Multivitamin help!
I SAID THE FLINTSTONES WERE TEMPORARY. I've said it several times. It is right there in my original post. Temporary, while I was healing ... probably because they are gentler or something. Now I'm taking a standard one a day in pill form. Not a big deal to change it. And I said it before all these people who FAILED TO READ decided to throw their two cents at me.
As for calcium carbonate vs. citrate. Calcium carbonate works as an antacid ... and probably why it was on my list in the first place. I have zero problem digesting it. Perhaps if I were taking a PPI (which suppresses the creation of stomach acid) or if my intestines were compromised it would be different since that is where calcium is digested. (so yeah, the surgery DOES matter.)
GERD and acid control is a real issue for many VSG patients so perhaps taking a different calcium than what they advise a RNY patient SHOULD be recommended. That is something to think about ... what's a bigger threat to my health ... GERD or a calcium deficiency? Calcium carbonate actually deals with both.
If you fall down you just have to get back up.
You are three months out. Your bones would be fine if you took no supplements and had nothing bu****er for three months. And the only way to keep track of bone health is with DEXA scans, as blood tests won't tell you much. Your doctor did have you get a baseline DEXA scan before surgery, as the ASMBS recommends, right?
Those without WLS absorb the citrate form much better than carbonate. With your altered anatomy, it's far worse. If you are on a PPI, as most VSGers are, you are absorbing almost nothing from carbonate.
Your doctor recommends both Flintstones and calcium carbonate. You've given me all the information I need concerning how smart they are.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4795306/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3571763/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19437082
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3213620
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2273192
6'3" tall, male.
Highest weight was 475. RNY on 08/21/12. Current weight: 198.
M1 -24; M2 -21; M3 -19; M4 -21; M5 -13; M6 -21; M7 -10; M8 -16; M9 -10; M10 -8; M11 -6; M12 -5.
The OP is not a RNY patient and neither am I. Calcium is absorbed in the intestines, therefore we do NOT have a problem digesting it. Our "altered anatomy" has zero affect on that particular nutrient. What WE need to be looking at is Iron and B12. Both of which are present in flintstone with iron. Last point, I do not take a PPI either, I don't need it.
If you fall down you just have to get back up.
The OP is not a RNY patient and neither am I. Calcium is absorbed in the intestines, therefore we do NOT have a problem digesting it. Our "altered anatomy" has zero affect on that particular nutrient. What WE need to be looking at is Iron and B12. Both of which are present in flintstone with iron. Last point, I do not take a PPI either, I don't need it.
Check out the ASMBS guidelines. You are wrong.
Here...I'll even make it easy for you. Look for Q3:
~Jen
RNY, 8/1/2011
HW: 348 SW: 306 CW:-fighting regain GW: 140
He who endures, conquers. ~Persius
Flintstones do not contain enough B12 to meet ASMBS guidelines.
Sparklekitty / Julie / Nerdy Little Secret (#42)
Roller derby - cycling - triathlon
VSG 2013, RNY conversion 2019 due to GERD. Trendweight here!
Blood tests can't tell you much at all about the state of your bone health. If you are deficient in calcium for whatever reason, your body will leach calcium from your bones and into your blood, and your blood tests will remain perfectly normal as your bones degenerate further and further. Bone scans are what can tell you about bone density/health.
That said, I'm not here to argue about what calcium supplement is better to take, as I don't take anyl.
