Multivitamin Info -- Detailed info on Flintstones, Optisource, and Centrum EDITED

The nut would be a better choice simply because the surgeon most likely hasn't had any nutritional training since early med school.

But remember, some nuts still don't research as much as they could.  My last nut appointment?  I showed her my research and she was taking notes off the things I brought in to her.  Did that make her a bad nut?  No, it meant she didn't have the newest info available.  Period.

Hmm I'm perplexed! Thanks for all this information Andrea.

I just started on the bariatric advantage chewables and it has a lot of what we need but I noticed there was no potassium or sodium or anything listed, are those things we should be getting from food then??

Pretty much, yes.

Sodium is easy.  Potassium isn't as easy, but is manageable.

Cool. Thanks again for your dedication to these threads. I don't care who you **** off. I learn something new EVERY time I read them.

I for one greatly appreciate the time that you take to try to inform others about this subject. You are not forcing it down anyones throat just offering information. Let those take from it what they wish. We will see where they are in a few years. To those that question it..do your own research. But if you want to blindly take "a" (meaning maybe one) vitamin lets see where you are at in a few years. I am over 5 years out and fighting this EVERY SINGLE DAY! My doc's have been aggresive in my treatment and just when I thought I was out of the woods..SMACK..Im probably defecient AGAIN!! Even with a lot of vitamins. I am showing the symptoms which I have been wrongly chalking up to an ulcer. WRONG!!! Doc think Im running too low on my B1 AGAIN..even with shots. Yeah for me. SO--- Andrea, even though others might squack and argue I thank you for what you are trying to do. Oh and by the way I did read it all..but hopefully there is not a test cause I wont remember it. HAHA

So I pulled out my Viactiv multivitamins.... and I got baffled.

I noticed that your RDA for the different vites were different from the %DV on the label of my multivitamins in nearly every single category.

Where does one find the definitive list of RDA?

I take two of these a day.

My Viactiv Multivitamins label says:

Vitamin A 2500 IU (50% DV)
Vitamin C 60 mg (100% DV) -- I supplement 500 mg 1x day & 250 1 x day
Vitamin D 400 IU (100% DV) -- I supplement 4000 IU 2x day
Vitamin E 33 IU (110% DV) 
Thiamin 1.5 mg (100% DV) -- I supplement 7.5 mg 1x day
Riboflavin 1.7 mg (100% DV) -- I supplement 8.5 mg 1x day
Niacin 15 mg (75% DV) -- I supplement 50 mg 1x day
Vitamin B6 2 mg (100% DV) -- I supplement 10 mg 1x day
Folic Acid 400 mcg (100% DV) -- I supplement 400 mcg 1x day
Vitamin B12 6 mcg (100% DV) -- I supplement 30 mcg 1x day & 500 mcg 1x day
Biotin 30 mcg (10% DV) -- I supplement 1000 mcg 1x day & 300 mcg 1x day
Pantothenic Acid 10 mg (100% DV) -- I supplement 50 mg 1x day
Calcium (carbonate) 200 mg -- I supplement with approx 2000 mg elemental calcium.


These %DV aren't the same as your RDA.... so are they just using %DV to confuse consumers?

 

I got my list from wikipedia.. which I would trust as an outside source rather than what's on a bottle.

But hey, my info could be wrong, too.  I never claim to be perfect :-)

LL,   are you taking another calcium too?

I was taking a liquid vitamin from Nature's Plus called Source of Life before I had surgery and decided to keep on taking it because I already liked the taste and it seemed better than any chewable out there.  I take one capful every morning (2 Tbl) and then supplment with extra calcium citrate, dry D3, sublingual B-12 and then vitalady's tender iron and chewable C mid-day away from my calcium supplements.  Here is the breakdown of the liquid vit in your format:

Vitamin A - RDA 3000
Optisource - 1875
Centrum - 4000
Centrum Kids - 3500
Flintstones - 3000
Flintstones Gummy – 2000

Source of Life – 10,000

Vitamin C - RDA 90
Optisource - 15
Centrum - 75
Centrum Kids - 60
Flintstones - 60
Flintstones Gummy – 30

Source of Life - 500

Vitamin D - RDA 200
Optisource - 100
Centrum - 400
Centrum Kids - 400 
Flintstones - 400
Flintstones Gummy – 200

Source of Life - 400

Vitamin K - RDA 120
Optisource - 40
Centrum - 0
Centrum Kids - 10
Flintstones - 0
Flintstones Gummy – 0

Source of Life - 0

Vitamin B6 - RDA 1.3mg
Optisource - 500
Centrum - 7
Centrum Kids - 2
Flintstones - 2
Flintstones Gummy – 1

