Hey I haven’t found a chewable bariatric vitamin that I have liked the taste of and was wondering if any of you guys has had better luck. Currently I take NU life advanced bariatric chewable tablets and I found them bitter. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

My surgeon suggested Flintstones chewables. I love them!! ❤️

I never found any chewables I could stomach, especially as most/all contain sugar alcohols, which caused me nausea post-op. Instead, I just took regular vitamins, and the larger ones I cut in half with a pill cutter.

3 minutes ago, CyndieRI said:

My surgeon suggested Flintstones chewables. I love them!! ❤️

My medical team clearly said to not take Flinstones or children’s vitamins as they don’t contain the right vitamins and dosages for adult bariatric patients.

Edited October 24, 20187 yr by MarinaGirl

I had the same issue and still do, but I found a multi with iron and recommended dose of calcium and all I have to take is an extra calcium a day and one extra b12 a week. Bari Life has a multi that you can put in water like crystal lite and it is milky and looks nasty, but the lemon tastes like lemonade and the watermelon tastes like watermelon. I went on their website and asked for a free sample. My Dr office had another brand and mentioned this one but didn't have samples of the Bari Life. The other brand I tried tasted exactly how multi's smell with a hint of fruit. But I LOVE the Bari Life.

7 hours ago, CyndieRI said:

My surgeon suggested Flintstones chewables. I love them!! ❤️

Your surgeon advised this? Flintstones vitamins are **NOT** enough for WLS patients IE they don't contain enough of what WLS patients need after surgery.

https://www.bariatriceating.com/2016/06/faq-dr-said-take-flintstone-vitamins/

3 minutes ago, Matt Z said:

Your surgeon advised this? Flintstones Vitamins are **NOT** enough for WLS patients IE they don't contain enough of what WLS patients need after surgery.

https://www.bariatriceating.com/2016/06/faq-dr-said-take-flintstone-vitamins/

The only time my Dr's office recommended "kid" vitamins was when I couldn't stomach the ones I had while I was waiting for the new ones to come in. She said I could chew one of my son's Flinstone vitamins to at least get something in me. But I couldn't depend on them for good. Like you said Matt, she said they didn't have enough to meet my requiremnts and they also contain more sugar.

9 hours ago, MarinaGirl said:

My medical team clearly said to not take Flinstones or children’s Vitamins as they don’t contain the right vitamins and dosages for adult bariatric patients.

My surgeon's office recommended taking 3 Flintstone vitamins daily. I encountered no problems with taking these. They were readily available and cheap. My blood workups showed they were effective. I am over 5 years post-op.

I use to pick these up by large bottles at Sam's club. But for some reason, it seems like they transitioned to Flintstone gummy vitamins. And as a result the large bottles are no longer available. I was warned by my surgeon's office to not use gummy vitamins because they would not be absorbed properly. I tried using other children's multivitamins, but I was dissatisfied with them. They tasted bad. And also they changed color from light to very dark over a few months.

Around the second or third year I transitioned to taking normal multivitamins.

I think I will try this. Any thoughts?

I have used the BariMelts Multivitamin (chewables) as well as the Bariatric Advantage Multivitamin (chewables). The BariMelts melt in your mouth, flavor is pretty decent with only a hint of a vitamin'y taste. But the Bariatric Advantage is like eating Starburst candies

But I still find them a little grainy, and you have to take 2, my cheap but good-- Wal-Mart prenatal only 1 and it went down easy. Always has.