Vitamins

Eattoliv4life
on 1/15/17 5:08 am
VSG on 10/18/16

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''

 

(deactivated member)
on 1/15/17 9:39 am
VSG on 12/28/16

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. 

Liz WantsHealthForAll
on 1/15/17 9:50 am - Cape Cod, MA
VSG on 03/28/16

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

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