Need bariatric vitamin suggestions- HELP NEEDED

[Browneyedgirl41 176]

Hi everyone.

I would LOVE some suggestions of the best tasting and effective bariatric Vitamins.

chewable or soft chews (no gummies as I understand they are not preferred).

1. A bariatric Multivitamin

2. B12 sublingual (I found one on Amazon called Bariatric Advantage in black cherry flavor)

3. Calcium (would prefer a soft chew- is Celebrate brand chocolate flavor any good?

4. D3 chewable

These were the ones listed by my surgeon in my info packet. Strangely, there were no amounts listed. Any others that you think are important please don't hesitate to suggest. I know hair loss may be inevitable and hopefully temporary, I'd really like to try and at least lessen the effects of that by being a good girl and taking my Vitamins.

Thanks in advance for any replies. I would REALLY appreciate it. There are so many choices and I am overwhelmed.

[Pescador 1,374]

Overwhelmed too three years out. Overdosing on B6 and B1. Waiting on a solution. Scary. Lost tons of hair despite 2 years of Biotin and good Vitamins and thinking I was doing the right things. Keep up the blood work and stay on top.,,good luck!

[Inner Surfer Girl 12,015]

I liked the Bariaric Advantage calcium chews. Other than d+k dots, none of the other Vitamins I take are specifically bariatric. My Multivitamin is basically a Centrum (or generic version).

[Browneyedgirl41 176]

Overwhelmed too three years out. Overdosing on B6 and B1. Waiting on a solution. Scary. Lost tons of hair despite 2 years of Biotin and good Vitamins and thinking I was doing the right things. Keep up the blood work and stay on top.,,good luck!

Oh, no! I'm so sorry to read this.

[Browneyedgirl41 176]

I liked the Bariaric Advantage calcium chews. Other than d+k dots, none of the other Vitamins I take are specifically bariatric. My multivitamin is basically a Centrum (or generic version).

Thank you so much. I'm going to try the advantage chews for sure.

[chycky 671]

I just discovered Centrum Vitamins and they are awesome. My blood work came back fine.

For Vitamin d I actually like bluebonnet brand liquid drops.

Bariatric Advantage calcium chews are ok.

I do NOT like the Bari ad Calcium chewable tablets or chewable tablet Vitamins

[Browneyedgirl41 176]

I just discovered Centrum Vitamins and they are awesome. My blood work came back fine.

For Vitamin D I actually like bluebonnet brand liquid drops.

Bariatric Advantage calcium chews are ok.

I do NOT like the Bari ad Calcium chewable tablets or chewable tablet vitamins

Thanks so much for your reply. I am reading reviews on as many as I can on Amazon and some of the chewables get all 1 stars and are described as disgusting. I don't want to spend $55 on 120 pills that, as one reviewer put it, "leave your teeth stained yellow" lol. No thanks.

[chycky 671]

Oh and I meant Centrum vitaMINTS it's their new chewable available everywhere.

I agree about wasting money it is hard. I also have a liquid one someone here used and i bought from Amazon it was not pricey but it tastes like bile or earwax or maybe a better description is death. It tastes like berry flavored hell.

[LisaMergs 2,854]

I take 2 chewable flintstone Vitamins every day, 3 Calcium daily ( one each meal) Vit D, C and B's

hair is half as thick as it was- but fortunately I had twice as much as most. I'm the only one who notices- so far.

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[cinand38 18]

In the morning I take 2 Bariatric Advantage Vitamin chews and 2 Biotin.

Mid Morning 1 Bariatric Advantage Calcium chew.

lunch 1 Bariatric Advantage calcium chew.

Night 1 chew and 1 Nature Made Vit D. 5000 CUs.

Blood work has been perfect.

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[cbonet 336]

The patch is great. It covers all the Vitamins in the right amounts. It costs about $20 for the month. Stress free and easy.

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[heidikat72 935]

I take two Centrum adult complete chewable Multivitamins a day (one when i get up and one before i go to bed) - they are orange flavored ( kind of like the old chewable baby aspirin but much much bigger)

I prefer the Bariatric Advantage Calcium chews over the Celebrate ones - the Celebrate ones are ok but a little more gritty in texture than the BA ones. The BA strawberry is good and they have a coconut now, the chocolate ones taste a little like a tootsie roll. These also contain Vitamin D so you might not need an additional Vitamin D supplement. My plan recommends getting 1200-1500mg Calcium per day. I was taking 3 chews a day but realized I was getting enough calcium from my food (yogurt, skim milk etc) that I could cut back to 2 chews a day.

For B12, I take a sublingual 1000mcg every other day. I think the one I have is nature made found in pretty much any pharmacy.

My 3 month labs looked great!

[Autumn Fury 67]

The patch is great. It covers all the Vitamins in the right amounts. It costs about $20 for the month. Stress free and easy.

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Where do you get the patch? That sounds SO much better than timing all the supplements on a daily basis.

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[Guest]

@ I so fear losing hair. I an not a hair queen but I had lost hair using WEN, and I won't give up my Biotin hair is OK now. I am 56 and age makes it thinner too. I eat healthy, no processed or fast food. Afraid of surgery because of this too. Do you have extreme loss?

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[Guest]

The patch is great. It covers all the Vitamins in the right amounts. It costs about $20 for the month. Stress free and easy.

Thanks for sharing, I had looked at those and wondered about efficacy.

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