[at-l] Filter/tabs and Vitamin C precipitating

[thornel@attglobal.net (W F Thorneloe)]

No, you are missing the point. The iodine would oxidize/bleach the vitamins 
in the solution - making the combination worthless. If you really wanted 
to, you could add the vitamin powder to the water _after_ the iodine had 
done it's bit, but again, there would be degradation of the vitamin potency 
by the iodine left over. The more efficient way is to simply take a vitamin 
tab daily, assuming the diet is vitamin deficient.

Our body does store some vitamins, hence there are risks for 
hypervitaminosis in some cases (Vit A for instance). Many vitamins are fat 
soluble, and not terribly water soluble (Vit E for instance). Some minerals 
that hikers need to supplement are simply not great in solution (calcium 
for instance). Your idea is nice, but it wouldn't work for several reasons.

OrangeBug

At 01:13 PM 4/5/2001 -0500, Billie H. Cleek wrote:
>The point would be that the intake of the vitamins would more closely
>match the body's need for those vitamins. Since our bodies cannot store
>vitamins, it seems like an exercise in futility to try to get all the
>vitamins we need in a single pill taken all at once. That's like trying to
>put 20 gallons of gas in your 10 gallon tank just because you know you're
>going to need it....