Guest guest Posted November 9, 2001 Report Share Posted November 9, 2001 Ben Simonton wrote: I feel that the best course of action is to eat all fresh food with at least 1/3 raw and never to touch anything which has been processed in any way. *nod* Yeah, veggies are great! So steamed would be ok then? What about stir-fried (in chicken broth if you're afraid of fat...which I'm not btw, 'cause I'm on a low-carb diet)? -- Mindy ----------------------- "...that they may be one..." - Jesus, 17:22 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 11, 2002 Report Share Posted March 11, 2002 Hi: A while back, somebody talked about a brand of multimin vitamins that did not have zinc in it. What brand is that? I am interested in a getting a bottle of it. Thanks, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 4, 2006 Report Share Posted April 4, 2006 I use GNC Women's Ultra Mega (which are definitely giant horse pills) or Centrum Chewables (which are like orange-flavored Flinstones vitamins for big kids). I think Viactiv makes a chewable multivitamin now too, but I've never tried it. I only take their calcium, which is also much more enjoyable in a tasty candy than in a big gaggy capsule the size of a nuclear submarine. On 4/3/06, cherishtheday06@... <cherishtheday06@...> wrote: > Can someone recommend a good, economically priced multivitamin? Even better would be one that is not the size of a horse pill. > > deb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 4, 2006 Report Share Posted April 4, 2006 I use GNC Women's Ultra Mega (which are definitely giant horse pills) or Centrum Chewables (which are like orange-flavored Flinstones vitamins for big kids). I think Viactiv makes a chewable multivitamin now too, but I've never tried it. I only take their calcium, which is also much more enjoyable in a tasty candy than in a big gaggy capsule the size of a nuclear submarine. On 4/3/06, cherishtheday06@... <cherishtheday06@...> wrote: > Can someone recommend a good, economically priced multivitamin? Even better would be one that is not the size of a horse pill. > > deb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 4, 2006 Report Share Posted April 4, 2006 I use Children's Chewables, buy them in the big bottle at Sams. I figure I don't need my vitamin supplement to give me 100% of my daily requirements when I'm eating a ton of veggies and fruits every day. Also, these generally don't have iron, which is good for me because supplementing with iron leads to other problems for me. Barbara > > Can someone recommend a good, economically priced multivitamin? Even better would be one that is not the size of a horse pill. > > deb > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 4, 2006 Report Share Posted April 4, 2006 > > I use Children's Chewables, buy them in the big bottle at Sams. I > figure I don't need my vitamin supplement to give me 100% of my > daily requirements when I'm eating a ton of veggies and fruits > every day. I think (and this is totally my own opinion, take it or leave it <<smile>>) that you are doing yourself a diservice by taking a multivitamin formulated for children and not an adults multivitamin. Yes its better than nothing, but barely. I could go into detail but the most important things you need more of, as a person who works out, you really need a more complete profile of B vitamins which helps the body out when its stressed in any way (such as exercise) and EVERY woman should be taking 1500mg of calcium a day (besides doing weight bearing exercise and getting some calcium from what you eat). Just because you have a good diet you are presuming that 1) the fruits and vegetables you eat are not stripped of nutrients (alot of bad farming practices/soil depletion these days) and 2) that your body is really absorbing everything it should be getting from what you eat. That is presuming alot. ;-) This is a good article by Bruce Ames (a renown biochemist) who says taking a daily multivitamin could just save your life - its a very interesting article: http://www.juvenon.com/pdfs/june05_ames-prescrip.pdf joni ----------------------------------------------- *who currently takes the Costco vitamin packs as part of her daily supplements* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 4, 2006 Report Share Posted April 4, 2006 When I was pregnant I couldn't handle the prenatal vitamins. My ob/gyn told me to take Flintstones. I'm still taking them. I've added B12 this past month for more energy and sanity reasons. <grin> a Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 4, 2006 Report Share Posted April 4, 2006 When I was pregnant I couldn't handle the prenatal vitamins. My ob/gyn told me to take Flintstones. I'm still taking