Re: viactiv calcium chews?

[Guest guest]

i was told that they are not ok, because they have calcium carbonate instead

of calcium citrate and that we needed calcium citrate, that is was what we

could absorb

ASK YOUR DR. lol

10-21-03

[Guest guest]

Well, my doctor said its fine to take, so I will listen to him and so far so

good...

[Guest guest]

> i have read that these are ok for us to take after RNY. but they

> taste too good to be OK... does anyone have any info on this?

I was told that calcium carbonate may lead to kidney stones and that

we should be taking calcium citrate.

11/18/03

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[Guest guest]

I have read it's not good also. Here is a snip from a paper on " Post Gastric

Bypass vitamin Regimen-Basic Plan " written by from South Jersey. She

is a GBS Support group leader and attended the Gastric Bypass conference.

CALCIUM..........

Take Calcium CITRATE, NOT Calcium Carbonate. Not Tums (This is carbonate). We do

not absorb the carbonate! There are some other types we do absorb, one is

elemental calcium. Remember....do not take it with iron. Calcium also needs Vit

D and Magnesium to work. If your calcium does not have these in the tablet,

then you must add Magnesium and more Vit D also.

Hope it helps

Colleen

Re: viactiv calcium chews?

i was told that they are not ok, because they have calcium carbonate instead

of calcium citrate and that we needed calcium citrate, that is was what we

could absorb

ASK YOUR DR. lol

10-21-03

[Guest guest]

No no no.....Viactiv is calcium carbonate...a BIG no no for WLS

patients...you need to be taking calcium citrate......I would really

question your doctor about this....WLS patients cannot absorb the

carbonate

T.

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