Giraffe
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I had a phase where I could not tolerate any solid food. Since then I had for months repeatedly digestive issues often including abdominal pains, lower back pains, nausea, headaches. The list of safe foods had become very short, and minor insults caused unusual trouble.
Lack of pantothenic acid seems to compromise gut health, there are issues with the adrenals, and it is needed to deactivate insulin (along with riboflavin). Since you find it in all foods, it is thought that deficiency is very rare, but maybe this is not true for people who have digestive issues already and therefore have difficulties to absorb nutrients.
Two months ago I took about 200mg pantothenic acid. I could feel almost immediately that a tense area in the lower abdomen relaxed. I kept the dose for a couple of weeks, but then started to forget it. I supplement once in a while now. I haven't had any issues since.
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As a side note:
My understanding is that Ray Peat seldom advises to supplement pantothenic acid, better to try to get it from nutrient-rich foods.
He has mentioned pantothenic acid in one of the herbdoctor shows. He said that a raised metabolic rate raises the requirements for nutrients, and if you "try to run on too much coffee and sugar and not enough food", you are likely to run out of vitamins and minerals, "biotin and vitamin B6 and pantothenic acid, selenium and copper are things that are among the first to become deficient".
Sugar Myths 2 (2011)
Lack of pantothenic acid seems to compromise gut health, there are issues with the adrenals, and it is needed to deactivate insulin (along with riboflavin). Since you find it in all foods, it is thought that deficiency is very rare, but maybe this is not true for people who have digestive issues already and therefore have difficulties to absorb nutrients.
Two months ago I took about 200mg pantothenic acid. I could feel almost immediately that a tense area in the lower abdomen relaxed. I kept the dose for a couple of weeks, but then started to forget it. I supplement once in a while now. I haven't had any issues since.
.........
As a side note:
My understanding is that Ray Peat seldom advises to supplement pantothenic acid, better to try to get it from nutrient-rich foods.
He has mentioned pantothenic acid in one of the herbdoctor shows. He said that a raised metabolic rate raises the requirements for nutrients, and if you "try to run on too much coffee and sugar and not enough food", you are likely to run out of vitamins and minerals, "biotin and vitamin B6 and pantothenic acid, selenium and copper are things that are among the first to become deficient".
Sugar Myths 2 (2011)
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