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My understanding is that it's only the "sugar alcohols" that cause digestive problems. These have names that end in "-ol", e.g., xylitol, sorbitol, mannitol. As with most things, "the dose makes the poison". Chewing a piece of gum or taking a multivitamin or prescribed medication containing sugar alcohols is unlikely to cause you digestive problems. (Maybe White Dove is particularly sensitive to sugar alcohols?) But if you eat a half-dozen pieces of candy sweetened with them, you may regret it!
So your vitamins are probably fine.
Interesting. I use Sweet-N-Low in my iced tea. I use real sugar in my hot tea. My daily vitamins (multi and a calcium both taken twice a day) are by Bariatric Advantage. They taste pretty good so I'm sure they're loaded with sweeteners. I try to minimize sugar and sweeteners as much as I can. That being said, I do enjoy dark chocolate now. I never did before.
I got it off Amazon.
Search for "MAV Nutrition Digestive Enzymes & Probiotics"
It's $23.31 and has 4.5 stars from 2107 reviews.
Is the digestive enzyme over-the-counter of prescription? What's the prescription name? Thanks for the info. I usually eat oatmeal, too.
Thanks for your response. I'm up to 2 liters as of this week. I'll try increasing the water as much as is possible.
I make sure I take magnesium everyday. It takes care of constipation problems for me.
The excessive farting is probably from artificial sweeteners. I found out the chewable vitamins I was taking were sweetened with maltitol. Check labels on everything you are eating and drinking.
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I would suggest going for as much lean, dense protein as you can. Chicken breast, lunch meat, beef jerky, other ways of preparing meat, maybe some cheese in there. Shakes, lettuce, protein bars, and fruit won't stay around in your stomach and keep you satisfied.
If you're struggling to lose weight at your current intake level, that probably means you should cut calories. There are plenty of folks here, especially several years out, who need to drop to about 800/day to lose weight.
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VSG 2013, RNY conversion 2019 due to GERD. Trendweight here!
I just started taking a digestive enzyme (1 capsule twice a day) with the goal being to eliminate or at least decrease gas. I don't get bloated but my farts are pretty much toxic at this point. Whatever you are imagining it's worse. I was doing Devrom but it didn't seem to help me much despite taking up to 8 of them per day. I think the digestive enzymes are helping a bit. Just gotta take them regularly.
For me, I discovered that if I kept oatmeal as a breakfast staple it helped me keep my #2s good and it was processed well and has great health benefits. I usually do an oatmeal packet, a banana and a pure protein bar for breakfast. I could easily eat more but I cap it there. Constipation post surgery is no joke. I'll do do whatever it takes to avoid it. Hope this helps.
Its almost Time for ya! Excited for the new journey into your new life! The start will be rough and there will be ups and downs but you will make it! GL and once the shaky start is over enjoy your new life! Im working on the same thing and excited to work thru it as well!
