Guest guest Posted May 27, 2004 Report Share Posted May 27, 2004 I cannot tolerate milk or ice cream but i try to drink a tiny bit here and there. I take 2 calcium tablets a day to get in my calcium. God Bless, Robin, NorthEastern, NY Age- 41 EDD- July 27th, 2004 IT'S A BOY!!!!!! Mommy to: & (twin boys 8 years), Madison, daughter, 5 years and Wife to Pup 15 years (October 31, 1988) Gastric Bypass Surgery- October 18th 2002 Start-378, current- 246(pregnant) goal 170 after baby It's a BOY!!!!! Emerson Roger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 27, 2004 Report Share Posted May 27, 2004 Unless you have a VBG, Viactiv is expensive candy (GARBAGE). Containing only calcium carbonate, it is not absorbed AT ALL by anyone with a malabsorptive surgery and can set you up for kidney stones. I had a kidney stone when six months pregnant with my daughter, and it was MUCH more painful than delivering her at home without drugs, all 8 pounds, 10 ounces of her! Our bodies do not allow calcium carbonate to be exposed to stomach acid for an hour, which is required to make it bioavailable. Instead, you should be taking calcium CITRATE, which does not require any stomach acid. Sorry to be so vehement about this, but I know quite a few post-ops who have become osteoporitic after following the Tums/Oyster calcium/Coral Calcium/Viactiv route, and they weren't even pregnant! With the additional calcium required by a growing fetus, you will definitely be stripping calcium out of your bones and teeth to build that baby. Please change your calcium source NOW. If you don't want to take my word for it, fine; do a Google search on calcium + " stomach acid " , and look also for the 1994 NIH Consensus Statement on Calcium. Z Alan 02/11/84 Cornea transplant 02/09/99 Joanne Natasha born at home 01/13/00 Open RNY 09/17/01 Plastics 07/22/02 Cornea transplant 05/24/04 http://www.ziobro.us Lactose Intolerance To: ossg-pregnant Hi Tracey, I too am lactose intolerant, but I have been most of my life, so I'm not a milk drinker. I take calcium supplements instead. I was very grateful when they came out with Viactiv. They're a candy treat but a good calcium source. I know when I haven't taken them in a while (getting lazy or forgetful) because I'll get leg cramps. I do ok with cheese, though often get a tummy ache from it if I have too much. As far as taking lactaid, I'm not sure. I know I can drink the lactaid-free milk, if I wanted to. Demrie EDD: 6/21/04 IT'S A BOY: 320/175/202 at 36 weeks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 27, 2004 Report Share Posted May 27, 2004 Tracey, I am also lactose intolerant to a point. The only milk product I can eat is cheese with no problem, but can't have any milk straight from the gallon, no ice cream, coffee creamer, yogurt, etc. Not sure about lactaid while pregnant, but I use silk vanilla soy milk if I have cereal, or to take my pre-natals. You should ask your doctor. As far as avoiding foods containing lactose...lactose is milk sugar. ONLY found in milk products. IE: Milk, cheese products, yogurt, cream based anything, ice cream, etc. Hope this helps! WLS 8/28/02 EDD 12/31/04 Lactose Intolerance Hi everyone! In my ever continuing effort to figure out why I am having so many bathroom issues since my VBG last year, I have come to the conclusion that I am probably now lactose intolerant. Not sure how that happened, but it's the only thing that I can figure out. Anyway, is anyone else on the board LI? If so, is it OK to take lactaid when pregnant? What do you eat to be sure that you get enough calcium? How can I figure out what foods contain lactose so I can avoid them? Thanks! Tracey VBG 3/11/03 245/147 Not pregnant yet - but hopefully soon! Children are a blessing, and a gift from the Lord. -Psalm 127:3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 27, 2004 Report Share Posted May 27, 2004 Two tablets is not NEARLY enough. While pregnant, you need 1500-2000 mg a day even if you don't malabsorb anything... and you need to take calcium in doses of 500 mg max, separated at least two hours from each other and from anything that contains iron. Z Open RNY 09/17/01 Re: Lactose Intolerance To: ossg-pregnant I cannot tolerate milk or ice cream but i try to drink a tiny bit here and there. I take 2 calcium tablets a day to get in my calcium. God Bless, Robin, NorthEastern, NY Age- 41 EDD- July 27th, 2004 IT'S A BOY!!!!!! Mommy to: & (twin boys 8 years), Madison, daughter, 5 years and Wife to Pup 15 years (October 31, 1988) Gastric Bypass Surgery- October 18th 2002 Start-378, current- 246(pregnant) goal 170 after baby It's a BOY!!!!! Emerson Roger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 28, 2004 Report Share Posted May 28, 2004 Ugggh, the bain of my existence....If I had known the last time I ate ice cream was going to be the last time I ate ice cream...I would have enjoyed it a little more!!! But also I must say.....at least w hen I am constipated I know I can go eat some cheese or yogurt and I will not be constipated within 1 hour.. I found out I was lactose intolerant the week I had my WLS when I was in the bathroom all the time.......ugggh! I just don't eat milk, yogurt, ice cream, and cheese...this has been good for me because these were a lot of my favorite foods before WLS. I can eat processed american cheese....but don't cause its just not the same. BTW, lactaid and all those products have never worked for me not one bit. Chrystal Wife to Jace - together 6 Years! Happy Mommy to - 4 Years Old! New Baby Boy Swenson Due July 28, 2004! Zookeeper for 2 big dogs and 5 cats who let me feed them! http://chrystallife.50megs.com/ http://members.ebay.com/aboutme/seeswensonauctions/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 25, 2005 Report Share Posted August 25, 2005 When dairy products are cultured, that uses up the lactose. This means that cheese and yogurt have very little, if any, lactose. wrote: >-i thought of this, but i eat yogurt daily for breakfast, and have had >sour cream on my ground turkey- >But i think someone posted on here that milk in liquid form is still >different then dairy products alltogether... > -- Eleanor Oster eleanor@... (personal address) www.smallboxes.com/gastricbypass.htm San , CA Open RNY (100 cm bypassed) 07/15/2003 P. Fisher, M.D., Kaiser Richmond (CA) ~5'9 " tall 05/09/2003 319 Orientation 07/15/2003 ~290 Surgery Current 150-155 Goal until plastics? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 25, 2005 Report Share Posted August 25, 2005 -eleanor...your are so wise! i appreciate your knowledge... sarah -- In gastric-bypass-support-kaiser-patients , Eleanor Oster wrote: > When dairy products are cultured, that uses up the lactose. This means > that cheese and yogurt have very little, if any, lactose. > > wrote: > > >-i thought of this, but i eat yogurt daily for breakfast, and have had > >sour cream on my ground turkey- > >But i think someone posted on here that milk in liquid form is still > >different then dairy products alltogether... > > > -- > > Eleanor Oster > eleanor@s... (personal address) > www.smallboxes.com/gastricbypass.htm > San , CA > Open RNY (100 cm bypassed) 07/15/2003 > P. Fisher, M.D., Kaiser Richmond (CA) > ~5'9 " tall > 05/09/2003 319 Orientation > 07/15/2003 ~290 Surgery > Current 150-155 Goal until plastics? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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