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Did You Know About Calcium Carbonate vs Calcium Citrate (I just wasted a lot of money)



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I just bought one huge tub of Caltrate (chalky type) chewable tablets...read that these particular tablets can block the absorption of my other drugs...so I gave them to my husband. He is doing ok with them and swears it has helped his ailments.

So I go out and buy large bags of Caltrate (fudge like) chews in chocolate flavour and vanilla flavour.

So now I just read this:

When you choose a Calcium supplement, make sure you get calcium citrate, not Calcium carbonate. Calcium carbonate is often cheaper, but unfortunately gastric bypass patients cannot absorb it because they lack stomach acid.

Did you guys know this?

Now I have to try source calcium citrate....

Not easy, it is?

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Yes, I did...lol..I know, a lot of info to absorb..hey! nothing blocks info absorption!!!

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This is one thing the surgeon I chose stresses from the very beginning. I haven't really looked for chewables (still pre-op) but I do have some gigantic pill form that I am taking now.

There are soooooo many websites you can order Vitamins from that they shouldn't be hard to find. (:

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I got mine at walgreens but I'm sure Walmart would have them. They are petite so easier to swallow. Not very expensive either.

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I Use the Walgreen petites same as Dorian. So much easier and better than chewing the chalky bigger wafer types.

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I'm pre-op. Luckily I found out that citrate was a necessity before I bought a bunch of Vitamins. I never noticed the difference before. Anyways, my doctor recommends Bariatric Advantage chewables. Here is a link :) and of course there are a variety of flavors.

http://www.amazon.com/Bariatric-Advantage-Calcium-Citrate-Caramel/dp/B0050LJYM4/ref=sr_1_2?s=hpc&ie=UTF8&qid=1390191680&sr=1-2&keywords=bariatric+advantage+calcium+citrate

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Thank you everyone.

All the above look good.

Have any of you tried Building Blocks range of Vitamins and calcium citrate products?

Xx

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Thank you everyone. All the above look good. Have any of you tried Building Blocks range of Vitamins and calcium citrate products? Xx

I did. I could handle the chewable vitamins before surgery, but after was another story! But, that being said, everyone is different!

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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