Source of Life - 25

Vitamin E (tocopherol) - RDA 15
Optisource - 0
Centrum - 70
Centrum Kids - 30
Flintstones - 30
Flintstones Gummy – 20

Source of Life - 200

Biotin - RDA 30
Optisource - 75
Centrum - 45
Centrum Kids - 45
Flintstones - 40
Flintstones Gummy – 75

Source of Life - 100

Calcium - RDA 1000
Optisource - 250
Centrum - 200
Centrum Kids - 108 
Flintstones - 100
Flintstones Gummy – 0

Source of Life - 50

Chloride - RDA 2300
Optisource - 0
Centrum - 0
Centrum Kids - 0 
Flintstones - 0
Flintstones Gummy – 0

Source of Life - 0

Chromium - RDA 35mcg
Optisource - 30
Centrum - 100
Centrum Kids - 20
Flintstones - 0
Flintstones Gummy – 0

Source of Life - 20

Choline - RDA 550
Optisource - 0
Centrum - 0
Centrum Kids -  0
Flintstones - 38
Flintstones Gummy - 38
Source of Life – 13

Copper - RDA 900mcg
Optisource - 500mcg
Centrum - 2mg
Centrum Kids - 2mg 
Flintstones - 2mg
Flintstones Gummy - 0
Source of Life – 1.5mg

Cyanocobalamin (B12)  - RDA 2.4
Optisource - 125
Centrum - 25
Centrum Kids - 6
Flintstones - 6
Flintstones Gummy - 5
Source of Life - 200

Fluoride - RDA 4
Optisource - 0
Centrum - 0
Centrum Kids - 0
Flintstones - 0
Flintstones Gummy - 0
Source of Life – 0

Folate (B9)  - RDA 400
Optisource - 0
Centrum - 500
Centrum Kids - 400 
Flintstones - 400
Flintstones Gummy - 200
Source of Life - 400

Iodine - RDA 150
Optisource - 37.5
Centrum - 100
Centrum Kids - 150 
Flintstones - 150
Flintstones Gummy - 40
Source of Life - 150

Iron - RDA 8
Optisource - 7.5 
Centrum - 0
Centrum Kids - 18
Flintstones - 18
Flintstones Gummy - 0
Source of Life – 4.5

Magnesium - RDA 420
Optisource - 100
Centrum - 50
Centrum Kids - 40
Flintstones - 20
Flintstones Gummy - 0
Source of Life - 25

Manganese - RDA 2.3
Optisource - 0.5
Centrum - 4.5
Centrum Kids - 1 
Flintstones - 0
Flintstones Gummy - 0
Source of Life - 4

Molbdenum -  RDA 45
Optisource - 18.75
Centrum - 25
Centrum Kids - 20
Flintstones - 0
Flintstones Gummy - 0
Source of Life – 0

Niacin (B3)  - RDA 16
Optisource - 5
Centrum - 12
Centrum Kids - 20
Flintstones - 15
Flintstones Gummy - 0
Source of Life - 40

Pantothenic Acid (B5)  - RDA 5
Optisource - 2.5
Centrum - 10
Centrum Kids - 10 
Flintstones - 10
Flintstones Gummy - 5
Source of Life - 60

Phosphorus - RDA 700
Optisource - 50
Centrum - 125
Centrum Kids - 50 
Flintstones - 100
Flintstones Gummy - 0
Source of Life – 0

Potassium - RDA 4700
Optisource - 0
Centrum - 0
Centrum Kids - 0
Flintstones - 0
Flintstones Gummy - 0
Source of Life - 50

Thiamin (B1)  - RDA 1.2mg
Optisource - 375mcg
Centrum - 2.2mg
Centrum Kids - 1.5mg
Flintstones - 1.5mg
Flintstones Gummy - 0
Source of Life – 25mg

Riboflavin (B2)  - RDA 1.3mg
Optisource - 425mcg
Centrum - 2.7 mg
Centrum Kids - 1.7mg
Flintstones - 1.7mg
Flintstones Gummy - 0
Source of Life – 25mg

Selenium - RDA 55
Optisource - 17.5
Centrum - 22.5
Centrum Kids - 0 
Flintstones -  0
Flintstones Gummy – 0

Source of Life – 25mcg

Sodium - RDA 1500mg
Optisource - 5
Centrum - 0
Centrum Kids -  0
Flintstones - 10
Flintstones Gummy - 0
Source of Life - 0

Zinc - RDA 11
Optisource - 7.5
Centrum - 15
Centrum Kids - 15
Flintstones - 12
Flintstones Gummy – 0

Source of Life – 7.5

What do you think?

Looks pretty average.  I've not found one vitamin that really does it all yet.. and I'm still looking.

So it looks ok, as long as you continue the other supplementation :-)