Re: Chewable calcium citrate

January 25, 2004

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Yes, to your question. I buy chewable calcium citrate through the

vitamin shoppe on line. They are very reasonable & the taste is

great. They are citrus flavoured.

In Gastric_Bypass_Family , Hawkridge

<rayehawk@e...> wrote:

> > Is there such a thing as CHEWABLE calcium citrate? I've been

taking

> > Viactives which are Calcuim Carbonate. The Dr said something

was

> better than nothing!

>

> **** actually, it's not. It's worse. You see, calcium carbonate

must be in contact with stomach acid for 1 hour before it can be

absorbed at all. Since yours goes immediately to gut, it doesn't

have any time to sit and stew in stomach acid. And the carbonate

makes kidney stones. Calcium citrate is recommended for all people

with low stomach acid levels (elderly, people on Protonix, Prilosec,

Zantac, Nexium, etc.)

>

> > The Citrical pills are HUGE! Any suggestions?

>

> ****Twin Labs makes a chewable that is tasty. Orange sweetart

flavor, kinda. Not near as much sugar as Viactiv. I think I saw a

caramelly calcium citrate in Trader Joes. I use Vitalady.com's

Super Calcium, which can be pulled apart (capsules), and dumped into

protein drinks or other drinks. No taste.

>

> Hawkridge in Washington State.

>

January 25, 2004

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