How can I replace my meals with vitamins?

[Laura1995]

Please read the details before replying with something stupid. And don't say "That's unhealthy" because I have a medical reason why I need to do it.

So lately, I've noticed that I can't eat anything without having abdominal pain. Yesterday was the worst... It was on my right side and it spread to my back. Then it was on the left side.

Even when I eat salads, fruits, and veggies and drink water this happens.

So how can I replace my meals with vitamins?

[itsallover]

See a doctor, that pain shouldn't be happening. I'm thinking IBS. However, going on a vitamin only diet is not good because you need the 3 macronutrients: fat, carbohydrates and proteins for energy. Without them you'll get seriously ill. Vitamins are essential but you only need them in small amounts for normal body functioning.

[Laura1995]

Thank you!! I'll be seeing my doctor on Monday.
In the meantime, I'll drink some water.

[itsallover]

Okay, be safe! Try not to do too much physical activity til then just so you don't use up energy resources you don't have.

[Laura1995]

OK :-)

[Souma95]

Well seeing as your not doing this just for the fun of it, you should consult your doctor about it.

[thesaintman]

yeah check with a doctor... that is first...

eat food you like /protein/kolhydrater/sugar--- in all these categorys.
then after you eaten food take the vitamins.
no never eat vitamins alone.

[Laura1995]

I made it clear in the details that all foods gives me abdominal pain. So I can't do it.

[slimcharles]

You can't. Vitamins do not provide carbohydrates, protein, or fat. The simplest meal would probably be Carnation Instant meals; they give them to cancer patients who no longer wish to eat.

[Laura1995]

Well I can't eat without abdominal pain... It's constant.

[slimcharles]

You need to go to the ER. This is not a silly pain that will just go away. It could be appendicitis.

[Laura1995]

I would know if it's appendicitis... It doesn't hurt to walk and I'm not constipated or have diarrhea. No fever either.
I've been to the ER several time because of it. They said it's constipation and sent me home with laxatives.

[slimcharles]

Then you need to increase the amount of fiber in your diet. Oatmeal, whole wheat bread, potatoes, corn, sweet potatoes, or rice. I am sure it will be unpleasant at first, but after two or three days the pain will go away.

The other option is to water fast in an environment of complete rest to clean out your system. Again, it will take about 2-3 days to completely purge the system. If you are constipated, then you are consuming too many animal products (they have no fiber) and they are clogging you up - yogurt, cheese, milkshakes, meat etc are a likely culprit.

[Laura1995]

Well what do you mean by animal products? I don't even eat meat.
And I'm working on increasing my fiber intake... Laxatives make the problem worse.

Isn't yogurt healthy? I eat it for breakfast.

[slimcharles]

Animal products including all meat, eggs, and dairy products (yogurt, cheese, sour cream, etc.) do not have any fiber. Fiber cannot be digested by people (unlike termites which love fiber), but it is key to human digestion as it keeps food moving through your body. Not eating enough will cause food to stick around too long and cause constipation.

Chemical laxatives are terrible for your body. They cause water loss and can make a bad problem even worse.

No, I do not think any dairy product is healthy. To remind you, mammals developed milk to help their newborn young to get enough nutrients until they could digest solid food. No mammal, except people, consume milk after they move to solid food. No mammal, other than people, consume the milk of another mammal. Cows milk is designed to take a 70 pound calf to 700 pound steer in 9 months. We are not cows. We have no business drinking their milk - ever. In my humble opinion of course.

[Laura1995]

Well why did my doctor tell me it's healthy to eat? At one point, I was eating pop tarts for breakfast, and those aren't healthy either.
What about calcium? I don't want to end up with osteoporosis when I'm in my 50s.

And protein is important too. What should I eat for protein?

[slimcharles]

Doctors are great if you break a leg, get an infection, or have a heart attack. They specialize in treating acute trauma, and they are awesome. They are terrible for dealing with chronic diseases or dietary diseases. The number one killer of people in the US is heart disease, and almost no one is getting cured just treated. They extend their lives, but actual honest to God cures, they aren't happening.

[slimcharles]

Pop tarts are pure sugar and refined flour with almost zero fiber. The truth is that people that eat almost no dairy have no calcium deficiency. Calcium is a mineral. Cows do not produce it; it is in the grass they eat. If you eat your veggies, you will get plenty of calcium. There is some evidence that consuming dairy actually leaches calcium from the bones to neutralize the dietary acid in the milk, but I have not looked into this. There is no osteoporosis in rural China, and all they eat is rice with a little veggies. It is only in the Western nations that we see high levels of osteoporosis, and crazily enough, we drink tons of milk.

[slimcharles]

here is plenty of protein in vegetables. It is a myth that you do not get enough protein from meat or milk. Early on in nutritional research, protein was identified in animal products first, and that lead to the belief that only protein was in meat. When it was later discovered in plants, some people questioned it's completeness (missing amino acids). That has since been debunked, but that knowledge is not in the general population yet. Many populations prior to Word War 1 and during both wars had no access to their animals - Ireland, Norway, and Belgium. Ireland and Belgium lived off of potatoes with no negative health effects, and Norway say a reduction in their cardiovascular disease during WW2 when occupied by Nazi Germany as it was the policy of the Germans to confiscate all livestock for the war effort.

I went vegan about two years ago, and I am not suffering any dietary deficiencies.

[Laura1995]

Heart disease is the number one killer of women on the US because they have different symptoms than men... Usually, they don't have the chest pain so therefore, treatment is delayed.

As a 19 year old, I shouldn't even be worried about stuff like that, unless I was born with a congenital heart defect, which I wasn't.

[Laura1995]

And I need to eat protein for breakfast. I can eat veggies for lunch, but not for breakfast. Kind of weird..
There's protein in veggies, but not a significant amount.

[Laura1995]

Just because you have no dietary deficiencies doesn't mean others don't. Everyone is different.
I'm iron deficient.

[kep79]

go see a doctor