Ok to take dry Vitamin A with Dry K?
I've read that K can't compete with A & D for absorption so it's best to take K away from those two. This makes my vitamin schedule much more complicated.
I'm wondering if that advice only applies to oil-packed vits for normies and not us?
Anyone have any experience with this to share?
Good to hear it's working out for you. Did you ever take them apart? Was the level different?
Anyway, I can't find the main one, but here's one:
https://www.rd.com/health/wellness/supplement-medication-com bos-never-mix/
But I understand most vitamin "research" is theoretical, biased, anecdotal, etc. so I don't put any of it on a pedestal. That's why I was just curious what everyone else has heard.
Sleeve to DS revision by Dr. Gary Belzberg. Highest Weight (pre-sleeve): 325 (40.6 BMI) DS Revision Surgery Weight: 295 (36.7 BMI) Current Weight: 235 (29.5 BMI) 6'3"
I did take them apart - at one point my philosophy was to spread everything out as much as possible. A little over 6 months ago I moved all the dry vitamins to first thing in the morning. I had heard a while back that taking the "dry" versions on an empty stomach might be helpful. Like I said it seemed to help D but no change on A and K at my last yearly labs.
So most of the competing vitamins match what I have always heard and read. The K paragraph seems a little wishy washy to me but something I would keep in mind in future reading.
I get you on the vitamin research. Some is pretty well tested, some is extrapolation, and some seems to be less supported.
The one thing I keep to from early on is if you are having trouble with a specific vitamin try and isolate it to see if that helps. Labs rule, so while I may try different timings I'm OK to backtrack if I see an issue there.
I always find vitamins and absorption rates interesting and look for anything new. :)
Pete
I was hoping someone would respond. I've taken them together and never noticed any issues (I tend to have low A, fine E, and K & D are OK because of the massive amounts I take - I also take K1 & K2).
I always assumed that because there was a comprehensive vitamin "ADEK" that those 4 were meant to be taken together. The problem with the ADEK is when you needed to supplement, which I think most of us do with higher amounts of D & K.
I've tried separating my vitamins but I tend to "forget" when I do that. I've also tried taking vitamins in the middle of the night or right before bed, but they tend to bother my stomach more so I stick with vitamins 3 times a day - about an hour or so before each meal.
Janet in Leesburg
DS 2/25/03
Hazem Elariny
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I just got my 13-year DS labs back and I take all the vitamins together on an empty stomach first thing in the morning. My levels of all of the vitamins were perfect. I never, ever miss the vitamins with this strategy and it's working for me. I might go for a more complicated schedule, if I were having issues with a vitamin, but I would probably first just increase the dose of the outlier. My schedule for minerals involves taking only one mineral on any given day, to avoid competition between them, but in a higher dose of each to make up for skipped days. But every DS patient is different. Let your labs be your guide. If the labs are ok, I don't think you need to make the schedule more complex because of some perceived competition.