Losing bone density--help!
Yes, I started taking extra Vit D a couple of months ago. Is it necessary to take it in the same dose with the calcium?
HW: 248+, SW (RNY: 2/28/17): 244, GW (10/17): 125; LW: 115; 45# regain (19-20); CW: 135.6; new goal: 135; Plastics: Ext mastopexy, Ext abdominoplasty-5/18/2018; diagnosed w/ gastroparesis 11/20.
A few things are really important: vit D3, calcium, magnesium, other micro-minerals, plus vitamin K2.
Vit D helps us absorb calcium, vitamin K2 puts it into bones. With not enough K2 or magnesium, you body may absorb the calcium but it may not know what to do with it - and you may end up with calcium deposits inside your joints, arteries, etc. We need K2 to put the calcium into the bones.
Hala. RNY 5/14/2008; Happy At Goal =HAG
"I can eat or do anything I want to - as long as I am willing to deal with the consequences"
"Failure is not falling down, It is not getting up once you fell... So pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and start all over again...."
also, you might want to do some reading up on K2. There are two major kinds, MK4 and MK7. Although there are conflicting reports, most studies seem to suggest that the MK7 version is more easily absorbed. Or at least from the reading I've done on it..
RNY 06/03/15 by Michael Garren (Madison, WI)
HW: 373 SW: 316 GW: 150 LW: 138 CW: 163
