Vitamins
Good morning
I heard that your not suppose to take your calcium and multi-vitamin together because of the way that calcium and iron is absorbed by your body. How much time should a person wait between taking them? Does anyone have any advice where taking vitamins is concerned?
VSG:10/18/16, HW:229, SW:217, GW:130, Height 5'6''
on 1/15/17 9:39 am
The reason is because most multi vitamins already have calcium and your body can only absorb about 500 mg of calcium at a time and flushes the rest out. So you should wait and take additional 500 mg at another time, at least 2 hours later.
Also, iron won't be absorbed properly if taken with calcium, so they should be timed at least 2 hours apart.
Liz 5'3" HW: 219 SW: 185 GW: 125 LW: 113 Desired maintenance range: 120-125 CW: 119ish