have you all taken your vitamins today???

fr1endly2 · 02-23-2006, 07:30 AM

Just a reminder to everyone to take your daily multi
vitamin!
ITS very important!
GO take it now if you have not.

lisa:P

Pillows · 02-23-2006, 11:15 AM

Lisa, you are such a sweetie. What would we do without you? Here's hoping we never have to find out.
Janae

LEEJA · 02-23-2006, 11:36 AM

WHAT VITAMINS DO YOU TAKE?
(GENERAL QUESTION FOR EVERYONE)

fr1endly2 · 02-24-2006, 06:17 AM

LEEJA i am required by my surgeon to take a CHAWABLE centrum to help insure we get the nutrition we dont get from the food/malaborption.

I am also required to take calcium daily and i have moved
up from daily tums to the chocolate viactive ones.

FOR now all my blood work is fine and i am not having to add anything else.

I also take biotin for my hair (hopefully for faster regrowth)

LEEJA · 02-24-2006, 10:36 AM

chewable centrum??? is it expensive?
I didn't know it exist

Pillows · 02-24-2006, 12:10 PM

I always heard that the flinstones chewables were popular among WLS patients. I also have a friend that says she prefers the caramel viactives. Is it a good idea to start taking biotin before surgery to reduce the hair loss? I am so excited, I can hardly concentrate on much. :P
Janae

fr1endly2 · 02-24-2006, 07:13 PM

I get the chewable centrums in a local walmart i pay about
9.97 for 100. NOT bad price but its important to take

lisa

Pillows · 02-25-2006, 10:24 PM

thanks for the tip, I will have to check those out when I go to WalMart next time. That isn't a bad price at all.
Janae

DocSanae · 02-25-2006, 11:14 PM

Some facts about vitamins.
Vitamins are either lipid (fat) soluble, or water soluble.
A, D, E and K are lipid soluble, B and C are water soluble.

Lipid soluble vitamins can be stored in places like your liver, and will last from a few to several months without any further intake.

Water soluble vitamins are a different story. Only a little can be stored, and any amount taken beyond the daily requirements are excreted almost immediately. So, even a few days missed on the intake can cause deficiency. VB12 is an exception here, because it exists in a liver cell binding form.

While illness from vitamin deficiency is widely known, the fact is, with lipid soluble vitamines and some water soluble ones, toxicity due to excess is known to exist.

If your blood test shows that you vitamin levels are running on the low end of normal, it shouldn't harm you in taking vitamins pre-op. If it's high in the normal range, you probably need not bother to, until you're post-op. With the water soluble vitamins, what your body doesn't need right now, is going to exit your body almost immediately, so, in a sense, you'd be wasting the money spent on the pills. Save them up for your post-op days. When you are post-op, remember never to miss your daily dose, because you can't get what you need from the food you eat.

02-23-2006, 07:30 AM	#1 (permalink)
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Pillows Seasoned Veteran Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: McGuire Air Force Base, New Jersey, USA Posts: 2,495 Please Enter Height:	Lisa, you are such a sweetie. What would we do without you? Here's hoping we never have to find out. Janae __________________ "Being happy doesn't mean that everything is perfect...it means that you have learned to see past the imperfections. " Surgery date April 4th 2006

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LEEJA Cub Reporter Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Beverly Hills,Ca Posts: 57 Please Enter Height:	WHAT VITAMINS DO YOU TAKE? (GENERAL QUESTION FOR EVERYONE) __________________ LEEJA!!! GOD IS GOOD!!! ALL THE TIME.... ALL THE TIME ....GOD IS GOOD!!

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fr1endly2 Seasoned Veteran Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: SOMEPLACE LONG ISLAND, NY Posts: 6,756 Weight Statistics June 1, 2005 Start Date: Please Enter Height: 310 lb Start Weight: 167 lb Current Weight: 159 lb Goal Weight: 143 lb Weight Loss: 8 lb Lb Left to Lose: 46.1290322581 % % Lost: Body Mass Index 51 BMI Start: 27 BMI Current: Weight Loss Method Roux en Y Gastric Bypass	LEEJA i am required by my surgeon to take a CHAWABLE centrum to help insure we get the nutrition we dont get from the food/malaborption. I am also required to take calcium daily and i have moved up from daily tums to the chocolate viactive ones. FOR now all my blood work is fine and i am not having to add anything else. I also take biotin for my hair (hopefully for faster regrowth) __________________ LISA http://w5.photobucket.com/widgets/dy...164/fr1endly2/ LAP RNY Gastric Bypass

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Pillows Seasoned Veteran Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: McGuire Air Force Base, New Jersey, USA Posts: 2,495 Please Enter Height:	I always heard that the flinstones chewables were popular among WLS patients. I also have a friend that says she prefers the caramel viactives. Is it a good idea to start taking biotin before surgery to reduce the hair loss? I am so excited, I can hardly concentrate on much. :P Janae __________________ "Being happy doesn't mean that everything is perfect...it means that you have learned to see past the imperfections. " Surgery date April 4th 2006

02-24-2006, 07:13 PM	#7 (permalink)
fr1endly2 Seasoned Veteran Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: SOMEPLACE LONG ISLAND, NY Posts: 6,756 Weight Statistics June 1, 2005 Start Date: Please Enter Height: 310 lb Start Weight: 167 lb Current Weight: 159 lb Goal Weight: 143 lb Weight Loss: 8 lb Lb Left to Lose: 46.1290322581 % % Lost: Body Mass Index 51 BMI Start: 27 BMI Current: Weight Loss Method Roux en Y Gastric Bypass	I get the chewable centrums in a local walmart i pay about 9.97 for 100. NOT bad price but its important to take lisa __________________ LISA http://w5.photobucket.com/widgets/dy...164/fr1endly2/ LAP RNY Gastric Bypass

02-25-2006, 10:24 PM	#8 (permalink)
Pillows Seasoned Veteran Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: McGuire Air Force Base, New Jersey, USA Posts: 2,495 Please Enter Height:	thanks for the tip, I will have to check those out when I go to WalMart next time. That isn't a bad price at all. Janae __________________ "Being happy doesn't mean that everything is perfect...it means that you have learned to see past the imperfections. " Surgery date April 4th 2006

02-25-2006, 11:14 PM	#9 (permalink)
DocSanae Super Moderator Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Tokyo, Japan Posts: 8,969 Blog Entries: 2 5' 5" Height:	Some facts about vitamins. Vitamins are either lipid (fat) soluble, or water soluble. A, D, E and K are lipid soluble, B and C are water soluble. Lipid soluble vitamins can be stored in places like your liver, and will last from a few to several months without any further intake. Water soluble vitamins are a different story. Only a little can be stored, and any amount taken beyond the daily requirements are excreted almost immediately. So, even a few days missed on the intake can cause deficiency. VB12 is an exception here, because it exists in a liver cell binding form. While illness from vitamin deficiency is widely known, the fact is, with lipid soluble vitamines and some water soluble ones, toxicity due to excess is known to exist. If your blood test shows that you vitamin levels are running on the low end of normal, it shouldn't harm you in taking vitamins pre-op. If it's high in the normal range, you probably need not bother to, until you're post-op. With the water soluble vitamins, what your body doesn't need right now, is going to exit your body almost immediately, so, in a sense, you'd be wasting the money spent on the pills. Save them up for your post-op days. When you are post-op, remember never to miss your daily dose, because you can't get what you need from the food you eat. __________________ "In every job that must be done, there is an element of fun." Just a li'l bit 'bout myself

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