I have been on both sides of the micronutrient status argument in this category within eighteen months, which should tell you how strong the evidence for either side is.
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Micronutrient status when intake falls substantially
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No disagreement from me. Posting only so the question does not look ignored.
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Offering a way to settle micronutrient status rather than another opinion about it. Two measurements, taken the same way, a fortnight apart. If the difference is within the noise, the question was not answerable at this precision.
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Fairweather, post #6: Time of day: some biomarkers vary across the day. Cortisol in the morning differs from cortisol in the evening. Comparing results from different times of day is comparing things that are not the same. That is all I can say without guessing. Go to post
This follows post #18 rather than contradicting it.
Reframing micronutrient status slightly, because I think the disagreement is about the question rather than the answer. If the question is "does it happen", yes. If it is "how often", nobody here knows.
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