Guest guest Posted March 17, 2004 Report Share Posted March 17, 2004 In a message dated 3/17/2004 3:37:50 PM Eastern Standard Time, applekrazee@... writes: I asked him about the difference between calcium carbonate and calcium citrate and he said it didn't matter as long as you are getting calcium in. If anyone has info on this please feel free to reply as well. I was told that we do not absorb the calcium carbonate as well as the calcium citrate. - Mommy to: Noah - 10/14/02 - 31 weeker - 3lbs 11 oz Jonah or Isabella - EDD 10/28/04 m/c 7/04 AND recent Open RNY 12/2/03 -47 lbs and counting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 17, 2004 Report Share Posted March 17, 2004 , Why do you say that taking Tums for your calcium is not good? My surgeon told me to take 2-500mg tablets a day and now that I am pregnant, I take 3 a day. Just wondering why you said that. I asked him about the difference between calcium carbonate and calcium citrate and he said it didn't matter as long as you are getting calcium in. If anyone has info on this please feel free to reply as well. Thanks DE RNY 10/16/02 Katelyn 6/94 Miscarriage w/triplets 9/03 EDD#2 8/2/04 Axelrod denise.axelrod@...> wrote: >tte, >I'm glad that you aren't leaving the group and honestly I see that the information you are trying to gather will benefit many. Does your surgeon have any sort of relationship with OB's? If not, maybe this is something you can foster so that they can both use their expertise to figure out what would be best for women like us. Getting good information for WLS patients is difficult because there is so much bad stuff out there that is continually passed around, one good example of this is that some docs STILL recommend for patients to take TUMS to get their calcium in. Your quest is an honorable one and you are a good person to keep searching. > Axelrod > Re: tte Boniol > > > Hi, > > Do not mean to offend anyone but wanted some good positive answers from different members with different situations. I hope you were not offended in what I asked, but I have gotten some mixed reviews. Some of us want a good method of birth control because we also want our bodies to have time to heal, as it should, not that we don't want to become pregnant in the future. I will not leave the group. I have giotten some very valuable information which I intend to use in the future. Again sorry if I offended anyone, wan't intended to do that. Thanks > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 17, 2004 Report Share Posted March 17, 2004 , From what I have learned most people do not absorb the calcium carbonate well, especially us. The way it was explained to me was that you may be taking 1000mg of calcium carbonate but you are only absorbing a mere fraction of it, carbonate is not a bioavailable to our bodies as calcium citrate. I used to take the viactives (sp?) and when I found out that it was carbonate and I learned that carbonate was not being absorbed, especially after WLS, that is when I changed. I know there are better ways to explain this, check out some of the WLS websites as this is always a hot topic. There has been a HUGE movement from the WLS community who have discovered the special vitamin/mineral needs of WLS patients to educate surgeons so they stop giving this bad info to their patients. One website I have learned some stuff from is vitalady.com. I get my calcium and protein stuff from her, but don't know her or have any affiliation with her. Her business, from what I understand, grew out of doing tons of research after she developed severe ostio-arthritis after her WLS and she was devoutly taking the vitamins/minerals her surgeon told her to. On a personal note, TUMS ARE YUCKY! LOL! The calcium supplement I use is in powder form and I can put it in stuff like a protein shake and even in my decaf coffee and cereal, anything like that and it doesn't effect the taste, which is a major plus for me. Axelrod Re: Re: tte Boniol - A , Why do you say that taking Tums for your calcium is not good? My surgeon told me to take 2-500mg tablets a day and now that I am pregnant, I take 3 a day. Just wondering why you said that. I asked him about the difference between calcium carbonate and calcium citrate and he said it didn't matter as long as you are getting calcium in. If anyone has info on this please feel free to reply as well. Thanks DE RNY 10/16/02 Katelyn 6/94 Miscarriage w/triplets 9/03 EDD#2 8/2/04 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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