Why you should eat Octopus for Energy!

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Joe Nowell at The Fresh Pharmacy, a Natural Medicine Compounding Pharmacy in Lenoir City, writes about why it's important to put nutrients back in your body.

Taking medications can cause drug induced nutrient depletions. Most people do not think about this or know this is happening in their bodies.

What do we mean by drug induced nutrient depletions?

When taking medications side effects may occur. Some prescription and over-the-counter drugs have the potential to change physiology in a way that results in nutrient deficiencies over time.

We know that nutrient depletion can occur in people on long-term drug therapy, thus we want to help provide information to our patients that allows informed choices for minimizing these drug induced nutrient depletions.

Some examples of drug induced nutrient depletions:

Antibiotics: Antibiotics disrupt the gastrointestinal flora. Normal flora is involved in the production of B vitamins (B5, B6, B2, B1, B12), thus there is a concern that antibiotics might cause B vitamin depletion.

Gastric Acid Reducers: All drugs that increase gastric pH can reduce the absorption of calcium, vitamin B12, vitamin C, and chromium. Gastric acid is needed to release vitamin B12 from protein for absorption. Thus taking antacids and the like can lead to low B vitamin and result in weakness or fatigue.

The moral of the story, if your taking antibiotics or any gastric acid reducers think about taking more B12 or eating vitamin B12 nutrient rich foods: (Clams, Oysters, Liver, Caviar, Fish, Crab, Lobster, Beef, and believe it or not Octopus are all good sources for vitamin B12 See the  list here).

Joe Nowell, Pharmacist Lenoir City, East Tennessee Discount Drugs, The Fresh Pharmacy (Compounding Pharmacy in Lenoir City), Befitting You Mastectomy Boutique, Gifts Unique.