Without villi in your small intestine is it worth taking a vitamin?

Question

is it worth taking a vitamin if i can't absorb the nutrients anyways?

after a very long endoscopy, my doctor has determined that my entire small intestine is like a floor rather than a rug and that all of my villi are gone

he says that they will grow back and to take lots of vitamins since i haven't been absorbing anything for a while.

but am i getting anything out of these vitamins?

Answer 1

Why go to this dr, if you don't want to follow his advice?  Do what he says, and do what it takes to be healthy again.

Answer 2

Without villi you have a *reduced* surface area to absorb nutrients, but you still do absorb them. (Just not as effeciently).