Calcium Citrate

Kim M · Aug 28, 2012

I purchased the calcium chews at local health food store. The name escapes me right now. I have to take extra due to high levels of my parathyroid. So I take 1,200 calcium and 800 D3. They were perfect giving me the right amounts of what I needed in just 2 chews. I take extra d3 in drop form. Well I have been sick for 2 days. I have heard about chews here and how easy they are to take. I should have read the label a little closer. Not only did they have sugar in them, but all the artifical ingretients hit me just hours after taking them. I had to leave work yesterday and was hard pressed to get much down. Now part of this is that I have meniere's disease and have to follow a special food plan in addition to my food plan from surgery. I looked at the chews from Bariatric advantage and I see that they are sugar free, but does not give the other ingredients. Does anyone here take them and how do you do with them? Right now I am spliting the pills twice and they are still not that easy to get down. Any advice would be appreciated.

Kim · Aug 28, 2012

I take them all the time will not use anything else Kim:

Kevin · Aug 28, 2012

Hey Kim, here's the link to the Bariatric Advantage Calcium Citrate Chews. Click that link, then scroll down, you'll see the lists of ingredients for each flavor. (just in case you were wondering about other ingredients)

Kim M · Aug 30, 2012

Thanks James. It's a no go. I guess I will have to continue to cut up the pills. Yuck. If anyone has any other options, please let me know.

Pat99 · Aug 30, 2012

Kim-I switched over to the calcium citrate pills because of the high cost of the chews. I just break mine in half and chew them up. Other than being a bit chalky they are almost tasteless. I read a few posts a while back about using a pill crusher then mixing it up with some sugar free drink mix powder in its dry form. I'm going to buy a pill crusher and try this in an attempt to make myself a calcium citrate "pixie stick" *LOL* OMG-I'm showing my age again

Bigtallsis · Aug 31, 2012

Pat99
I love your good attitude and also the idea of ' pixie stick for taking vitamin supplements. you may just have created and idea that could be sold? something to think about, you're always giving up good advice and good receipes too. Hope everything is going well for you.
DOnna

Pat99 · Aug 31, 2012

Donna-*LOL* I always say "why pay for something when you can make it yourself for less" *LOL*. I'm happy to pass along ideas I come across and any recipes that are bariatric friendly. I made a lasagna yesterday with Dreamfields pasta, extra lean ground turkey and lean beef. I used a can of spaghetti sauce and a quart of my home canned tomatos along with cottage cheese mixed with eggs and grated parmesan cheese (the dry kind). It came out wonderful but I can only eat about a 1/2 cup serving. I only ate one tiny piece of noodle and all the meat, cheese and sauce because I was too full. My beagle, Molly, loved what was left on my plate *LOL*. I ended up cutting the rest into small pieces, wrapping each in foil, put them in freezer bags and stuck them in the freezer this morning.

NanaG67 · Sep 5, 2012

Walmart carries a liquid made by Wellesse - it is an orange citrus flavor and you can take 1 serving daily. It is fast absorbing, 1000mg of calcium and 1000 IU of vitamin D3. It is also sugar free, no carbs, no sugar and it is only 15 calories.

Other ingredients are Purified water, vegetable glycerin, citric acid, natural flavors, natural color, corn dextrose, xanthan gum, potassium sorbate, sodium benzoate, sucralose,carrageenan, calcium disodium EDTA. It is also lactose free.