I occasionally see patients who have stopped taking multi vitamins after gastric bypass surgery. These patients had their surgery several years ago. They think they can now eat everything and dont need to take vitamins.
From medical point of view, I believe that is dangerous. It is true that some patients can probably absorb enough vitamins from their diet a few years after surgery but it is not possible to predict who those patients are. Our bodies have reserves of vitamins so it takes weeks to months to develop vitamin deficiencies. However some of the vitamin deficiencies are irreversible and there is very little (if any) down side to taking multi vitamins on a regular basis. As a rule, gastric bypass patients need to take
Any brand name multi vitamin (twice the amount recommended on the label)
In addition
1500-2000 mg of calcium carbonate or 1000-1500 mg calcium citrate
500 microgram B12 and
325 mg ferrous sulfate
daily
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