Vitamins?

[Jen40 12]

Please tell me what Vitamins you take daily, during your first year post op! TIA!

[Seela 1,187]

I take Bariatric Fusion. 3x daily. Dr. Says that's all I need.

[SuperFab 689]

Bariatric Fusion chews. They taste good and don't make me nauseous.

[Bufflehead 6,358]

I take Trader Joe's High Potency chewable multi's, 1 Citracal petite, an Iron supplement (I have always tended towards anemia), and a chewable probiotic daily. I also take a sublingual B12 supplement 4x/week.

Definitely use the search function here and search for Vitamins or Multivitamins. You may not have a ton of responses to your thread, but there are threads on this topic almost every day, so you will see lots of responses if you search.

If you are going to do a specialized bariatric multi, definitely keep an eye on the calories and carbs. In a cruel bit of irony, the bariatric forms tend to be MUCH higher in calories and carbs than other multi's. It's almost like they are trying to appeal to the sugar addict that lives inside most morbidly or formerly morbidly obese folks! I will take a pass on that.

[SuperFab 689]

Mine are 30 cal a day and 8 carbs, but it's all I can do to almost reach my calorie goal per day so I don't worry. That's for 3 a day. Not 30 calories each

[NMJG 1,266]

Trader Joe's High Potency Multi chewables

Trader Joe's Calcium (calcium citrate) or chocolate flavor calcium chews

Fiber Well Fiber gummies

Vitamin D

Iron

Trader Joe's Vitamin C chewables

Vitamin B high potency

Vitamin B12 injections monthly

Swanson's Vitamins hair, Skin & Nails supplement

[Justicenga 31]

Just got some bariatric fusion in the mail today.

[bennettkathryn 1]

The first supplement you will likely take after bariatric sleeve surgery is a Multivitamin. Bariatric multivitamins are available and typically contain Vitamins A, D, and E. In the first six months after your bariatric surgery.

You may need to take a Calcium supplement that contains 1,000 to 1,500 mg of calcium. Look for calcium malate chelate, which is better absorbed after gastric sleeve surgery. Vitamin D is required to help you absorb calcium in your body. This vitamin is difficult to get in your daily diet and even more difficult following bariatric sleeve surgery. Take at least a 1,000 IU vitamin D supplement each day to ensure you get enough of this vitamin.

During laparoscopic gastric bypass, the portion of the stomach responsible for making intrinsic factor is bypassed. The lack of intrinsic factor decreases the amount the body is able to absorb vitamin B-12 after gastric bypass and to a lesser extent after gastric sleeve surgery. As such, you should take a vitamin B-12 supplement that is either liquid or dissolves on the tongue. Take at least 500 micrograms of vitamin B-12 per day to ensure you get enough vitamin B-12 in your diet.

Earlier I was taking gastric bypass vitamins from Bariatric Advantage, but they failed to produce any results and also made me nauseous half the time. It was then my nutritionist advised me to change to Vita4Life. Having changed to these vitamins for 18 months now, I’m happy to report that the lab results look great.