Chewable vs non chewable vitamin

Kristy A.
on 1/5/09 4:44 am - South Burbs, MN

Is there any reason to take a chewable vitamin, other than it works for those who have trouble swallowing pills? Do they absorb better than a pill? If not, I don't have pill issues, I'm switching to a pill instead.

Kristy (weight loss below does not include 16lbs lost during pre WLS diet)
START: 325 Day of Surgery :309 GOAL: 180

Darla S.
on 1/5/09 5:14 am - Maple Grove, MN

RNY on 04/27/07

Okay, this may sound hokey as all get out, but to me, the orange chewable Centrum is kinda like a sweettart or some lil' treat! Same with Viactive, although I do a Viactive AND a dose of Citracal each day. I don't have an answer to the absorption question, tho...

Imperfect does not = unsuccessful

Kristy A.
on 1/5/09 6:53 am - South Burbs, MN

RNY on 12/11/08

I might have to try the chewable centrum, that sounds yummy. I don't like the Flintstones and tried the Citrical petites and found them super easy to swallow.

Kristy (weight loss below does not include 16lbs lost during pre WLS diet)
START: 325 Day of Surgery :309 GOAL: 180

Dedicated
on 1/5/09 9:32 am - Eleva, WI

RNY on 04/23/04

I take the chewable centrum too! I like them wayyy better than the flinstones!

Ride the Ride!!! - Tina
"never make a man your priority when he makes you an option"

Jennifer G.
on 1/5/09 7:30 am - Minnetonka, MN

RNY on 12/21/07

I am a year out and still prefer the chewable centrum. Plus it absorbs better because it's chewable.

Jennifer

Kristy A.
on 1/5/09 7:42 am - South Burbs, MN

RNY on 12/11/08

Thanks Jennifer. That's what I was wondering- about the absorbsion. I'll have to try them. What do you do for calcium?

Kristy (weight loss below does not include 16lbs lost during pre WLS diet)
START: 325 Day of Surgery :309 GOAL: 180

Jennifer G.
on 1/5/09 7:47 am - Minnetonka, MN

RNY on 12/21/07

Viactiv chewable 3 times a day after meals. Carmel is my favorite.

Jennifer

Jackie A.
on 1/5/09 7:59 am - Duluth, MN

RNY on 12/17/08

Kristy, I was wondering how the weight loss is coming, u had surgery 6 days b4 me and ur weightloss ticker isn't updated. So far I have lost 29lbs.

Kristy A.
on 1/5/09 8:02 am - South Burbs, MN

RNY on 12/11/08

29lbs is fantastic since surgery, good for you! I'm trying to weigh once a week and will probably wait until Wed to do it again. Congrats on having such a huge loss already!

Kristy (weight loss below does not include 16lbs lost during pre WLS diet)
START: 325 Day of Surgery :309 GOAL: 180

Dedicated
on 1/5/09 9:34 am - Eleva, WI

RNY on 04/23/04

This was my nurse's opinion, as she states there isn't enough actual medical research to know for sure, but....

She feels that a liquid or chewable is better since we don't absorb all we ingest anymore. A liquid or a chewable doesn't take as long to enter your system as a pill that has to sit somewhere and dissolve and then be absorbed.

Made sense to me!

Ride the Ride!!! - Tina
"never make a man your priority when he makes you an option"

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