Supplement Shopping List



Supplement Shopping List

After surgery, you will be on chewable or liquid supplements until your surgeon advances you to pills.

Multivitamin:

____ Nutrametrix Multivitamin (2 caps mixed with 4 oz water)

_____Centrum Adult Chewable (2 per day)

____ Bariatric Advantage chewable (2 per day)

Chewable or Liquid Calcium: 1200-1500mg/day

____Nutrametrix Calcium Complete (1 cap mixed with 2 oz water, taken 4 times per day)

_____Citracal Caplets (2= 630 mg calcium + 400 IU Vitamin D) (4 tablets taken 4 different times per day dissolved in sugar free flavored liquid

____ Bariatric Advantage Chewable Calcium Citrate: (1 tablet=200mg Calcium) (6 tablets at 6 different times per day)

Sublingual B-12: (under the tongue)

____ 1000 mcg available at Trader Joe’s, GNC, and the Vitamin Shoppe

Iron: (for women who menstruate and anemic patients):

____ Nature’s Plus chewable (1 tablet=27mg iron = 100 mg Vitamin C) – available at the Vitamin Shoppe

____ Bariatric Advantage-chewable iron

Protein:

____ Protein Flavorings-Bariatric Advantage (to flavor foods and drinks)

Optional:

____ 1000 mcg sublingual Biotin. (1 per day. May help to slow hair loss) Vitamin Shoppe: Solaray or KAL brand

____ Papaya Enzyme or Papaya/Pineapple Enzyme (Aides in the digestion of meat)

____ Fiber Choice Tablets, or Benefiber (helps with constipation)

____ Beano (a natural enzyme that aides digestion of beans and other gas forming foods.)

____ Nutrametrix Digestive Enzymes (Probiotic and Digestive Aid

Purchase Nutrametrix products here at office or through website at

Following surgery, you should get blood work every 3-6 months for the first year and yearly after that to check for vitamin/mineral deficiencies.

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