Vitamin Question..Celebrate brand or Bariatric Fusion
Has anyone tried or currently use either Celebrate or Bariatric Fusion chewable multi-vitamins? I got samples of the Bariatric Fusion from my doctor, you only need 4 a day and they have everything in them that my NUT recommends. Then, I read some reviews about the Celebrate brand chewable multis, and they supposedly have more of the needed nutrients than the bariatric fusion.
Thanks in advance for your replies! :)
If four Bariatric Fusion have everything your nut recommends, your nut is a nut.
According to the Amercian Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery, we need 200% of the RDA of most things. Four BF only have 100% of most things. So you'd need EIGHT a day, not four. We also need 1500-2000 mg calcium citrate. Four BF have only 1200 mg calcium, and some of it is calcium carbonate, which we do not absorb. We also need additional B12, from a sublingual, nasal spray or shots, because we don't have enough intrinsic factor in our pouch to absorb the B12 in a chewable vitamin.
Yes, the Celebrate chewable multis do have more of the needed nutrients than BF. You only need TWO of them a day, as opposed to EIGHT BF to get the 200% of stuff recommended by the ASMBS. You still need to take B12 and calcium citrate, though.
According to the Amercian Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery, we need 200% of the RDA of most things. Four BF only have 100% of most things. So you'd need EIGHT a day, not four. We also need 1500-2000 mg calcium citrate. Four BF have only 1200 mg calcium, and some of it is calcium carbonate, which we do not absorb. We also need additional B12, from a sublingual, nasal spray or shots, because we don't have enough intrinsic factor in our pouch to absorb the B12 in a chewable vitamin.
Yes, the Celebrate chewable multis do have more of the needed nutrients than BF. You only need TWO of them a day, as opposed to EIGHT BF to get the 200% of stuff recommended by the ASMBS. You still need to take B12 and calcium citrate, though.
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.
I'm no doctor or nutritionist either. I am just a person that is able to read and understand the ASMBS guidelines.
If you want to take your doc's word on what you should and shouldn't take, then I guess you've decided to stick with the Bariatric Fusion. I thought you were posting here to ask if the information you'd read about Celebrate having more nutrients that we need was correct or not. I apologize if I misunderstood what you were asking for here.
If you want to take your doc's word on what you should and shouldn't take, then I guess you've decided to stick with the Bariatric Fusion. I thought you were posting here to ask if the information you'd read about Celebrate having more nutrients that we need was correct or not. I apologize if I misunderstood what you were asking for here.
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.
NO, I haven't decided on the Bariatric Fusion. I think I'm going with the Celebrate, I really have a hard time remembering to take the calcium twice a day, when I remember, I take 3 citracal petites in the afternoon, then in the evening.
Sorry, I didn't mean to come across harsh at all, it's just been one of those days! Thanks for your info :)
Sorry, I didn't mean to come across harsh at all, it's just been one of those days! Thanks for your info :)
Just because your nut or Dr. says something doesn't make it true, any more than I saying something doesn't make it true. We all have to be our own advocates and investigate things for ourselves. If I had listened to my Dr's office about all my vitamins I would be very deficient. They were even amazed at how well I got my level up. I listened to the vets on here and then checked it out for myself.
My Dr have also done tons of surgeries and that still doesn't mean they are up on everthing.
I also use the celebrate or cintrum, but when I use the centrum I make sure I double up.
My Dr have also done tons of surgeries and that still doesn't mean they are up on everthing.
I also use the celebrate or cintrum, but when I use the centrum I make sure I double up.
You HAVE to take the extra B12 and calcium. No matter how much B12 is in a pill, RNYers absolutely cannot absorb it. And the body requires an acidic environment in order to digest and metabolize calcium. An RNYer's stomach is no longer acidic.
Sharyn, RN
RIP, MOM ~ 5/31/1944 - 5/11/2010
RIP, DADDY ~ 9/2/1934 - 1/25/2012
Yes I still take B12 and calcium. I also take Iron, vit C, dry vit D-3. I also drink protein shakes, not just because everyone does, but because it' s the only way I can get my protein in and that is very important to me. Heart health is a very serious issue for me and something I don't take lightly and I also don't want my muscles getting smaller than they are. If you don't think protein makes a difference in muscles then check with all those body builders who consume it like crazy to help build their muscles. And no I don't want to be a body builder, just healthy, which is why I had this surgery to begin with.
You also don't say when you had surgery, but from my personal experience I found I didn't need to have chewables after the first month and was able to swallow all my pills. I made the mistake of buying a 3 month supply and by the time I got to the 2 month was really tired og shewing those vitamins.
I also recommend listening to the vets on here. Like I said before, check everthing out for yourself but don't discount what people who have been on this journey before us have to say. They have been there, done that and even though each of us is different I have found through my own research that they are usually right. Also try to remember that things written don't always come across the way they are meant to sound. You can't tell someone's tone by the written word.
You also don't say when you had surgery, but from my personal experience I found I didn't need to have chewables after the first month and was able to swallow all my pills. I made the mistake of buying a 3 month supply and by the time I got to the 2 month was really tired og shewing those vitamins.
I also recommend listening to the vets on here. Like I said before, check everthing out for yourself but don't discount what people who have been on this journey before us have to say. They have been there, done that and even though each of us is different I have found through my own research that they are usually right. Also try to remember that things written don't always come across the way they are meant to sound. You can't tell someone's tone by the written word.
I am no doctor or nutritionist, so I rely on what they tell me and considering the number of successful surgeries they have done, I will take my docs word on what I should and shouldn't take.
Ok, you do that. But, when you are deficient in iron or B12 (the most common nutritional deficiencies in post-RNY peeps), just remember that Kelly tried to steer you in the right direction.
Surgeons are not nutritionists. As a registered nurse, I have taken more courses in nutrition that physicians are required to take.
Your labs will "look good" for up to 2 years, as that is how much of a reserve the body has of most vitamins and minerals. And your calcium will always look good because the body will pull it out of the bones to preserve serum levels. That's just how it works.
Good luck.
Ok, you do that. But, when you are deficient in iron or B12 (the most common nutritional deficiencies in post-RNY peeps), just remember that Kelly tried to steer you in the right direction.
Surgeons are not nutritionists. As a registered nurse, I have taken more courses in nutrition that physicians are required to take.
Your labs will "look good" for up to 2 years, as that is how much of a reserve the body has of most vitamins and minerals. And your calcium will always look good because the body will pull it out of the bones to preserve serum levels. That's just how it works.
Good luck.
Sharyn, RN
RIP, MOM ~ 5/31/1944 - 5/11/2010
RIP, DADDY ~ 9/2/1934 - 1/25/2012
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