I'm really struggling with my vitins and calcium. I try to choke them down but the taste and chalky texture almost make me puke!!! I tried chopping then up bur someone said they don't absorb right like that. Please help!

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Ew, that is enough to make me want to gag. I take the gummy vitamins that I get from Costco. The nutritionist tried to tell me they weren't good enough but my lab work has been great so they work.

I totally understand you! I actually noticed that happens to me also. So what I do now is actually break my big ol calcium in 4 pieces and bite one in between my food bites. Same with my vitamins. I have noticed the nausea went away when I started doing that. I'm just waiting to finish the big ol tub of bariatric advantage calcium and trade them with the caramel chewy bites they have. I tasted them at my surgeon office and they were yummy and didn't feel sick! Vitamins I'm gonna try the gummy ones because those chalky ones are just terrible!

I couldn't take my chewable Vitamins... I actually just stopped until my bloodwork busted me. My nutritionist then recommended Rainbow Light Women's One multi-vitamins. They are swallowable, but big, and have solved my problem. If you're far enough away from you surgery and you can swallow a fairly largish pill, it could work for you, maybe?

I buy them on Amazon.

gummy one a day for me--they are like a little treat!!

2 flintstone complete Vitamins for me. Yummy : )

Try taking yours with a spoon of yogurt or if you are breaking them, swallow with yogurt. Worked for me because it coats them. Try pudding too!!

Fintstones Complete vitamins made me throw up. Now I take the Costco gummies, love them!

Centrum liquid multi vitamin... Wal-Mart under $10. a bottle You can do your dose of liquid vitamin swallow it and chase it down with your favorite crystal light or other drink.

I was taking the Celebrate chewables a friend gave me for a while right after surgery, then yesterday I took one and I literally gagged. I had to spit it out and brush my teeth immediately to get the taste out.

Thankfully I am able to swallow big pills now so I'm going to Centrum Complete. The chewables are going to the next support meeting for the next sucker, uh I mean lucky person who wants them!

Be careful of the gummies though. I know they taste good but they usually don't have all the stuff we need. Better than nothing though I guess.

I take the Calcium Chews from Bariatric Advantage. They are more expensive, but are like eating Starbursts. They come in raspberry, lemon, caramel and chocolate. In order to get your 1500 mg, you must chew six a day.

I take "Source of Life" chewable Vitamins. They are very large, but are very high quality and pretty tasty. They also sell a liquid, but I wouldn't recommend it.

Also, most vitamins are better absorbed by your body if they are taken with fat. I take mine with my fish oil to ensure good absorption.

I couldn't stand any chewables. I am doing the calcium citrate petites (6 per day) and then for my multi I take a Nature Made Complete with Iron multivitamin softgel. It's big but my surgeon OK'd it because it is a softgel.

I did not know the difference in the calcium and started taking viactive chocolate chewable and they are just like a tootsie roll. Labs look GREAT.....doctor said keep doing EXACTLY what you are doing so I am. I can't imagine taking six more pills a day.....I do all my Vitamins in the am with coffee (I do a chewable multi pinapple flavor from the Vitamin shop Nature's plus adult chewable, a b complex put out by BA pill that you swallow, Biotin I added when my hair started falling out, sublingual b12 twice a week from ba, and a chewable Vitamin D that is chocolate flavor) I just stopped the acid pill one week ago and so far so good......don't want to take it if I don't have too....I had to at first for reflux but now seems fine.

I do my chewable calcium at night like a treat.

I know everyone says the other calcium is better but my labs look AWESOME!!!

I did not know the difference in the calcium and started taking viactive chocolate chewable and they are just like a tootsie roll. Labs look GREAT.....doctor said keep doing EXACTLY what you are doing so I am. I can't imagine taking six more pills a day.....I do all my Vitamins in the am with coffee (I do a chewable multi pinapple flavor from the Vitamin shop Nature's plus adult chewable, a b complex put out by BA pill that you swallow, Biotin I added when my hair started falling out, sublingual b12 twice a week from ba, and a chewable vitamin d that is chocolate flavor, and Iron pill chewable passion fruit ba) I just stopped the acid pill one week ago and so far so good......don't want to take it if I don't have too....I had to at first for reflux but now seems fine.

I do my chewable calcium at night like a treat.

I know everyone says the other calcium is better but my labs look AWESOME!!! Need to change my ticker again....lost 2 more lbs....164. yea!