michelleze

You may want to check out the ASMBS (American bariatric society) guidelines... do some research before you provide inaccurate information. There are many patients that are years out from surgery and very deficient in many vitamins and minerals bc they take this advice. This can be serious. It’s recommended pts take up to 3000-5000 IUs of vit D3, 500-1000mcgs B12 daily, calcium CITRATE 1200-1500mg daily, and some pts may also need additional iron, not all. Not to mention flinstone vitamins DO NOT CONTAIN: various minerals required for healing the body needs: manganese, selenium, etc. A MVI should be 200% of the DV for pts as their needs double compared to the what typical person needs. This is why I don’t recommend them. A majority of ppl DO NOT read supplement facts labels, they simply take the recommended dosage without knowing what they SHOULD be taking. It may be smarter to base your Recs off of professionals rather than your own googling efforts.

As long as it is a bariatric focused company, they will more than likely meet your specific needs. However, Childrens MVI are meant for children who require far less vitamins and minerals than an already grown adult....bariatric pts need MVIs which should have 200% of the daily value. Hope this helps!

I recommend bariatric advantage (chewy candy like vitamins, chewable tablets, or capsules) , fusion (chewy vitamins & tablets), celebrate (chewy and tablets), or barimelts (tablets). There’s even barilife which sells swallowable pills, vanilla flavored, which makes getting them down easier. Theres also a “keurig” style machine called Tespo. They have a bariatric complete vitamin in liquid shot form as well. There are many vitamins out there to meet a bariatric patients needs!

Flintstones vs. Bariatric Specific Multi-vitamins: You will be shocked if you just compared the labels, there is absolutely no comparison. You can take my word or do the research. Even if you doubled your intake of Flintstones vitamins, you would still be lacking in many vital nutrients like your B vitamins that support energy and skin and hair growth. Gummies: It is hard to incorporate the same ingredients to gummy vitamins as it is in chewable vitamins. Experts advise to stay away from gummies for the most obvious reason; they are made with too much sugar, and the main ingredient of many is high fructose corn syrup. You will have to take several gummies to be equivalent to just one bariatric specific multi-vitamin. Some gummies when you take all that is needed after bariatric surgery, the sugar intake from the vitamins are over 30 grams of sugar. Total recommendation for sugar for the day is to have less than 25 grams per day. Seems counter-intuitive to choose a vitamin line with that much sugar especially with the main ingredient being high fructose corn syrup. It boils down to, do you want the orange or the orange colored gummy bear to nourish your body? The bottom line is that gummies just do not have enough nutrients in them for a post weight loss surgery patient. Gummies also do not provide iron which is needed for many post-op bariatric patients.