What would you like to know about vitamins?
Iron!!
Just found out I am anemic ( iron is "in the tank", low red blood cell count AND low hemoglobin) despite taking tender iron from the vitalady website (semi-regularly ;) )
Now on prescription ferrous sulfate 324mg along with chewable Vit C
COURAGE TO START, STRENGTH TO ENDURE, RESOLVE TO FINISH
HW 353 SW 317 Original GW 180 Current Wt 170
First 5k 59:18; 5k PR 32:06; 1st 10k 1:20:27; PR 1:08:36
1st Half Marathon 2:48
Pensacola Double Bridge Run 15k- 1:47:34
Three Sprint Triathlons
I'm gonna refer you to an article I did not long ago on iron: http://voices.yahoo.com/iron-supplements-weight-loss-surgery -patients-12156003.html?cat=51
My ferritin (iron storage) is super low at the moment, too. How much of the ferrous sulfate are you taking? 324 mg ferrous sulfate is not really much iron - it's only about 65 mg elemental iron. How much of the tender iron were you taking? did you try just increasing that (and taking it real regularly)?
I take carbonyl iron, which is what the tender iron is although that's not the brand I've been using, and I was taking 75 mg a day and I upped that to 300 mg.
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 actually take the prescription iron 3x a day, which is a mess with calcium 3x a day as well as having to space out my thyroid meds from vitamins. Sheesh.
I am making sure I Take the tender iron every single day now, guaranteed. Same way I had to learn the hard way about skipping b1 and b12, I won't mistake on my iron anymore!
COURAGE TO START, STRENGTH TO ENDURE, RESOLVE TO FINISH
HW 353 SW 317 Original GW 180 Current Wt 170
First 5k 59:18; 5k PR 32:06; 1st 10k 1:20:27; PR 1:08:36
1st Half Marathon 2:48
Pensacola Double Bridge Run 15k- 1:47:34
Three Sprint Triathlons
Just my own research. Well, also some help from some very, very knowledgable people, including Michelle (vitalady) and Andrea (wlsvitagarten.com).
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 know that beta carotene has to be converted to something else (like D2 has to be converted to D3) and that we don't absorb the beta carotene well, but I'm not sure that I ever heard WHY. Is this a lack of acid thing?
Lora
14 years out; 190 pounds lost, 165 pound loss maintained
You don't drown by falling in the water. You drown by staying there.
Beta carotene gets converted to vitamin A, and yes, you need lots of stomach acid to break it down for absorption.
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 take all mine with food. The August issue of the Bariatric Foodie newsletter will have a couple sample vitamin schedules (one for if your multi has iron and one for if your multi doesn't).
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.
