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

Andrea, THANK YOU!

I think the message that I have to be proactive is one I'm hearing loud and clearly.


Now -- you've done enough work. I'm trying to build some kind of spreadsheet or database so I can track everything (labs, intake of supplements and primary source foods, e.g. dairy, etc.) and anything else that seems relevant. This is for the rest of my life, so I figured I'd try.

Still, not wanting to reinvent the wheel here -- has anyone developed a spreadsheet that works for them? Something I could tweak? I'd be grateful!

I agree that wiki isn't a source to trust.

Feel free to do what I did:  Do your own research.

I'll even include a link for you:  http://www.iom.edu/Object.File/Master/21/372/0.pdf

That's a government-created file for you to check all the info out for yourself.

I have a silly question, but I am new to this. On the centrum chewables, 2 day? both at the same time, or at different times?

If that's the silliest question I see all day, I'll be a surprised viking.

Different times.

The body can only absorb certain quantities of different micronutrients at a time.

I figured that, but I just wanted to be sure. Thanks alot for this. I am trying to get everything I need so I am prepared for all this and this helps alot!!

Well actually the ASMBS Nutritional recommendations document reads "200% of daily value*" for RYGB (Table 5, p.S79), NOT 100% (although the note that the * refers to reads "*A high-potency multi-vit containing 100% of dv for at least 2/3 of nutrients." I don't know if anyone else mentioned that, (I'm trying to navigate this site on my BlackBerry which really sucks!). But then it really doesn't say what the "nutrients" are that we need at least 2/3 of, and not being a Dietician, I'm really having a bit of trouble finding exactly what that is so I can compare chewables.

Here ya go:  http://wlsvitagarten.com/2010/04/11/chewable-multivitamin-comparison/