Vitamin...Life Extension any reviews???
So today I had my 6 month post op. My doctor is now recommending a new multi vitamin. It is called Life Extension two per day tablets. http://www.lef.org/Vitamins-Supplements/Item01715/Two-Per-Da y-Tablets.html Just looking for feed back, He said that taking a normal "person" multi vitamin doesnt work, even with me taking 2 doses a day. Also with this multi I wouldn't need any extra B12, he is staying only thing extra to take is calcium.
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Supplement Facts
Serving Size 2 tablets
Servings Per Container 60
Amount Per Serving
Vitamin A (as 90% beta-carotene and 10% acetate) 5000 IU
Vitamin C (as ascorbic acid, niacinamide and calcium
ascorbates)
500 mg
Vitamin D2 (as ergocalciferol) 2000 IU
Vitamin E (as D-alpha tocopheryl succinate) 100 IU
Thiamine (vitamin B1) (as thiamine HCl) 75 mg
Riboflavin (vitamin B2) 50 mg
Niacin (as niacinamide and niacinamide ascorbate) 50 mg
Vitamin B6 (as pyridoxine HCl) 75 mg
Folate [from lemon (Citrus limon) extract (peel)] 400 mcg
Vitamin B12 (as methylcobalamin) 300 mcg
Biotin 300 mcg
Tomat-O-Red® is a registered trademark of LycoRed LTD.
SelenoPure™ is a trademark of Nutrition 21.
OptiZinc® is a registered trademark of InterHealth Nutritionals, Inc.
Biolut™ is a trademark of Biolut SA de CV.
Crominex® 3+, Capros® and PrimaVie® are registered trademarks of Natreon, Inc.
Albion® is a registered trademark of Albion Laboratories, Inc.
Pantothenic acid (as D-calcium pantothenate) 100 mg
Calcium (from D-calcium pantothenate and calcium
ascorbate)
12 mg
Iodine (from Atlantic kelp) 150 mcg
Magnesium (as magnesium oxide) 100 mg
Zinc (as OptiZinc® zinc monomethionine) 30 mg
Selenium [as Se-Methyl L-Selenocysteine, Lselenomethionine
(yeast free) (SelenoPure™), sodium
selenite]
200 mcg
Manganese (as manganese gluconate) 2 mg
Chromium [as Crominex® 3+ chromium stabilized with
Capros® (Phyllanthus emblica) extract (fruit) and
PrimaVie® Shilajit]
200 mcg
Molybdenum (as molybdenum amino acid chelate) 100 mcg
Potassium (as potassium citrate) 25 mg
Alpha Lipoic Acid 125 mg
Boron (as Albion® bororganic glycine) 3 mg
Choline (as choline bitartrate) 20 mg
Inositol 50 mg
Biolut™ Marigold Extract (Tagetes erecta) (flowers)
[std. to 5 mg tran****ein and 155 mcg transzeaxanthin]
11.12 mg
Lycopene [from Tomat-O-Red® natural tomato extract
(fruit)]
2 mg
PABA (para-aminobenzoic acid) 30 mg
Other ingredients: microcrystalline cellulose, stearic acid,
croscarmellose sodium, aqueous film coating (purified water,
hydroxypropyl methylcellulose, glycerin), calcium sulfate, silica,
vegetable stearate, starch.
Contains soybeans. Due to the source of the kelp, this product may
contain fish and shellfish.
Dosage and Use
n Take two tablets daily in divided doses with meals, or as recommended by a healthcare
practitioner.
What does he base the statement that taking a "normal person" multi doesn't work on? The ASMBS says it does.
I see that taking two of these vitamins only gives you half the vitamin A the ASMBS says we need, and 90% of that is beta carotene, which we can't absorb. So you'd only be getting 5% of the vitamin A you need. I think that means you would need to take extra vitamin A.
I don't see any iron or copper in this, either, unless I missed those somehow. So you'd need to take extra of those.
Is your doc by any chance selling these vitamins?
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.
Oh, and it has no vitamin K.
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.
Yes they have a store on the first floor of the building they are in. They even make you do a certain meal replacement for their pre-op diet. Right now I am taking 2 doses of Nature made Multi, Sundown perfect iron, b12, vitamin C, omega 3, and all my calcium. Only thing that has showed up low on blood work is my Iron, but I have been anemic for years.
I always get a bit skeptical when docs sell vitamins. I'd be very curious about why he thinks you would not need iron with this new brand he's recommending even though your labs show your iron is low. I'd also be curious about why he thinks a "regular person" multi won't work for you when that's what you've been taking and your labs show it is working so far.
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.
I have no clue. I got home from my appointment and looked them up and see what all they are. I was thinking they were made for Bariatric but they arent. Its 20.00 for 2 months, but for me I have been taking all my same pills since right after surgery and my labs are great, other then iron. Last week I switched to the perfect iron, So i will get that retested in a month.
That is very good line of vitamins but rather pricey. And you would need to take 4 per day. As long as you can afford that month after month after month for years - you are OK as long as you additionally take: B12 - in proper form (most of us don't absorb the pills), Vit A, Vit D, calcium, magnesium, Vit K1 and K2., and iron. Most of us also take extra biotin for hair..
most likely - the additional vits I listed - will start running low on you after a few months or years.
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