Re: Important vitamin questions, any advice/help is most appreciated!

[Guest guest]

I got CitraCal chewables at my local Good Neighbor

pharmacy. If your pharmacy doesn't carry them, as the

pharmacist to order them. I got the sublingual B12

(dots) at Wal Mart. The ug is micrograms. My doctor

says to take 2 multivitamin chewables with 18mg of

iron daily. Don't take them within 2 hours of the

calcium. The CitraCal chewables have 4g of sugar in

each one, but my dietician says that should be okay.

I also take one Cod Liver Oil pill each day. I hope

this info helps.

--- sarrah345 sarrah345@...> wrote:

> Hi all,

>

> Well, I'm online and trying to get the required

> vitamins and minerals

> and protein powder that my dietician told me to buy.

> But I need your

> help!

>

> I've been to four web sites (bariatriceating.com,

> vitaminworld.com,

> puritantv.com, and GNC) so far, and I'm having

> trouble locating

> exactly what I need. It's a bigger project than I

> thought!

>

> This is what I'm having trouble locating:

>

> Calcium Citrate with vitamin D (chewable)...I have

> to have between

> 1200 and 1500mg a day.

>

> Sublingual B-12 that is no more than 500 ug. I

> don't even know what

> ug is? The sites I visited didn't have ug as a

> measurement.

>

> I've already decided on an unflavored protein

> powder, from

> Bariatriceating.com, which is good...at least to

> start.

>

> I bought the chewable multivitamins with iron, that

> the nutritionist

> wanted me to, already, from Walgreen's. But they

> didn't seem to have

> a large selection of vitamins, though. And the box

> I bought is

> small, and it was the last one the shelf! I'm

> supposed to take two

> or three of them per day. (I have conflicting

> paperwork, one from the

> dietician says 2, and the doctors directions say 3),

> so I left a

> message with the dietician to call me back and let

> me know.

>

> I know that while I'm in the hospital, the protein

> that I will be

> having is called Pro-Stat. I hear that it's nasty

> (according to my

> sis in law who had the same surgeon, etc.). Does

> anyone have

> experience with that type of protein beverage? Good

> or bad?

>

> While looking on the Bariatriceating.com site, I

> thought I'd found my

> calcium citrate solution in the form of a liquid, by

> a dropper. It

> is very very concentrated and I believe as high as

> 1200 mg per

> dropper. My only question, is that it has fructose

> in it. Isn't

> fructose the same as regular sugar?

>

> Vitamin B6 - 50 mg per day.....again conflicting

> directions.

> Dieticians papers don't say it but the doc's does.

>

> Vitamin E - 400 units 3x a day for one month, and

> after that,

> whatever Vitamin E is in my multivitamins is fine

> from then on.

>

> Creatine Monohydrate - 7500 mg in a powdered form

> 1-3 times daily or

> what I can tolerate.

>

> Glutamine - 1-5 grams mixed in yogurt, 2-4 times a

> day.

>

> Fish oil/Flax Oil Tablets - 1-2 tablets 1-3 times a

> day, start slowly

> and build up slowly. But how much should I take mg

> wise?????

>

> Zinc/magnesium aspartate - 2 capsules, taken 30-60

> min before bed on

> an empty stomach. Another one without a mg

> measurement.

>

> Is this nuts? Or does everyone take ALL these

> vitamins every day? I

> would really like to hear some stories. Please

> share with me your

> vitamin experiences, places to get good deals, and

> whatever you think

> would help me out? I don't want to be in the poor

> house because I'm

> wasting my money on vitamins costing top dollar.

> Not that I want to

> be cheap, but I'm sure you all understand where I'm

> coming from.

>

> Thanks for the feedback in advance!!!!!!!

>

> Love and hugs,

> Cathy

> a butterfly in training

>

>

>

>

__________________________________________________

[Guest guest]

Holy crap! I take:

Meijer Calcium Citrate I got but one get one free (they're that way

this week too) with 630mg of calcium and 400IUs of D3 in them. I take

two tablets twice a day. I'm not sure how much I get these for as

they come in various sized bottles. I usually buy massive amounts of

them because they expire in about 2-3 years and I am taking four a

day so why not stock up? I'll probably be buying these when I run out

in 6-8 months http://tinyurl.com/y55x6j

I take a Kirkland Multivitamin twice a day too. These are 500 tablets

for about $12. http://tinyurl.com/yx9hbu

Each Tablet Contains - % Daily Value:

