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I was told ...

70-90 grams of Protein (men) a day

3x500 calcium citrate a day

B12 once a week

Multivitamin daily

Is everybody the same ?

i wasnt given anything specific to take. i just take a liquid vitamin... and some barley green powder. that seems to be enough but im goign to get some B12 and start injecting it to myself again. i want to get my vit D levels checked as well. Our state doesnt get that much sun... and most of the people who live here are deficient.

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I bought chewable Multivitamins, I bought the ones for kids because they had the same stuff in them and were $3 dollars cheaper than the 'adult' ones. So it looks like I have fun animal shapes for the next couple of months. ;)

How long do I have to keep grinding up my pills? Forever? I know Vitamin pills are big but what about asprin or other pain killers?

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I bought chewable multivitamins' date=' I bought the ones for kids because they had the same stuff in them and were 3 dollars cheaper than the 'adult' ones. So it looks like I have fun animal shapes for the next couple of months. ;)

How long do I have to keep grinding up my pills? Forever? I know Vitamin pills are big but what about asprin or other pain killers?[/quote']

I was told anything smaller than the pinky fingernail was okay to swallow. Was also told to only take tylenol from now on.

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I bought chewable Multivitamins, I bought the ones for kids because they had the same stuff in them and were $3 dollars cheaper than the 'adult' ones. So it looks like I have fun animal shapes for the next couple of months. ;)

How long do I have to keep grinding up my pills? Forever? I know Vitamin pills are big but what about asprin or other pain killers?

sakura?? you take barley green as well?? i think you are the first person ive come across on here that does use it. do you use very cold Water to mix it in? and drink?? i find it a lot more palatable if its very cold. also... i like the liquid Vitamins.. they are very easy to digest. i also take a med for hypertension... so i crush it up in my morning cup of coffee... and it goes down well. i dont take any painkillers at all. not too bad for a 66 year old with arthritis... lol.. dont you think?... lol.

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East coast girl can't sleep I have never crushed any pills and do fine! My dietitican has me take Calcium, Vitamin D and a Multivitamin and they check labs yearly.

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