Vitamins

Kat · 06-08-2006, 09:03 PM

I have a question for all you WLS pros out there.
I have been recording what I eat every day on the Fit Day site. My doc has me taking 2 chewable flinstones vit. each day and 2 Tums.
I am missing some nutrients such as Vit. K, Folate, Zinc,
Selinium, Phosphorus and Magnesium according to the nutrition calculator.
I went to GNC and another health food store. So far the only advice I get is to buy everything seperate. I know there has to be a better way.
Do any or your protein drinks or chewable vits. in como cover your entire requirements? How do you all go about getting all your vit. & min. in?
Thanks so much for all your help.
I'm 3 weeks out and waiting for the hair to start falling. I don't have much to spare and want to do all that I can to keep it!
Ciao for now,
Kat

DocSanae · 06-08-2006, 10:10 PM

Have you looked into our eStore? Go to Bariatric Advantage on the index column, and check out the Multi Forms. They have vitamins and minerals all together.

Kat · 06-09-2006, 12:36 AM

Thanks Doc,
I had looked at the bariatric advatage multi-form chew and don't see folate and phosphorus listed. Could those things be called something else or am I not reading it correctly? I'm ashamed to say that I don't know enough about all these things. I think I need to go to the library and do some homework.
Thanks,
Kat

DocSanae · 06-09-2006, 02:49 AM

Folate is folic acid, and that is listed. By phosphorus, do you mean phosphates (phosophoric acids)? There are a couple of vitamins tied with phosphates. Although phosphate has to be present for calcium absorption, it's needed only in a small amount, so what's included there may be sufficient. These products were developed to cater to the special needs of bypass patients, so what they have should do the job for most.

fr1endly2 · 06-09-2006, 05:09 AM

HEY kat...
i TAKE CHEWABLE CENTRUMS. I have since i began my journey. MY blood work comes out perfect each time. HAS your surgeon ran blood work on you yet as a post op? I would stick to what your surgeon requests till he reviews blood work ups for you. I know mine follows my blood work very closely. HE did recently increase me to 2 chewable centrums and added Vit B complex to see if it helps an issue i have of numbness.
I would maybe get your blood work done and reviewed by a professional and based on those findings decide with your doctor what you need added.
ON the hair note, nothing supplement wise really helps. BIOTIN will make the new growth come in faster and healthier but if your choosen to have this happen it will. It didnt start for me till between 3 and 4 months out and is still going strong. I took biotin well before my surgery, use nioxin shampoos and have kept my PROTEIN levels very high thru my journey so I am learning to just deal with it now. I know this has much more to do with ketosis mixed with the stress of the surgery as i had the same hair thinning when i tried ATKINS for weightloss when that was the big craze.
Well good look....
Well its too soon for you to really have ur bloods done my first was at 3 months out. I would honestly wait till that is done to make changes in supplements unless instructed by the surgeon!
hugs

Kat · 06-09-2006, 09:52 PM

Thanks Friendly,
I just had my 3 week check today and they did give orders for blood work.
I'm going to ask them about your vit on Mon.
Thanks,
Kat

fr1endly2 · 06-10-2006, 06:03 AM

Well im glad your surgeon oredered blood work. I have an entire first year trail of how my blood work improved! I have "PERFECT" blood work and nothing out of range at all!

what did he say about he chewable centrums??? I get them at walmart and there affordable for people on a budget.

Pillows · 06-10-2006, 07:46 PM

I take two prenatals, two calcium citrates (broken in half), a vitamin B-12, a vitamin B-1, two Aciphex (for acid reflux) and that is pretty much it. That is what is okay by my doc....good luck. I consider it an ace of a day when I swallow everything and keep it down before bedtime...lol. Small pills are my fave and I space them out as "treats"...
Janae

DocSanae · 06-12-2006, 04:11 AM

Kat, I wasn't looking closely. Phosphate is included in the protein supplemnts, rather than the multiforms, so check them out.
P.S. I'm moving this thread to the Vitamins & Nutrition section, as it's more appropriate there.

freebird · 06-20-2006, 06:48 AM

Doc, are all of the vitamins and supplements we need to take after the surgery available in liquid or chewables?

06-08-2006, 09:03 PM	#1 (permalink)
Kat Seasoned Veteran Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 1,995 5/17/06 Start Date: 5' 6" Height:	Vitamins I have a question for all you WLS pros out there. I have been recording what I eat every day on the Fit Day site. My doc has me taking 2 chewable flinstones vit. each day and 2 Tums. I am missing some nutrients such as Vit. K, Folate, Zinc, Selinium, Phosphorus and Magnesium according to the nutrition calculator. I went to GNC and another health food store. So far the only advice I get is to buy everything seperate. I know there has to be a better way. Do any or your protein drinks or chewable vits. in como cover your entire requirements? How do you all go about getting all your vit. & min. in? Thanks so much for all your help. I'm 3 weeks out and waiting for the hair to start falling. I don't have much to spare and want to do all that I can to keep it! Ciao for now, Kat

06-08-2006, 10:10 PM	#2 (permalink)
DocSanae Super Moderator Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Tokyo, Japan Posts: 8,924 Blog Entries: 2 5' 5" Height:	Have you looked into our eStore? Go to Bariatric Advantage on the index column, and check out the Multi Forms. They have vitamins and minerals all together. __________________ "In every job that must be done, there is an element of fun." Just a li'l bit 'bout myself Last edited by DocSanae : 06-09-2006 at 02:19 AM.