Vitamin A 5000 IU (25% as Beta Carotene) - 100%

Vitamin C 120 mg - 200%, Vitamin D 400 IU - 100%

Vitamin E 60 IU - 200%, Vitamin K 25 mcg - 31%

Thiamin (Vit B1) 1.5 mg - 100%

Riboflavin (Vit B2) 1.7 mg - 100%

Niacin 20 mg - 100%

Vitamin B6 2 mg - 100%

Folate (folic acid) 400 mcg - 100%

Vitamin B12 6 mcg - 100%

Biotin 30 mcg - 10%

Pantothenic Acid 10 mg - 100%

Calcium 162 mg - 16%

Iron 18 mg - 100%

Phosphorus 109 mg - 10%

Iodine 150 mcg - 100%

Magnesium 100 mg - 25%

Zinc 22.5 mg - 150%

Selenium 45 mcg - 64%

Copper 3 mg - 150%

Manganese 2.5 mg - 125%

Chromium 120 mcg - 100%

Molybdenum 75 mcg - 100%

Chloride 72 mg - 2%

Potassium 80 mg - 2%

Silicon 2 mg - *

Boron 150 mcg - *

Tin 11 mcg - *

Vanadium 10 mcg - *

Nickel 5 mcg - *

Lutein 275 mcg - *

*Daily Value not established.

From what I've read ug and mcg are the same, both mean microgram.

Are you sure you need 50mg of B6? That's 2500% of the RDA according

to the Costco amounts. That seems a bit much.

I was taking two children's chewable vitamins for the first four

weeks after surgery and then started taking some expensive prenatals.

At three months I replaced those with the Kirklands above and was

told to start Calcium too. My blood work has been perfect. I lost no

hair and have had no ill side effects other than a spell of

constipation once in the last year.

All of those recommendations and substitutions were from MMPC too

Cathy. I asked if I could use something other than their prescribed

prenatal and they said any over the counter pre natal would due. Well

they're ALL different. So I tried to find something that matched the

current one well since my blood work was so good. I found the Costco

ones were very close. Taking two puts me over slightly on everything

that was in the prental I was taking except iron which is only a bit

less.

Mike in GR

>

> Hi all,

>

> Well, I'm online and trying to get the required vitamins and

minerals

> and protein powder that my dietician told me to buy. But I need

your

> help!

>

> I've been to four web sites (bariatriceating.com, vitaminworld.com,

> puritantv.com, and GNC) so far, and I'm having trouble locating

> exactly what I need. It's a bigger project than I thought!

>

> This is what I'm having trouble locating:

>

> Calcium Citrate with vitamin D (chewable)...I have to have between

> 1200 and 1500mg a day.

>

> Sublingual B-12 that is no more than 500 ug. I don't even know

what

> ug is? The sites I visited didn't have ug as a measurement.

>

> I've already decided on an unflavored protein powder, from

> Bariatriceating.com, which is good...at least to start.

>

> I bought the chewable multivitamins with iron, that the

nutritionist

> wanted me to, already, from Walgreen's. But they didn't seem to

have

> a large selection of vitamins, though. And the box I bought is

> small, and it was the last one the shelf! I'm supposed to take two

> or three of them per day. (I have conflicting paperwork, one from

the

> dietician says 2, and the doctors directions say 3), so I left a

> message with the dietician to call me back and let me know.

>

> I know that while I'm in the hospital, the protein that I will be

> having is called Pro-Stat. I hear that it's nasty (according to my

> sis in law who had the same surgeon, etc.). Does anyone have

> experience with that type of protein beverage? Good or bad?

>

> While looking on the Bariatriceating.com site, I thought I'd found

my

> calcium citrate solution in the form of a liquid, by a dropper. It

> is very very concentrated and I believe as high as 1200 mg per

> dropper. My only question, is that it has fructose in it. Isn't

> fructose the same as regular sugar?

>

> Vitamin B6 - 50 mg per day.....again conflicting directions.

> Dieticians papers don't say it but the doc's does.

>

> Vitamin E - 400 units 3x a day for one month, and after that,

> whatever Vitamin E is in my multivitamins is fine from then on.

>

> Creatine Monohydrate - 7500 mg in a powdered form 1-3 times daily

or

> what I can tolerate.

>

> Glutamine - 1-5 grams mixed in yogurt, 2-4 times a day.

>

> Fish oil/Flax Oil Tablets - 1-2 tablets 1-3 times a day, start

slowly

> and build up slowly. But how much should I take mg wise?????

>

> Zinc/magnesium aspartate - 2 capsules, taken 30-60 min before bed

on

> an empty stomach. Another one without a mg measurement.

>

> Is this nuts? Or does everyone take ALL these vitamins every day?

I

> would really like to hear some stories. Please share with me your

> vitamin experiences, places to get good deals, and whatever you

think

> would help me out? I don't want to be in the poor house because

I'm

> wasting my money on vitamins costing top dollar. Not that I want

to

> be cheap, but I'm sure you all understand where I'm coming from.

>

> Thanks for the feedback in advance!!!!!!!

>

> Love and hugs,

> Cathy

> a butterfly in training

>