Question on chewables

[ArixS 28]

I'll be a month out this Friday. When can we start taking regular Vitamins pill form? I can't start the chewables!

Thanks:)

[Mikee57 699]

not sure ArixS...I eat the gummies...they aren't bad at all.

[lark60 430]

The form of Vitamin is more related to what you can swallow. chewable and Gummy forms are designed to be absorbed easier and so they are recommended for the most WLS patients. You can try the tablet form and if able to swallow them without any stomach upset, your next step is to see if your labs show you are absorbing them (it takes a few months to see any change in the labs)

As always, check with your physician.

[ArixS 28]

not sure ArixS...I eat the gummies...they aren't bad at all.

I thought we weren't allowed to eat gummies? I mean if we can I'd love to do that. What kind of gummies do you eat?

[ArixS 28]

The form of Vitamin is more related to what you can swallow. chewable and Gummy forms are designed to be absorbed easier and so they are recommended for the most WLS patients. You can try the tablet form and if able to swallow them without any stomach upset, your next step is to see if your labs show you are absorbing them (it takes a few months to see any change in the labs) As always, check with your physician.

So you can start on these soon after?

Thank you for your response

[Scylla 106]

Re gummies, I don't think that it's necessarily that gummies are not allowed or inherently bad for you. My NUT told me that gummies weren't a good choice for WLS because they don't contain nearly the % of Vitamins that the chewables do, which can leave you with nutritional deficiencies when following such a reduced diet.

[BryBro63 410]

I was told by my surgeon that for absorption reasons, take chewables in all your Vitamins for life. Now, the only thing I take in pill form are my blood pressure meds, since they are extended release. But of course I'm hoping to eventually reduce those or be off of them entirely!