No, no, no! Stay away from them. Here's why.
They tell you that you only have to take four a day. But the ASMBS says that after a gastric bypass, we need about 200% of the recommended daily allowance of most vitamins and minerals. Four Bariatric Fusion give you 200% of some stuff, including vitamin C, D, thiamin, folic acid and biotin. But four only gives you 100% of a bunch of important stuff, like vitamin E, riboflavin, niacin, and B6. You'd really have to take eight a day to get the 200% that you need.
Then they tell you that you won't need to take additional calcium if you take then, right? But after a gastric bypass we need calcium citrate, because we can't absorb calcium carbonate well at all. There was a study in the New England Journal of Medicine that said we only absorb about 4% of the calcium from calcium carbonate. So that's no good. Well, Bariatric Fusion contains some calcium citrate, but it contains some calcium carbonate. And they don't tell you how much of which they contain. So you know you would have to take some additional calcium citrate, but you have no way of figuring out how much.
Then they tell you that you won't need to take additional iron, because they have lots of iron. But calcium interferes with the absorption of iron. And they contain lots of calcium. So (even though it's the wrong kind of calcium) the calcium will keep you from absorbing that iron. So you would still need to take additional iron.
Then they tell you that you won't need to take a B12 supplement because they contain lots of B12. But we need something called intrinsic factor in order to absorb B12 that we eat or swallow. And after a gastric bypass, we don't have that intrinsic factor in our stomach anymore. That's why we need to use a sublingual B12. Or we can use the patch, or the nasal spray, or take a shot. But we can't absorb B12 from a multi that we chew and swallow.
So if you want to use Bariatric Fusion for your multi, you can, but you need to take eight a day. And you still need to take extra calcium, iron, and and B12.
Kelly
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