them. I've added B12 this past month for more energy and sanity reasons. <grin> a Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 5, 2006 Report Share Posted April 5, 2006 Joni, Your opinion is very vaulble to me, so don't applogize. I'm still not sure I'm conveinced, however, except for the calcium thing..I know I need to supplement with that but just never get around to buying it. I know that we can't be exactly sure of what nutrients are in our produce these days, and I know that Fitday may not be the most accurate talling, but it tells me I'm getting as much as 800% of my RDA of some nutrients. I figure it can be off by a whole heaping lot and I'm still okay, especially since I do not add my vitamine into the system. I'll read the article more carefully when I have time (two tests, a report and a project all due this week....and my only co-worker quit...<sigh>) and give it all some more thought. Thanks for your input. Barbara Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 12, 2006 Report Share Posted April 12, 2006 I bought the Viactiv chewables. They are rather tasty. deb -----Original Message----- From: Skwigg <skwigg@...> Subj: Re: multivitamin Date: Tue Apr 4, 2006 1:33 am Size: 918 bytes I use GNC Women's Ultra Mega (which are definitely giant horse pills) or Centrum Chewables (which are like orange-flavored Flinstones vitamins for big kids). I think Viactiv makes a chewable multivitamin now too, but I've never tried it. I only take their calcium, which is also much more enjoyable in a tasty candy than in a big gaggy capsule the size of a nuclear submarine. On 4/3/06, cherishtheday06@... <cherishtheday06@...> wrote: > Can someone recommend a good, economically priced multivitamin? Even better would be one that is not the size of a horse pill. > > deb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 12, 2006 Report Share Posted April 12, 2006 I bought the Viactiv chewables. They are rather tasty. deb -----Original Message----- From: Skwigg <skwigg@...> Subj: Re: multivitamin Date: Tue Apr 4, 2006 1:33 am Size: 918 bytes I use GNC Women's Ultra Mega (which are definitely giant horse pills) or Centrum Chewables (which are like orange-flavored Flinstones vitamins for big kids). I think Viactiv makes a chewable multivitamin now too, but I've never tried it. I only take their calcium, which is also much more enjoyable in a tasty candy than in a big gaggy capsule the size of a nuclear submarine. On 4/3/06, cherishtheday06@... <cherishtheday06@...> wrote: > Can someone recommend a good, economically priced multivitamin? Even better would be one that is not the size of a horse pill. > > deb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 12, 2006 Report Share Posted April 12, 2006 Hi Pamela, Glad to hear from you again. You might want to think about trying what I do for Philip. I decide what vitamins I want and take them individually. This keeps me from getting stuff I don't need and allows me to get more of what I do need with out taking more than just the multi. Take care, Anne multivitamin > >I'm looking for the best multivitamin for my husband, Philip, who has Hep C. >I know it needs to have no iron, low vitamin A-what about iodine? I thought >that was contraindicated for something-I can't remember if it was because of >the Hep C or his thyroid? Is there anything else that should be avoided in >a multivitamin? Thanks, > > > >Pamela Venus > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 12, 2006 Report Share Posted April 12, 2006 Hi Pamela, Glad to hear from you again. You might want to think about trying what I do for Philip. I decide what vitamins I want and take them individually. This keeps me from getting stuff I don't need and allows me to get more of what I do need with out taking more than just the multi. Take care, Anne multivitamin > >I'm looking for the best multivitamin for my husband, Philip, who has Hep C. >I know it needs to have no iron, low vitamin A-what about iodine? I thought >that was contraindicated for something-I can't remember if it was because of >the Hep C or his thyroid? Is there anything else that should be avoided in >a multivitamin? Thanks, > > > >Pamela Venus > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 12, 2006 Report Share Posted April 12, 2006 I can't say what's best for your husband. I take a multivitamin no iron, a B-complex, a folic acid, one that is magnesium, calcium, zinc, and one that is fish oil, at the minimum, sometimes some of them twice a day, depending on how active I'm being at the time or stressed. A lot depends on what stage his liver is. Highly cirrhotic livers can't handle a lot of things one that is stage 1 or 2 will handle easily and the body needs. Best thing to