How Do You Choose The Best Calcium Supplement After A Gastric Bypass?
After a gastric bypass, you will not absorb vitamins and minerals as well as you did before surgery. Therefore you will need to take a number of vitamin and mineral supplements regularly for the rest of your life, and this includes calcium supplements. The American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery states that gastric bypass patients need 1500 – 2000 mg of calcium daily in addition to whatever amount they get from their daily diet. So even if you regularly eat dairy products, you still need to take a calcium supplement. There are several different types of calcium. The two most commonly found in calcium supplements are calcium carbonate and calcium citrate. After a gastric bypass, you will produce very little stomach acid, and stomach acid is needed to break down calcium carbonate so it can be absorbed. Therefore, you will absorb very little calcium from calcium carbonate. Gastric bypass patients should take calcium citrate instead. Note that Tums, Vivactiv, Caltrate, and Opt
