Swallow or chew?
Agreed! Horrible! I am still trying to take the last of my chewable vits and as I replace them it is swallow kind only. The taste and the texture is just horrible and nasty. So is protein shakes but I get over that by telling myself its not forever. Well I can't say that with the vitamins, they are forever so I need to have a good relationship with them!
We can swallow capsules. Capsules are made from gelatin and dissolve easily.
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I think when you say gelcaps, you're referring to softgels, those things shaped like footballs with oily stuff inside? Those won't hurt us if we take them but we may not absorb all the medicine in them because we malabsorb fats and so we won't absorb all the medicine in the oily stuff.
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.





