chewables, gummies, and sublingual forever?
Just wondering. I really hate the taste of chewable vitamins.
No you don't have to take chewable forever. I was swallowing vitamins within a few weeks of surgery. Gummies are useless (unless there's a new one I'm unsure of) BUT B-12 is sublingual and you will need to continue it as sublingual forever.
Edit: Yes on what Kelly said. I didn't elaborate on the ways to take B-12 (injection or nasal) because I've always taken sublingual.
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B12 must be suglingual, or the nasal spray or injections, forever because we will never have enough intrinsic factor in our pouch.
However, other vitamins can be pills we swallow. The ASMBS says we can swallow vitamins as soon as we are able to tolerate swallowing pills.
Gummies are probably never a good choice. There are no gummy multivitamins that have all the vitamins and minerals we need, and I'm not aware of any gummies that have calcium citrate.
Kelly
Please note: I AM NOT A DOCTOR. If you want medical advice, talk to your doctor. Whatever I post, there is probably some surgeon or other health care provider somewhere that disagrees with me. If you want to know what your surgeon thinks, then ask him or her. Check out my blog.
Is the calcium the only reason why gummies aren't a good choice for multi-vitamin? I wasn't aware of that and have been taking women's one-a-day vitacrave gummies since surgery. I also take the Bariatric 500 mg calcium caramel chews 3x a day, along with the B12 sublingual, a Super B-Complex pill, a D3 pill and Bariatric Advantage Iron 2x a day, so I'm not so concerned if calcium is the only problem with the gummy multi-vitamin.... but if they just don't absorb for us at all, then I need to go get something else. That's the first I've heard of gummies being a bad choice. Do they not break down well enough in our pouch to be absorbed - or do they move through too fast?
HW (395) - I lost some before starting my process. SW (375) Surgery Date (350) CW (307)
Compare the CONTENT of the gummies to the content of a Centrum (or generic for Centrum). Two Centrum covers what the ASMBS says we need in a multi (but we still need more D, calcium, iron, and B12). The Vitacrave gummies don't even come close to being a complete vitamin.
Lora
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No, it's because they are missing so many things. They don't have all the B vitamins, no selenium, the Vitacraves are missing either zinc or copper, I forget which, no magnesium, no manganese, no chromium, no potassium, no vitamin K.... Unless you are taking all those things separately, you are missing a lot of nutrients.
Kelly
Please note: I AM NOT A DOCTOR. If you want medical advice, talk to your doctor. Whatever I post, there is probably some surgeon or other health care provider somewhere that disagrees with me. If you want to know what your surgeon thinks, then ask him or her. Check out my blog.
Thanks for the information! I'll pick up something else. I haven't experienced any loss of energy or anything noticeable, so I'll take that as a good sign that I'm not too depleted at the moment, but I'll go get a higher quality multi to make sure I stay healthy.
HW (395) - I lost some before starting my process. SW (375) Surgery Date (350) CW (307)
Only my B complex is a gummy (sorry I didn't specify). My B 12 is sublingual and my multivitamins are chewable (Centrum chewables). I am almost through the first bottle and then I have another bottle (a bariatric brand I bought at the hospital), and then I am definitely switching to pills! I am hoping the bariatric vitamins I bought taste better than the Centrum chewables. I think the calcium I take tastes like a big chalky tum, but I can tolerate the taste. I've been taking pills since about one week post-op with my other meds, but I wasn't sure about the vitamins.
