daily vitamin check in

poet_kelly
on 3/7/12 10:09 am - OH
How are you doing today?  I just took my last dose of calcium and all I have left to do is my iron and C.

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LJ1972
on 3/7/12 10:15 am - FL
Calcium in... discovered I only had 1 mult left so I'll have to try to get some tomorrow; iron before bed
cheysma2000
on 3/7/12 10:22 am - Bassett, VA
I know you are going to kill me but when you have a chance could you tell me again which vitamins have to be taken at different times. I got all the ones that were recommended to me but I really don't know what to take when. I will give you my email if you want it. I know you aren't a doctor but today at my last visit before surgery, the dietician still is telling me only a good multi and calcium. tammylynnedwards@hotmail.com

Cheysma2000
RNY 3/12/12
Hernia surgery 3/25/12

    

poet_kelly
on 3/7/12 10:30 am - OH
If you take iron with vitamin C, it helps you absorb the iron better.

Do not take iron and calcium together.  Calcium blocks the absorption of iron.  Take them at least two hours apart.

If there is iron in your multi and you want to absorb that iron, do not take calcium with your multi.  If there is no iron in your multi, or if you don't care about absorbing that iron, you can take calcium with your multi.

The ASMBS says we need 1500-2000 mg calcium citrate a day and we can only absorb about 500 mg at a time, so take three or four doses a day, at least two hours apart.

You can take B12 and D3 with anything you want.

View more of my photos at ObesityHelp.com          Kelly

Please note: I AM NOT A DOCTOR.  If you want medical advice, talk to your doctor.  Whatever I post, there is probably some surgeon or other health care provider somewhere that disagrees with me.  If you want to know what your surgeon thinks, then ask him or her.    Check out my blog.

 

cheysma2000
on 3/7/12 10:35 am - Bassett, VA
Thank you so much.

Cheysma2000
RNY 3/12/12
Hernia surgery 3/25/12

    

RNYgirl2020
on 3/7/12 10:37 am
Kelly,
Can we take both our multis together?!?!
poet_kelly
on 3/7/12 10:42 am - OH
There are different opinions on this and I have not seen any studies or anything scientific saying either way.  The reason many people think it's best not to take them together is because we can only absorb so much of some nutrients at a time.  Therefore, if you take both multis together, you might not absorb everything.  I haven't actually seen studies on how much of some vitamins you can absorb at once, though; like, I have no idea how much vitamin A or how much selenium one can absorb at one time.  If those studies have been done, I haven't seen them.  So I take mine separately just to be on the sure side.

View more of my photos at ObesityHelp.com          Kelly

Please note: I AM NOT A DOCTOR.  If you want medical advice, talk to your doctor.  Whatever I post, there is probably some surgeon or other health care provider somewhere that disagrees with me.  If you want to know what your surgeon thinks, then ask him or her.    Check out my blog.

 

Mal
on 3/7/12 8:03 pm
Hi Kelly, long time no see! 

Can we take two doses of sublingual b12 throughout the day?  (say one in the am and one mid-afternoon?)  I don't want to get too much but I have a feeling I'm not getting enough.  I take calcium citrate, a good women's multi, Vitron C ( Iron with vitamin c) and the sublingual b12.  I just started up again on my vitamin regimen and I'm pretty sure that I'm anemic (easily bruised, and chomping on ice all the time urgh). 

I have to get back to see the surgeon and nutritionist and I'm also going to see if they can make a referral to a good plastic surgeon that they are affiliated with.  I have so much hanging skin on my legs, stomach and my breasts are all but non-existant (used to be  42D, now I'm lucky if I'm a 32B) and I want to see what insurance will cover if it worded as reconstructive surgery.   All of this of course has to happen in like 3 weeks from now because my daughter Anna is going to be home recovering from having her brain tumor removed again on 3/12. 

Hope things are going well for you! 

Mallisa
                
poet_kelly
on 3/8/12 12:46 am - OH
Yeah, you can do that.

I hope all goes well with your daughter.

View more of my photos at ObesityHelp.com          Kelly

Please note: I AM NOT A DOCTOR.  If you want medical advice, talk to your doctor.  Whatever I post, there is probably some surgeon or other health care provider somewhere that disagrees with me.  If you want to know what your surgeon thinks, then ask him or her.    Check out my blog.

 

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