Guest guest Posted December 5, 2002 Report Share Posted December 5, 2002 I *finally* managed to convince my 65 year old father and my 62 year old stepmother, who has osteopenia according to a recent DEXA, that they need to spend a few extra bucks to take calcium citrate with vitamin D, magnesium, and boron, and that they both need to take 2000 mg (elementally measured) EVERY day, no more than 500 mg at a time. They literally were buying Tums because it was a bit cheaper. My Dad's no dummy (retired after 29 years as a highly technical IBMer), and I bombarded him with the NIH info and the complete list of peer-reviewed studies that I also used to convince my bariatric surgeon of the virtues of citrate for RNY folks, and that tipped the balance for him. As I reminded my Dad, a broken hip or two is a lot more expensive and painful than a couple of bucks a month extra for calcium citrate. It's hardly like they're broke, and I'd hate to see Glenda's situation worsen. I am somewhat outraged that her doctor put her on Fosamax but didn't insist on calcium citrate, given that she's had stomach problems and has documented low stomach acid. ARGH. Does anyone know if there's a way to get calcium citrate into an almost three year old who's not into dairy products (thank goodness)? She doesn't like the Twinlab chewables (too tart), and though she was game to trying to swallow the Citracal tablets and the Vitalady capsules, they were both too big for her to manage. I've been building her up to Citracal Liquitabs with some Splenda added, but even with Splenda the taste is a bit of an acquired one. The AllOne calcium citrate powder has no taste (good) but tends to settle out of a drink pretty fast (bad). Does anyone know how much elemental calcium a kid her age needs? I really wish she was still breastfeeding... then this would be a non-issue! Ziobro, the calcium citrate crusader Open RNY 09/17/01 310/128/125 ________________________________ From: Vitalady Sent: Wed 12/4/2002 5:42 PM To: Graduate-OSSG Subject: Fw: Tums vs. citrate Meant for the list Re: Tums vs. citrate Meaning to say that had I had CITRATE, I might not be in the condition I am today. Ditto for my husband. Thanks, Vitalady T www.vitalady.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 5, 2002 Report Share Posted December 5, 2002 UpCal DPlus. Whey protein, calc citrate, D3, non-gritty Thanks, Vitalady T www.vitalady.com If you are interested in PayPal, please click here: https://secure.paypal.com/affil/pal=vitalady%40bigfoot.com Re: Tums vs. citrate > > > Meaning to say that had I had CITRATE, I might not be in the condition I am today. Ditto for my husband. > > > Thanks, > > > Vitalady T > www.vitalady.com > > > Homepage: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Graduate-OSSG > > Unsubscribe: mailto:Graduate-OSSG-unsubscribe > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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