Reminder about calcium

SweetGirl11
on 5/22/11 8:28 am

Thank you as always Kelly for sharing vital supplement information with us! I really appreciate your knowledge!!!

Michelle (OH member since 2004 - new user name)

HW 285 / SW 270 / GW 140 / LW 135 / CW 185

RNY 6/8/2009
Starting size 26/28, now size 12/14

"Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever." -Hebrews 13:8

staces6
on 5/22/11 9:18 am

Kelly, i take calcium citrate pills. A serving is 2 pills and so i take 2 in the morning and 3 at night with my multi to get to 1500mgs. Is it ok to take it this way or should i take 2 in the am, 2 in the pm and the other one somewhere in the day?

poet_kelly
on 5/22/11 9:20 am - OH

RNY on 11/04/08

I would not take more than 500-600 mg at one time. That's what we can absorb - the exact amount may vary from person to person, but it's a good rule of thumb. I might only be able to absorb 502 mg at once and you might absorb 524 mg at once.

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.

clsino
on 5/22/11 10:32 am

RNY on 10/06/09

My surgeon just revised his rule book and he now says not to take the calcium along with the multi-vitamin. I haven't quite figured out why this is....

I don't really factor any calcium in from the multi that I take and I didn't think the calcium interfered with any of the vitamin absorption from my multi so I was a bit perplexed...

Any ideas on this??

Christy

poet_kelly
on 5/22/11 10:39 am - OH

RNY on 11/04/08

Is there iron in the multi? If there is iron in it, taking it with calcium would block the absorption of the iron.

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.

Lifztooshort
on 5/22/11 11:13 am

Thank you for taking the time to start another thread based on a previous post. Your willingness to help is appreciated by this pre-op!!!

Thanks for going the extra mile!!!!

Zan - Life's too short...
Believe in yourself and seek clarity. Be your own advocate because it is your life and your body.

poet_kelly
on 5/22/11 11:16 am - OH

RNY on 11/04/08

Oh, no problem. I've actually posted this before. I just post it every now and then when I think people need reminded.

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.

Karen T.
on 5/22/11 12:06 pm - Canada

RNY on 05/30/11

I had bought a calcium chews from Shoppers Drug Mart (Life Brand) and realized after being on here that it had the wrong kind of calcium in it so, today I was in Costco and found a liquid it is called
"Wellesse"
Calcium-1000mg (citrate and phosphate tribasic),
phosphate-200mg (calcium phosphate tribasic),
Vitamin D3-1000UI (cholecalciferol)
per 2 Tablespoons. It is natural citrus flavor.
Do you think this will be OK?

Thanks for your help.
Karen

poet_kelly
on 5/22/11 12:25 pm - OH

RNY on 11/04/08

You'll absorb the citrate in it but not the tricalcium phosphate. So if you can figure out how much citrate is in it and only count that, that would work. Otherwise, find one that is only 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.

Karen T.
on 5/22/11 12:46 pm - Canada

RNY on 05/30/11

Thanks Kelly I appreciate you letting me know.

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