Originally Posted by koffee brown
Man, vitamins are absorbed by the body and used to drive metabolic reactions. That's what they do. They don't make you hungry- again, they have NO nutritional value and have no kcal. Vitamins are a micronutrient that have several vital functions for the body, but hunger ain't up there on the list.
One of the reasons why I am stridently pointing this out is because I attended lectures this past weekend for my nutritionist certifications, and we spent a great deal of time talking about vitamins, and the dietitian specifically mentioned the scenario this poster is talking about. When she was talking about it, I had no idea the scenario she posed was really something people would consider, but unfortunately, it looks like they do.
Koffee
I know what vitamins are for. I aslo know they are not food and don't fill you up or increase your caloric needs. However, you need to think from a kinetic point of view; not everything is an equilibrium process. Over the course of days the vitamin does nothing. However, you can't dismiss what the person says without just maybe thinking that the pills increase gastric emptying. Think of digestive enzymes, not food but will liquefy the contents of your stomach, decreasing retention. Empty stomach = hungry (but says nothing of how much food the person actually needs).
If you were a doctor you would say to a patient "your stomach does not hurt because my book says it can't be." Listen to the client!