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General Physician•Noida
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Vitamin k and magnesium supplements are not routinely recommended. Unless prescribed, please do not take it. However vitamin d deficiency can be a problem so you must take supplements as advised.
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Dietitian/Nutritionist•Delhi
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Vitamin d supplements are of no use if your digestive system is weak. Vitamin d capsules only work if your stomach and intestines are able to absorb them. Otherwise you will get side effects such as acidity and diarrhoea.
Try getting vitamin d through injection.
Also increase consumption of dairy products.
Get direct sunlight on skin.
If non vegetarian, consume oily fish.
Avoid nuts, seeds and dry fruits as they contain phytic acid which are antinutrients that deplete our cal...more
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Unani Specialist•Kanpur
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Follow these herbal combinations for complete cure
vrihad vat chintamani ras 1 tablet twice a day
vatari awleh 10 gm twice a day.
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Unani Specialist•Kanpur
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Follow these herbal combinations for complete cure
vrihad vat chintamani ras 1 tablet twice a day
vatari awleh 10 gm twice a day.
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Dietitian/Nutritionist•Delhi
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I would recommend you get it through natural sources because vitamin d supplements are known to cause inflammation in the gut, such as burning and acidity. Get enough sunlight directly on skin.
Use badam rogan oil and expose your skin to sunlight, you will absorb lot of vitamin d.
If you are non vegetarian, consume oily fishes.
If you are vegetarian, focus on dairy products including milk, curd, ghee,butter. Follow these steps, you will notice drastic change. If lactose intolerant, t...more
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General Physician•Hyderabad
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Hi greetings of the day there are no vit b12 vegan foods
the only source for vit b12 is meat products or else you can go with vit b12 supplements.
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General Physician•Lucknow
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For controlling cholesterol take balanced diet with ample green leafy vegetables. Exercise regularly (at least 150 min per week). If after 3 weeks of exercise and balanced diet cholesterol is still high, approach a physician for guidance regarding initiation of medication.
Take food rich in vitamin d (fish, egg) and vitamin b12 (fish, milk egg). You should also take vitamin d supplements. Approach a physician for advice on dosage.
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General Physician•Durg
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I would like to see the drop you are giving to your baby. The consituents of it could be responsible for the colour change in stools. Other causes include internal bleeding due to an infection (dysentery) or due to erosion of layer of gi mucosa. Text consult to share details.
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Dietitian/Nutritionist•Gurgaon
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You can take capsule orally. It is safe to consume one to two sm fibro capsules daily. No please don't take 2 capsule same time. You can take it after food.
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Homeopathy Doctor•Raebareli
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Please note that one need to identify which vitamins/minerals you lack and that needs to be supplement from outside.
A simple home solution is taking a glass of full cream milk twice daily along with banana and dates daily.
Continue it for some time and you need not to take any other synthetic source of multivitimins.
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