do is talk to his gastro and follow that advice. Good luck Alley www.geocities.com/dfwhcv Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 12, 2006 Report Share Posted April 12, 2006 I can't say what's best for your husband. I take a multivitamin no iron, a B-complex, a folic acid, one that is magnesium, calcium, zinc, and one that is fish oil, at the minimum, sometimes some of them twice a day, depending on how active I'm being at the time or stressed. A lot depends on what stage his liver is. Highly cirrhotic livers can't handle a lot of things one that is stage 1 or 2 will handle easily and the body needs. Best thing to do is talk to his gastro and follow that advice. Good luck Alley www.geocities.com/dfwhcv Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 13, 2006 Report Share Posted April 13, 2006 You definitely want to avoid vitamin/mineral supplements with iron. That is the biggest, although not the only one to watch out for. Any thing that is stored in fat, vs. being water soluble, should be taken in no more than the maximum RDA, and less is probably safer. Fat soluble vitamins are: A, D, E, and K. You also need to be cautious with the B vitamin Niacin. It can cause liver damage in very large doses. All minerals you need to be cautious with, but since the liver often doesn't metabolize some properly it is easy to become deficient. Many people with liver disease are deficient in magnesium. In order for things like calcium and magnesium (and really all vitamins and minerals) to be best absorbed and utilized within the body they need to be taken together and in the right proportion. Sometimes this can be very hard to do. I continually find that mineral supplements tend to have not enough calcium and magnesium for the amount of vitamin D they put in there. The best calcium supplement I have found is Citrical Plus with Magnesium. All doses are safe when taken at no more than 4 a day. More is probably OK in some people. It has B-6 in it a a high dose, but it doesn't become a problem until more than 2000mg daily. Most vitamin supplements don't have enough minerals, and its usually best to take a mineral supplement separate from vitamins anyway. As for iodine, most people get all they need if they use iodized salt. The very best source of all vitamins and minerals is in the diet, not supplements. However, most of us don't eat the way this would require! Claudine Pamela Venus <goddesspv@...> wrote: I'm looking for the best multivitamin for my husband, Philip, who has Hep C. I know it needs to have no iron, low vitamin A-what about iodine? I thought that was contraindicated for something-I can't remember if it was because of the Hep C or his thyroid? Is there anything else that should be avoided in a multivitamin? Thanks, Pamela Venus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 13, 2006 Report Share Posted April 13, 2006 You definitely want to avoid vitamin/mineral supplements with iron. That is the biggest, although not the only one to watch out for. Any thing that is stored in fat, vs. being water soluble, should be taken in no more than the maximum RDA, and less is probably safer. Fat soluble vitamins are: A, D, E, and K. You also need to be cautious with the B vitamin Niacin. It can cause liver damage in very large doses. All minerals you need to be cautious with, but since the liver often doesn't metabolize some properly it is easy to become deficient. Many people with liver disease are deficient in magnesium. In order for things like calcium and magnesium (and really all vitamins and minerals) to be best absorbed and utilized within the body they need to be taken together and in the right proportion. Sometimes this can be very hard to do. I continually find that mineral supplements tend to have not enough calcium and magnesium for the amount of vitamin D they put in there. The best calcium supplement I have found is Citrical Plus with Magnesium. All doses are safe when taken at no more than 4 a day. More is probably OK in some people. It has B-6 in it a a high dose, but it doesn't become a problem until more than 2000mg daily. Most vitamin supplements don't have enough minerals, and its usually best to take a mineral supplement separate from vitamins anyway. As for iodine, most people get all they need if they use iodized salt. The very best source of all vitamins and minerals is in the diet, not supplements. However, most of us don't eat the way this would require! Claudine Pamela Venus <goddesspv@...