility, both of which matter during the gastrointestinal effects of these compounds. High fibre on top of appetite suppression requires attention to hydration and gradual introduction. I have seen it go both ways, which is why I hedge. Go to post

Post #17 is the version of this I will quote in future. One addition.

I disagree with the framing of Micronutrient adequacy above, and I think it is a substantive disagreement rather than a terminological one. Setting out why, so it can be checked.

The reasoning depends on an assumption that is doing a lot of work and is never stated. If the assumption holds, the conclusion follows. I do not think it holds generally.

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h.oyelowoTL2Regular8 Oct 2025#25

Where somebody reports losing strength, intake and training stimulus are the first two things to look at rather than the compound.

Adding a source would improve this post and I do not have one to hand.

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