Bariatric Fusion VS Baratric Advantage

Has anyone tried these? Someone recomended Bariatric Advantage but doesnt Baratric Fusion seem so much better???

		Optisource™	Bariatric Advantage™ Complete	Celebrate™
Sweetener	Sucralose	Aspartame	Sucralose	Sucralose
Calcium	1200mg (citrate/carbonate)	1000mg (carbonate)	200mg (citrate)*	NO*
Vitamin B12	560 mcg (methylcobalamin)	500mcg (cyanocobalamin)	100mcg (cyanocobalamin)*	350mcg (cyanocobalamin)*
Minerals	Chelated minerals	No chelated minerals	Chelated minerals	Chelated minerals
Vitamin D	2000IU	400IU	1000IU	800IU
Biotin	600mcg	300mcg	600mcg	600mcg
Iron	30mg	30mg	No iron*	No iron*
Vitamin K	NO	YES**	NO	YES**
Vitamin C	180mg	60mg	120mg	180mg
Thiamine	12mg	1.5mg	6mg	12mg
Sugar-free	YES	NO	YES	Yes
Flavors	Orange Cream, Mixed Berry, and Strawberry	Orange Citrus only	Multiple Flavors	Multiple Flavors
Price	$24.99/mo.	$26.99/mo.	$50.00/mo. price includes additional calcium, iron, and B12	$45.00/mo. price includes additional calcium, iron, and B12
Additional Supplements Needed	NO	NO	YES	YES

I don't know about anyone else, but bariatric fusion vitamins were the most disgusting thing I've ever tasted and I like just about everything.  It's like they don't even try to hide the nasty vitamin taste.  Just email the companies(Celebrate has some good ones too) and they will send you free samples.  Taste before you buy.  I got samples from all the bariatric companies(except optisource) for free before surgery, but waited till I got home from surgery to try them since tastes can change.  so glad I did.

I also ordered a ton of protein shake samples from NashuaNutrition.com.  You pay for them, but again so worth it.  I would have wasted a lot of money if I hadn't done so because most of the flavors I like would not have been the ones I would have otherwise chosen.

As for me i like bariatric advantage better. My doc told me that I can only have calcium citrate not calcium csrbonate because cakcium carbonate requires an acidic environment to be absorbed with our small pouches we do no have enough acid in our stomach for the carbonate to be absorbed. Now calcuim citrate requires no acid in order to be absorbed. anyway every doc is different but that is what my doc told me and that is why i make sure that i have calcium citrate...

Well, I don't think so because you only need two of the BA multis but you'd need EIGHT of the Bariatric Fusion to get the 200% of the RDA of stuff recommended by the ASMBS.  I know the bottle says you only need four, but that's not true.  Four just gives you 100% of many thing and after RNY you need 200%.

They also lie when they say you won't need additional suplements.  They contains some calcium carbonate and some calcium citrate but you'll only absorb the citrate.  So if you take four a day, you'd definitely need addition calcium citrate.  Depending on how you take them, like if you take two together,  you  may not absorb the iron in them due to the calcium.  In that case, you'd need to take additional iron at another time.  You also still need B12 because you won't absorb B12 from a chewable multi because you lack intrinsic factor in your pouch.

Kelly