Calcium Citrate Versus Calcium Carbonate For Post-Op Sleevers?

[Need-a-Sleeve 211]

Serious question & please don't answer 'my nut' or 'my doc' said so. We have all been told to switch from carbonate to citrate after our surgeries & that we can't assimilate carbonate as well as citrate. BUT the surgery I chose was not to disrupt my G.I. tract, so if carbonate was acceptable before, what makes it different now?

I understand the need for sublingual B-12 as there is less stomach lining, but I just don't have a handle on why the citrate--not to mention I have a lot of the carbonate left from pre-sleeve, LOL!

[NDN_RN 527]

Serious question & please don't answer 'my nut' or 'my doc' said so. We have all been told to switch from carbonate to citrate after our surgeries & that we can't assimilate carbonate as well as citrate. BUT the surgery I chose was not to disrupt my G.I. tract' date=' so if carbonate was acceptable before, what makes it different now?

I understand the need for sublingual B-12 as there is less stomach lining, but I just don't have a handle on why the citrate--not to mention I have a lot of the carbonate left from pre-sleeve, LOL![/quote']

Good question. Could it also be because there is less stomach lining? No clue i gave my Calcium carb to my 19 year old, she is super slim and needs to start taking supplements anyway.

Just Do It!!!

[mcwestfam 123]

I was told to take calcium citrate due to the fact I will be taking a ppi which inhibits the absorption of Calcium carbonate.

[Piplula 709]

I was told to take calcium citrate due to the fact I will be taking a ppi which inhibits the absorption of Calcium carbonate.

I was told the same thing.

[kelliecalgary 18]

same here. I was told that your stomach can no longer break down the Calcium carbonate and you will benefit from it therefor we sleevers must take the calcium citrate from now on, apparently for the rest of our lives. I find it to be a LOT more expensive here, so that is a downfall but just something that I suppose we have to deal with.

[Piplula 709]

I wanted to mention too that if you haven't tried Bariatric Advantage's calcium citrate chews..they are excellent. Everything else they sell, in my opinion, isn't worth purchasing, but I enjoy their chews.

[kshepa 77]

The chews have 20 calories each and they are only 250 mg each so I have to take 6 per day that equals 120 calories.

[O.T.R. sleever 3,386]

The chews have 20 calories each and they are only 250 mg each so I have to take 6 per day that equals 120 calories.

You need 6 a day? Are you not getting any Calcium antwhere else?

[sunshyneqtie 73]

I thought it had something to do with having less acid in the stomach due to its smaller size.

[Need-a-Sleeve 211]

Thanks all, I had forgotten about the PPI. @OTR, I am with you, I am getting iin more than enough Calcium with all the dairy I am consumings, so think I am good.

[doxieville 799]

I was told years ago that Citrate was the best form of Calcium. Our bodies can absorb it easier and that was years before my sleeve.

As for the OP taking 6, that really is an awful lot. You may be wasting your money if you are eating a healthy diet.

[mufasas-mom 170]

I drink 2 glasses of milk a day and according to MFP i hit 100% of Calcium daily. Do i still need to take a pill?

[doxieville 799]

Mufasas- how old are you?

[mufasas-mom 170]

Young 50

[Fiddleman 4,376]

I was told to take 6 a day as well. I like the BA caramel chews, but not so much the strawberry flavor. I do not typically get in dairy from my food post-op except from 2 shakes a day, one in the morning with soy milk and one when I go to bed with Water. NUT said we could be done with shakes when switching back to real food, but I still take them because I enjoy them.