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I was just wondering how everyone takes their Vitamins? This morning I sat down with mine and tried to get them in one at a time and I thought I was gonna vom! Is it ok if I space them out throughout the day? Ick!

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You are pretty early out, I would not try to take them all at once again. If you can get them in, spread them out for sure! In the beginning, I rarely took my Vitamins because they made me so sick. I had a chewable Multi-Vitamin which I tried to take twice a day, but even that sometimes made me sick. Now I am almost 5 months out and I can take 5-6 pills at once (I swallow them in groups of 2 or so at a time). I have to make sure that I have eaten though, or I feel like I am going to throw up. It will get easier!!

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Since you're still pretty early out, I'd definitely space them out!

I had to do that in the beginning.

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I think it's actually better for absorbing them if you take them two times a day. My nutritionist has me taking mine with 2 separate meals. I take mine with Breakfast and lunch, usually.

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Spacing them out is better for absorbing them. Your Calcium try to get it in doses of 500mg and just an FYI Iron and Calcium do not play well with each other. They need to be taken a couple hours apart. Check your multi and see if it has Iron in it. If so space out your multi and your calcium and take your calcium twice a day or if you need more split it into 500 mg doses.

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I take one vitamen and calicum in the morning and 1 Vitamin and calicum at night. I tried to do both Vitamins together and like you said I about barfed..:ack2:I really do hate the chewable vitamin..

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I have not had surgery yet, but they recommend you take one mont prior. I take multi and Calcium chew in a.m.

Iron chew at lunch, multi and calcium chew after work or with dinner.< /p>

i also do a sublingual b-12 twice a week, Vitamin C daily, and fish oil daily.

i agree, the chewable multi are so nasty. i have the orange ones from Bariatric Advantage and they taste horrible!

Kelly

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If you are on a PPI, you should not take that within 2 hours of taking Calcium.< /p>

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How Many Vitamins did you take everyday? I know the maximum no. of vitamins everyday is 3-4. What are these vitamins? In my case before, the doctor just prescribed me two supplements/vitamins. One is Multivitamin and One for Vitamin D. I don't have any serious condition, just to make sure that my health is secured from illnesses. In your case, why do you take vitamins? For what?

By the way guys, do you know a best brand supplement for stress? My co-office mates suggested me the MX Stress Protect but i have no idea at all what this supplement is.

Do you know this product? Thanks!

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indigo07, I've just visited their website a while ago. According to the Maxalife, it's uniquely formulated to provide you with the most stress relief and management available through natural supplementation. Some of the benefits you can gain through taking that supplement are immune support, more energy, better mood, stress management and many more. I think it's their one of the top seller supplements. Just check their site.With regards on taking Vitamins concerning ms. bugirl, I'm taking 2 supplements. One MX Omega 3 fish oil supplement and one MX multivitamins.2 supplement is enough as what the doctor told me.

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My program gave us the following sample schedule -

Sample Vitamin/Mineral Schedule

With Breakfast (i.e. 8 am):

With lunch (i.e. 12 pm):

  • 1 Bariatric Advantage Tropical Chewable Multivitamin
  • 1 Bariatric Advantage calcium citrate Lozenge

2 hours after lunch (i.e. 2pm)

  • 29 mg Chewable Iron Supplement (ferrous fumarate)

With dinner (i.e. 5 pm):

  • 1 Bariatric Advantage Tropical Chewable Multivitamin
  • 1 Bariatric Advantage calcium citrate Lozenge

Before Bed:

  • 1 Bariatric Advantage Calcium Citrate Lozenge
  • Sundays (or 1 day/week): 1 (1000 mcg) sublingual B12 tablet

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If you are on a PPI, you should not take that within 2 hours of taking Calcium.< /p>

Never heard this before and I'm sure I've done this many times. I thought that if you were taking calcium

citrate it didn't matter, that the acid was necessary for calcium carbonate.

Would like to know the reason for this and if others have been told this rule. As I said, I know I've been breaking it a lot

so if it's true, very glad to know now rather than 5 years from now!

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I take my Nexium when i get up around 5am. then, one multi Centrum, Vitamin C, and my b-12 around 8-9 a.m with bfast then 2 hours later take 2 b.a. calcium chews. i then have another b.a. 2 Calcium with lunch around 1 pm. A couple times a week I throw a couple d-3's in there for good measure.

i take an Iron supplement at night, but already have taken all my calcium for the day,so i don't need to wait.

Kelly :D

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