> wrote: I'm looking for the best multivitamin for my husband, Philip, who has Hep C. I know it needs to have no iron, low vitamin A-what about iodine? I thought that was contraindicated for something-I can't remember if it was because of the Hep C or his thyroid? Is there anything else that should be avoided in a multivitamin? Thanks, Pamela Venus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 13, 2008 Report Share Posted January 13, 2008 It is fine to use a multi as a base. Just make sure you are getting him what he needs. Anne > > Hi All, > Is there anyone here using a multivitamin and adding in the other supplements > needed 4 times a day? My son has been on a multi for 6 months and is finally > doing well with it. Now it's time to chelate with ALA and I really can't > afford to buy all of the supplements separately. Any advice? I'm hoping to start > ALA next weekend > Janet > my little guy > http://health.ph./group/Autism- Mercury/photos/browse/60ac > > > > ************** > Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shape. > > http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise? NCID=aolcmp00300000002489 > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 20, 2008 Report Share Posted February 20, 2008 try bariatric advantage products Matt s, MA, RD/LD, NSCA-CPT Bariatric Dietitian NSCA Certified Personal Trainer ODonnell wrote: > Hi All, > I am having trouble finding a good multivitamin for our lapband > patients that is either in chewable or liquid form. I would like the > vitamin to have alteast 400mcg folic acid and 400 mg calcium while > meeting close to 100% RDI for all other vitamins/minerals. Any > thoughts would be greatly appreciated. Thank you! > O'Donnell RD, LD > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Never miss a thing. Make your homepage. > <http://us.rd./evt=51438/*http://www./r/hs> > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 20, 2008 Report Share Posted February 20, 2008 For lap band, you could try Viactiv Multivitamins. It has 400 mcg folic acid, but only 200 mg calcium. Maybe a separate calcium supplement? Just thinking of something the patient can easily access... ~ > > Hi All, > I am having trouble finding a good multivitamin for our lapband patients that is either in chewable or liquid form. I would like the vitamin to have alteast 400mcg folic acid and 400 mg calcium while meeting close to 100% RDI for all other vitamins/minerals. Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated. Thank you! > O'Donnell RD, LD > > > _____________________________________________________________________ _______________ > Never miss a thing. Make your home page. > http://www./r/hs > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 20, 2008 Report Share Posted February 20, 2008 We also use Bariatric Advantage products. SR Madison, WI From: kamicone2@...Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2008 14:55:40 +0000Subject: Re: multivitamin For lap band, you could try Viactiv Multivitamins. It has 400 mcg folic acid, but only 200 mg calcium. Maybe a separate calcium supplement? Just thinking of something the patient can easily access...~>> Hi All,> I am having trouble finding a good multivitamin for our lapband patients that is either in chewable or liquid form. I would like the vitamin to have alteast 400mcg folic acid and 400 mg calcium while meeting close to 100% RDI for all other vitamins/minerals. Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!> O'Donnell RD, LD> > > _________________________________________________________________________> Never miss a thing. Make your home page. > http://www./r/hs> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 20, 2008 Report Share Posted February 20, 2008 I was talking to one of the surgeons that I work for today re: AGB supplementation. She mentioned that her colleagues are seeing homocysteine and B12 deficiency in the first year following AGB sx. Do any of you know of research studies discussing this? Thanks. Kate H. Rountree, LDN, RD Bariatric Dietitian Southwest Surgical Weight Management Center 2810 Ambassador Caffery Parkway Lafayette, LA 70506 Office: 337-981-2949 ext. 1285 Pager: 337-273-4103 katherine.rountree@... This email and any files transmitted with it may contain PRIVILEGED or CONFIDENTIAL information and may be read or used only by the intended recipient. If you are not the intended recipient of the email or any of its attachments, please be advised that you have received this email in error and that any use, dissemination, distribution, forwarding, printing, or copying of this email or any attached files is strictly prohibited. If you have received this email in error, please immediately purge it and all attachments and notify the sender by reply email or contact the sender at the number listed. From: [mailto: ] On Behalf Of shirley shelleySent: Wednesday, February 20, 2008 8:57 AM Subject: RE: Re: multivitamin We also use Bariatric Advantage products. SR Madison, WI From: kamicone2lancastergeneral (DOT) orgDate: Wed, 20 Feb 2008 14:55:40 +0000Subject: Re: multivitamin For lap band, you could try Viactiv Multivitamins. It has 400 mcg folic acid, but only 200 mg calcium. Maybe a separate calcium supplement? Just thinking of something the patient can easily access...