06-09-2006, 02:49 AM	#4 (permalink)
DocSanae Super Moderator Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Tokyo, Japan Posts: 8,924 Blog Entries: 2 5' 5" Height:	Folate is folic acid, and that is listed. By phosphorus, do you mean phosphates (phosophoric acids)? There are a couple of vitamins tied with phosphates. Although phosphate has to be present for calcium absorption, it's needed only in a small amount, so what's included there may be sufficient. These products were developed to cater to the special needs of bypass patients, so what they have should do the job for most. __________________ "In every job that must be done, there is an element of fun." Just a li'l bit 'bout myself Last edited by DocSanae : 06-09-2006 at 08:56 AM.

06-09-2006, 05:09 AM	#5 (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	HEY kat... i TAKE CHEWABLE CENTRUMS. I have since i began my journey. MY blood work comes out perfect each time. HAS your surgeon ran blood work on you yet as a post op? I would stick to what your surgeon requests till he reviews blood work ups for you. I know mine follows my blood work very closely. HE did recently increase me to 2 chewable centrums and added Vit B complex to see if it helps an issue i have of numbness. I would maybe get your blood work done and reviewed by a professional and based on those findings decide with your doctor what you need added. ON the hair note, nothing supplement wise really helps. BIOTIN will make the new growth come in faster and healthier but if your choosen to have this happen it will. It didnt start for me till between 3 and 4 months out and is still going strong. I took biotin well before my surgery, use nioxin shampoos and have kept my PROTEIN levels very high thru my journey so I am learning to just deal with it now. I know this has much more to do with ketosis mixed with the stress of the surgery as i had the same hair thinning when i tried ATKINS for weightloss when that was the big craze. Well good look.... Well its too soon for you to really have ur bloods done my first was at 3 months out. I would honestly wait till that is done to make changes in supplements unless instructed by the surgeon! hugs __________________ LISA http://w5.photobucket.com/widgets/dy...164/fr1endly2/ LAP RNY Gastric Bypass

06-10-2006, 06:03 AM	#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	Well im glad your surgeon oredered blood work. I have an entire first year trail of how my blood work improved! I have "PERFECT" blood work and nothing out of range at all! what did he say about he chewable centrums??? I get them at walmart and there affordable for people on a budget. __________________ LISA http://w5.photobucket.com/widgets/dy...164/fr1endly2/ LAP RNY Gastric Bypass



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06-09-2006, 12:36 AM	#3 (permalink)
Kat Seasoned Veteran Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 1,995 5/17/06 Start Date: 5' 6" Height:	Thanks Doc, I had looked at the bariatric advatage multi-form chew and don't see folate and phosphorus listed. Could those things be called something else or am I not reading it correctly? I'm ashamed to say that I don't know enough about all these things. I think I need to go to the library and do some homework. Thanks, Kat

06-09-2006, 09:52 PM	#6 (permalink)
Kat Seasoned Veteran Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 1,995 5/17/06 Start Date: 5' 6" Height:	Thanks Friendly, I just had my 3 week check today and they did give orders for blood work. I'm going to ask them about your vit on Mon. Thanks, Kat

06-10-2006, 07:46 PM	#8 (permalink)
Pillows Seasoned Veteran Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: McGuire Air Force Base, New Jersey, USA Posts: 2,495 Please Enter Height:	I take two prenatals, two calcium citrates (broken in half), a vitamin B-12, a vitamin B-1, two Aciphex (for acid reflux) and that is pretty much it. That is what is okay by my doc....good luck. I consider it an ace of a day when I swallow everything and keep it down before bedtime...lol. Small pills are my fave and I space them out as "treats"... 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

06-12-2006, 04:11 AM	#9 (permalink)
DocSanae Super Moderator Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Tokyo, Japan Posts: 8,924 Blog Entries: 2 5' 5" Height:	Kat, I wasn't looking closely. Phosphate is included in the protein supplemnts, rather than the multiforms, so check them out. P.S. I'm moving this thread to the Vitamins & Nutrition section, as it's more appropriate there. __________________ "In every job that must be done, there is an element of fun." Just a li'l bit 'bout myself

06-20-2006, 06:48 AM	#10 (permalink)
freebird WLS Mentor Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: outside of Ottawa Ontario Posts: 1,187 Please Enter Height:	Doc, are all of the vitamins and supplements we need to take after the surgery available in liquid or chewables? __________________ Don't let todays sorrows cloud tomorrows dreams (Surgery date? = still waiting)

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