RE: Liquid Bariatric Vitamins

Hello Everyone, I would like to know if any of you knows of a good liquid bariatric multivitamin or one that meets bariatric standards? Not liquid Centrum or Geritol etc.

Hello Beverly Well I take Mulitvitamin Liquid Centrum...I asked my doctor and she said it was ok just to take a tablespoon in the morning then one at dinner. I also take Viactiv chewables for calcium. Its pretty good, cant complain. Hope this helps

RNY patients cannot absorb calcium from Viactiv. It has calcium carbonate in it. We need calcium CITRATE. Best switch over. Veactiv does not cut it. Don'twant to get calcium deprived It is very serious. Barb in CA

On vistavitamins.com they have info from a study that was done in Colorado comparing bariatric vitamins for absorbability and content. Number 1 was vista vitamins (not liquid), but #2 over all was glacial milk which is a liquid vitamin. They even have a sugar free version. (make sure to add http://www) glacialmilk.net/cnMain.htm. I have never tried it, so I can't vouch for the flavor. But, I thought #2 out of all the vitamins tested for bariatric patients was pretty good. Best of luck, Cara RNY 2/15/2005 341/304 INGREDIENT DESCRIPTIONS: One 32 oz. bottle of great-tasting Glacial Milk® Complete Nutrition is a convenient month's supply of over 130 highly synergistic nutrients for less than a dollar a day - probably less than most people spend on that cup of coffee or soda they drink every day! Aloe Vera Gel:  51% base of pure, whole leaf, cold processed Aloe Vera Gel, renowned for its excellent healing properties. 77 Plant Source Ionic Major and Trace Minerals:  Your body most efficiently absorbs minerals in plant source ionic form. Elemental minerals in pill form are essentially rocks, and your body was not designed to absorb rocks. Besides, most pill supplements usually contain only 11 or 12 minerals, not the 77 plant-source ionic minerals that are in Glacial Milk® Complete Nutrition. 10 Fortified Minerals 16 Vitamins & Nutrients  22 Amino Acids 3 Essential Fatty Acids Large Daily Amounts of Special Antioxidants:  Glacial Milk® Complete Nutrition also includes a large daily maintenance amount of some of the most powerful free radical fighting antioxidants currently known to man: Ester C® (500mg/oz) - Vitamin C is a key antioxidant, providing the body's main defense against free radicals which are produced continually within our bodies. Vitamin C scavenges free radicals and cleans up waste products. Ester-C® is a unique form of Vitamin C because the body absorbs it more quickly and retains it much longer than any other form of Vitamin C. Ester-C®'s patented manufacturing process neutralizes the pH, making Ester-C® gentle on the digestive system.   Grape Seed Extract (60mg/oz) is a natural super-antioxidant 50 times more powerful than Vitamin E and 20 times more powerful than Vitamin C. It combats free radical by-products from the toxins in the food, air, water and metabolic processes that cause oxidation damage to our body's cells and tissues.    Una de Gato (600mg/oz) is also known as "Cat's Claw" and has been used for generations by the Ashanica Indians in the Peruvian rain forest and is effective in balancing hormone levels, supporting the immune system, and cleansing the digestive tract.   Alpha Lipoic Acid (50mg/oz) may be the most important antioxidant ever discovered because it supports the effectiveness of many other antioxidants in the body.   Lutein (5mg/oz) is a carotenoid found in vegetables and fruits. It is not made in the body but must be obtained from food or supplements. Recent evidence has found that lutein may play an important role in protecting our eyes and eyesight.   CoEnzyme Q-10 (3mg/oz) is involved in generating 95 percent of the energy needs of your body through the production of ATP, the basic energy molecule. CoEnzyme Q10 acts as an antioxidant, similar to vitamin E, and has become very popular with those studying anti-aging and the prevention and treatment of heart disease.   51% base of pure, whole leaf, cold processed Aloe Vera Gel (14,458mg/oz) - Aloe Vera Gel is renowned for its excellent healing properties and supports the self-cleansing action of your body for a healthy digestive system and a healthy energy level. The aloe leaf contains over 75 nutrients and 200 active compounds, including many essential enzymes, 20 minerals, 18 amino acids, and 12 vitamins.

My surgeon has a Bariatric clinic where we get our vitamins and they are all chewable or sublingual (will melt under the tongue). I have iron, calcium, multi-vitamins and B12 that I take. They come in several different flavors. I can find you a link if you are interested, the brand is Bariatric Advantage.

If you have RNY, do NOT take Viactive. You must take a Calcium Citrate tablet to get absorbed. You cannot take calcium carbonate. barb in CA