Hi. Can anybody tell me if this is the truth? I asked for info from a reviewed hospital on gastric bypass and was told this "

After having gastric bypass operation, the patients should use medicines during their whole life due to the deficit of mineral and vitamins which will held on .

- After having gastric bypass operation, the patients have diarrhea during their whole life due to the operation side effect

Hi. Can anybody tell me if this is the truth? I asked for info from a reviewed hospital on gastric bypass and was told this "

After having gastric bypass operation, the patients should use medicines during their whole life due to the deficit of mineral and vitamins which will held on .

- After having gastric bypass operation, the patients have diarrhea during their whole life due to the operation side effect

Vitamins forever is true.
Diarrhea, doubtful. My sister has no issue with this. She had RNY years ago and is fine.

Really? Vitamins every day for the rest of my life? How iporant is it to remember these every single day? I'm really bad for rembering to take tablets

Pretty important due to the malabsorption. You need to go to a reputable site and do some research so you can know if you are up for the commitment this surgery or any WLS will require.

Missing a single day of vitamins is no big deal, but missing a month will likely leave some gaps in your nutrition.

In my opinion, everyone on Earth, for the most part, need vitamins. Our food supply is wholey deficient. In the US, our vegetables only have 1/2 to 2/3 of the vitamin content that they did just 50 years ago. Which means we need to eat 1/3 to twice as much. No wonder we're all becoming obese!

you have to take vitamins for life with any weight loss surgery - some surgeries require more than others, but they're required for all

lifelong diarrhea is very rare. Rather, most of us struggle with the opposite problem - constipation. You get that issue with the sleeve as well. It's due to the diet (high protein/low carb) and some of the supplements (like iron and calcium)

Have to take vitamins most days for rest of life. As for diarrhea no that only happens when dumping and usually passes after 1 year. Dumping happens when eating too much sugar and fat. I'm almost 2 years post op and very rarely dump.

Really? Vitamins every day for the rest of my life? How iporant is it to remember these every single day? I'm really bad for rembering to take tablets

Don't do surgery if you won't take your vitamins as you'll end up with a deficiency which will affect your health and energy levels.

On 6/10/2017 at 1:03 PM, Berry78 said:

In the US, our vegetables only have 1/2 to 2/3 of the Vitamin content that they did just 50 years ago.

You have a source for this bit of info? I have never heard of this and would like to read more.

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https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/soil-depletion-and-nutrition-loss/

found some info. Very interesting and just reinforces a habit we have already. Buying local whenever possible is better. Especially now concerning vegetables.

Edited June 11, 20179 yr by BigViffer
added info

Fifteen months post RNY surgery. Never once had dumping syndrome or diarrhea. I can eat almost anything I want. I do take Vitamin D. My bone density perfect. It has been very easy for me.

14 hours ago, BigViffer said:

You have a source for this bit of info? I have never heard of this and would like to read more.

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https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/soil-depletion-and-nutrition-loss/

found some info. Very interesting and just reinforces a habit we have already. Buying local whenever possible is better. Especially now concerning vegetables.

Looks like you found one. I originally read an article in National Geographic (pretty sure), but can't find it just now...