What is your vitamin/mineral intake? Amount? Brand?

msecanales
on 9/23/15 6:32 pm

Ready, set, go! :)

Mary B.
on 9/23/15 11:07 pm - AZ
VSG on 04/23/15

The first vitamins I took were Centrum chewables, Citrical gummies and Trader Joe's sublingual B-12.  I still take the same B-12.  When I ran out of the other two after about 3 months, I got regular Centrum Silver and Citrical pills.

Age 63, HW 289, SW 273

(deactivated member)
on 9/23/15 5:04 pm, edited 9/24/15 3:26 am

I'm a total vitamin junkie, so I take more than I need to, I suppose. My minimum that is outlined by my bariatric MD and my PCP is:

1 multi per day (Centrum), two 500 mg doses of calcium citrate with D3 per day, an additional 2000 iu D3 per day, 4 mg copper (I have low copper levels), 6000 mg Omega 3 (per the PCP, not the bariatric MD). 

I also take a vitamin E to help the Omega 3 absorption and an immune booster during the first two months of the school year. 

H.A.L.A B.
on 9/24/15 5:09 am

I hope this is just a typo - but you take a dose of 1500mg of calcium 2 x a day? 

There are studies that suggest we can only absorb app 500 mg of calcium per dose.. And they need to be spread at least 2 hours apart. Taking 1500 x 2 is over 3000mg or day.. But most of it is really not absorbed. But it can cause constipation... 

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(deactivated member)
on 9/24/15 10:28 am

Yes, it was a typo! Thanks for pointing it out. I edited it to show that I actually take 500 mg twice per day! I take a PPI so my PCP says that up to 1500 mg per day is okay, too. 

happyteacher
on 9/25/15 5:40 pm

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