Question:
For RNY'ers...What is the absolute BEST vitamin/supplement regimen to take daily?

I have been told so many differnt things about what vitamins and supplements we are supposed to take that I'm going bonkers. LOL Here is what I am taking now: (1) Bariatric Advantage Multi Formula with Antioxidants (2) Citrical petites (2 per day) (3) Vitron C Iron supplement (4) Biotin. Now, is this enough to keep me alive and well....or am I forgetting something??? Apparently, the nut./dieticians at the "Center Of Excellence" that I had my surgery at...don't know the difference between calcium carbonate & calcium citrate...and don't seem to know their own butts from a hole in the ground. lol Advice, please! What are YOU taking? Thanks!    — PaulaJ (posted on July 15, 2009)

July 15, 2009
I like a combination - Bariatric Advantage Citrus for my multi, a chewable Calcium that I get from a store called Max Muscle here in Denver, and B-12 and Biotin and extra D that I get from the Vitamin Shoppe. I buy the Bariatric Advantage from their website....www.bariatricadvantage.com. It's my personal feeling that people who've had WLS should use multi-vitamins formulated specifically to meet the needs of their new, mal-absorbtive system. There is another brand called Celebrate, and you can get information about them from a website called bariatriceating.com but I have not tried them. Why don't you ask your surgeon what he or she recommends?
   — Erica Alikchihoo

July 15, 2009
My physician recommends 2 multivitamins, 2 calcium citrate, 1 vitamin D, B12 every other day. I just buy the store brand and my labs have been excellent. I am 8 mos post op
   — DeniseHolstege

July 15, 2009
After trying a lot of different products, including Centrum adult chewables, Vit. C, B-12, B-Complex with B-12, Biotin, Iron, Calcium, Colace, Vit.D, liquid Multivitamin from Vitacost(yuck!), I ordered the following chewies from www.bariatriceating.com - multi(2/day), calcium with vit D and Magnesium(3/day), iron(1) and B-12 sublingual(1/day). In addition I still take biotin 2/day(late starter to replenish hair loss), colace-stool softener-2/twice daily), Vit. C. and B-complex-sublingually- dailyI'm due for labs in August and I just recently starting taking my vitamins more diligently than I have been in the past, so I'll see how effective it's all been.
   — babs71958

July 15, 2009
I'm 10 months out. I take a centrum multi vitamin every morning with breakfast, and a calcium + D every day at lunch. All my blood work has come back fine with levels where they should be.
   — Ursie77

July 16, 2009
My surgeon said he had never recommended a vitamin in his life but once he saw what was in this one, he did. I take Vemma - it's a liquid and I only take 2 oz a day. I also take 1 Citracal Petite and a B12 sublingual once a day. I buy this at www.thevemmastop.com My surgeons office also sells it but with shipping, it costs slightly more than on line. And, it tastes pretty good!
   — mkblan