My Vitamin/Mineral List

All,

This is my vitamin / mineral list. If you have any suggestions please let me know. Thanks...

Vitamin/Mineral	Dose	Morning	Afternoon	Evening
B-12	1000 mcg	ü
B-Complex		ü
Biotin	5000 mcg	ü
Calcium Citrate	1000 mg	ü		ü
D-3	1000 mg	ü	ü	ü
Flaxseed Oil	1000 mg			ü
Garlic	500 mg	ü
Glucosamine Chondroiton w/ MSM		ü		ü
Multivitamin		ü
Niacin	250 mg	ü
Probiotic	3 Billion	ü		ü

Niacin is to raise my good cholesterol.
Glucosamine is for my knees - helped greatly.

Morning Kevin, Looks like quite a list.  We can only absorb 500 mg of calcium citrate at any one time, you are not getting the benefit from a larger dose at once.  I would split into 500 mg, taken 3 or 4 times a day.  My MD suggests 500 mg three times daily.  I also take a multivit morning and evening, for the same reason, absorption.  My MD suggests the twice a day vitamin.  The rest looks great.

I also take the 5000 mg of biotin, B12, D-3 and probiotic.  I have added devrom for odorus gas with great results.  My nuritionist has me taking coromega3 (squeeze packet that tastes good - orange flavor) for my omega fish oil.

I think I was off on the dosage. I take Citrical Maximum which is 315mg per pill and I take 1 in the AM and one in the PM. 

I'll look into the coromega3.

Thanks for reponding.

I thought I would throw this out there and see what you all had to say.

Kevin, you mentioned Citracal.  I assume that this is the type you swallow, not chewable.  Is anybody having good labs with taking vitamins that aren't chewable?  I'm getting ready to switch to Building Blocks capsules that are for bariatric patients but that you swallow.  I occasionally throw up my vitamins; I can't stand the texture.  My surgeon says I'm just being a wuss.

Colleen

collleen, i never thought of you as a wuss.  world watch out. vick

kevin, are u sure u need to b12. my lab tests show my over the normal side of b12. i was taking b12 and then i stiopped and there are still over the top.  i wish my iron was the same way. do men not need iron?  i wonder if the glucosamine would help my knees since i have had knee replacements on both legs.    take care. vick

Found out that I need 1,200 - 1,500 mg of Calcium per day. I was only actually getting 600mg or so. I will adjust the number of pills accordingly.

My surgeons office recommends 1 Multi per day, so I will stick with that for now.

Thanks all.

Kevin

How are you taking the glucosamine?  I was taking two pills each night before surgery but haven't started them back since surgery cause it's so hard to get down what I HAVE to take.  I had been taking it since arthritis showed up in my knee in August and I've noticed a big improvement.  Was planning to start it back up.

I was also taking red yeast rice capsules to lower cholesterol.  Haven't started them back up yet either.

Lucky for me that I have had zero issues taking pills, so I don't have any advice unfortunately.
I would post your question as a new topic to see if others can offer help.

: )