~>> Hi All,> I am having trouble finding a good multivitamin for our lapband patients that is either in chewable or liquid form. I would like the vitamin to have alteast 400mcg folic acid and 400 mg calcium while meeting close to 100% RDI for all other vitamins/minerals. Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!> O'Donnell RD, LD> > > _________________________________________________________________________> Never miss a thing. Make your home page. > http://www./r/hs> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 20, 2008 Report Share Posted February 20, 2008 We also use the Bariatric Advantage MVI. They have sample kits available on their websites now, so patients can try them without purchasing a 30 day supply. > > Hi All, > I am having trouble finding a good multivitamin for our lapband patients that is either in chewable or liquid form. I would like the vitamin to have alteast 400mcg folic acid and 400 mg calcium while meeting close to 100% RDI for all other vitamins/minerals. Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated. Thank you! > O'Donnell RD, LD > > > ______________________________________________________________________ ______________ > Never miss a thing. Make your home page. > http://www./r/hs > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 20, 2008 Report Share Posted February 20, 2008 High homocysteine levels are indicative of folic acid deficiency and high levels of methylmalonic acid are indicative of B12 deficiency. Kathy Shattler, M.S.,RD kshattler@...Rountree <katherine.rountree@...> wrote: I was talking to one of the surgeons that I work for today re: AGB supplementation. She mentioned that her colleagues are seeing homocysteine and B12 deficiency in the first year following AGB sx. Do any of you know of research studies discussing this? Thanks. Kate H. Rountree, LDN, RD Bariatric Dietitian Southwest Surgical Weight Management Center 2810 Ambassador Caffery Parkway Lafayette, LA 70506 Office: 337-981-2949 ext. 1285 Pager: 337-273-4103 katherine.rountree@... This email and any files transmitted with it may contain PRIVILEGED or CONFIDENTIAL information and may be read or used only by the intended recipient. If you are not the intended recipient of the email or any of its attachments, please be advised that you have received this email in error and that any use, dissemination, distribution, forwarding, printing, or copying of this email or any attached files is strictly prohibited. If you have received this email in error, please immediately purge it and all attachments and notify the sender by reply email or contact the sender at the number listed. From: [mailto: ] On Behalf Of shirley shelleySent: Wednesday, February 20, 2008 8:57 AM Subject: RE: Re: multivitamin We also use Bariatric Advantage products. SR Madison, WI From: kamicone2lancastergeneral (DOT) orgDate: Wed, 20 Feb 2008 14:55:40 +0000Subject: Re: multivitamin For lap band, you could try Viactiv Multivitamins. It has 400 mcg folic acid, but only 200 mg calcium. Maybe a separate calcium supplement? Just thinking of something the patient can easily access...~>> Hi All,> I am having trouble finding a good multivitamin for our lapband patients that is either in chewable or liquid form. I would like the vitamin to have alteast 400mcg folic acid and 400 mg calcium while meeting close to 100% RDI for all other vitamins/minerals. Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!> O'Donnell RD, LD> > > _________________________________________________________________________> Never miss a thing. Make your home page. > http://www./r/hs> Never miss a thing. Make your homepage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 21, 2008 Report Share Posted February 21, 2008 Have you tried chewable centrum? Eva > > Hi All, > I am having trouble finding a good multivitamin for our lapband patients that is either in chewable or liquid form. I would like the vitamin to have alteast 400mcg folic acid and 400 mg calcium while meeting close to 100% RDI for all other vitamins/minerals. Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated. Thank you! > O'Donnell RD, LD > > > ______________________________________________________________________ ______________ > Never miss a thing. Make your home page. > http://www./r/hs > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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