Guest guest Posted October 30, 2003 Report Share Posted October 30, 2003 Vitalady.com has a Powder calcium that my spouse uses called Upcal D. He mixes it in water, but you can sprinkle it on anything. No taste. Fay Bayuk **300/172 10/23/01 Dr. Open RNY 150 cm Click for My Profile http://obesityhelp.com/morbidobesity/profile.phtml?N=Bayuk951061008 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 30, 2003 Report Share Posted October 30, 2003 Okay group, Another question from another friend. She's having trouble with the size of the calcium citrate pills and hates the chewables. In speaking to her pharmacist, he told her that the carbonate in viactiv was " fine because it goes into viactiv as liquid so is absorbed right away. " Any truth to this as you all know it? I told her I'd still stick to my citrate if I were her... live each day like it's your last... love like you've never been hurt... Deb in Hazlet, NJ " Debbie Dancer " distal rny September 3, 2002 386/221/165 BMI 60/32.6/24 -165 -92.5 " Angel to Bill, Debbie, Ilene, Roy, and Ro Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 30, 2003 Report Share Posted October 30, 2003 Deb, I am certainly no expert on Calcium but I can tell you what my primary doc told me. He is no expert on WLS but his specialty is osteoporosis and its prevention. He says EVERY woman should be taking Calcium Citrate and as far as he is concerned he wishes that they would take Calcium Carbonate off the market because many woman do not realize they are not getting what they need. How far out of surgery is your friend? Can she crush her pill and add it to something like applesauce or something. B from NJ RE: Viactiv > Okay group, > > Another question from another friend. She's having trouble with the size of > the calcium citrate pills and hates the chewables. In speaking to her > pharmacist, he told her that the carbonate in viactiv was " fine because it > goes into viactiv as liquid so is absorbed right away. " Any truth to this > as you all know it? I told her I'd still stick to my citrate if I were > her... > > live each day like it's your last... love like you've never been hurt... > > Deb in Hazlet, NJ > " Debbie Dancer " > distal rny > September 3, 2002 > 386/221/165 > BMI 60/32.6/24 > -165 > -92.5 " > > Angel to Bill, Debbie, Ilene, Roy, and Ro > > > > Homepage: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Graduate-OSSG > > Unsubscribe: mailto:Graduate-OSSG-unsubscribe > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 30, 2003 Report Share Posted October 30, 2003 Deb, Unfortunately, that pharmacist is full of crap. Carbonate is carbonate, and it requires one hour of exposure to stomach acid to be at all bioavailable to anyone. That means it's not going to work for us post-op. All One makes a powdered calcium citrate that has no taste. You can sprinkle it on food, mix it into protein shakes, etc. 1.5 teaspoons of it contains 500 mg calcium as citrate and 250 mgs of elemental magnesium. You still need to add Vitamin D to that mix, but it's a great start. http://www.all-one.com/supplements/calciumpowder.htm Z Open RNY 09/17/01 http://www.ziobro.us RE: Viactiv Okay group, Another question from another friend. She's having trouble with the size of the calcium citrate pills and hates the chewables. In speaking to her pharmacist, he told her that the carbonate in viactiv was " fine because it goes into viactiv as liquid so is absorbed right away. " Any truth to this as you all know it? I told her I'd still stick to my citrate if I were her... live each day like it's your last... love like you've never been hurt... Deb in Hazlet, NJ " Debbie Dancer " distal rny September 3, 2002 386/221/165 BMI 60/32.6/24 -165 -92.5 " Angel to Bill, Debbie, Ilene, Roy, and Ro Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 30, 2003 Report Share Posted October 30, 2003 That's how I feel, also. I'm not convinced that carbonate is any more absorbable than sheet rock. Sure, it'll test postive for calcium in a lab, but that does not make it absorbable to a human. People have sent me carbonate products to give away and I wont' even let my (normie) staff have them. I think they're dangerous. Thanks, Vitalady, Inc. T www.vitalady.com If you are interested in PayPal, please click here: https://www.paypal.com/affil/pal=orders%40vitalady.com RE: Viactiv > > > > Okay group, > > > > Another question from another friend. She's having trouble with the size > of > > the calcium citrate pills and hates the chewables. In speaking to her > > pharmacist, he told her that the carbonate in viactiv was " fine because it > > goes into viactiv as liquid so is absorbed right away. " Any truth to this > > as you all know it? I told her I'd still stick to my citrate if I were > > her... > > > > live each day like it's your last... love like you've never been hurt... > > > > Deb in Hazlet, NJ > > " Debbie Dancer " > > distal rny > > September 3, 2002 > > 386/221/165 > > BMI 60/32.6/24 > > -165 > > -92.5 " > > > > Angel to Bill, Debbie, Ilene, Roy, and Ro > > > > > > > > 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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