Dr. Stewarts New Line of Vitamins. Who knows what's in them?

Yeah, yeah, specific to what HE thinks a DSer needs, but not specific to THAT PERSON's individual needs, which is what we preach here.

If you decide to do this, watch your labs like a hawk every 3 months. I am frankly, scared for you and anyone else that thinks 2 multis and 4 calciums a day are all you need.

His vitamins are geared towards vitamin needs that all DSers have in common. No multivitamin is going to be tailor-made to any specific individual, so I'm really not sure why you seem so antagnoistic about these vitamins in particular- other than the fact that they come fromDr. Stewart. I don't know you personally, so may I ask if you have received bad medical treatment from him?

No need to feel scared for me, you are not privy to all of my nutritional information and your presumtions are not correct. All I said was that I'll be taking Dr. Stewarts vitamins and keep everyone posted on how well they are working out for me.

It's better than Bariatric Advantage ADEK chewables in many respects, but falls far short of supplying what we need in terms of many vitamins.  It makes a great multivitamin, but we still need the individual fat-soluble vitamins, B-complex, and minerals in much higher doses to get what we need to prevent deficiencies.  That's exactly how I would think of it -- a glorified multivitamin supplement to add to our existing regimen but not replace anything.

Ahhhhh I'm so confused!!!!!! So it's a great multivite, and Dr. Stewart says take 2 a day, right. So you're saying in addition to that, take a B-complex? What else should I take? I really am LOST!!!! Is it possible for someone to tell me how much to take and when and what?

Dunno if it helps but here's what Dr. Stewart's vites have in terms of b-vitamins (transcribing it from the nutrition label). Again, this is for one tablet

b1: 1000%  15mg
b2: 1176%  20mg
b6: 1000%  20mg
b12: 8330%  500mcg

what are the actual units of the vites?

Percentages won't mean much to most of us.

For instance, I take 5,000mcg sublingual B12, not sure what the % is off hand

b1: 1000%  15mg
b2: 1176%  20mg
b6: 1000%  20mg
b12: 8330%  500mcg

wow... those are teeny tiny baby amounts!!

dont let the percentages fool u

Not for a general multivitamin it isn't. Bariatric advnatage doesn't come close, neither do the generic multivites like the solotron I was taking before. like said, it was much more than the general multi vite I was taking before, so I would be bettng a better multi by switching to Dr. Stewarts vites. I also take liquid b12, so I'm not too worried about the b12 number on the vites.

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