Vitamins,vitamins,vitamins, which brands do what they say?ARGH

Feb 02, 2011

I've had my surgery date for about a month now and have gotten the recommendations for imediately after surgery, with liquid multi and pre-digested protein, but should I worry about getting my iron and B's and the such immediately after for the first month, he hasn't said anything about that. My facilatator did say something about  a more detailed take home thing after I get out of the hospital, but I want to know if I need to bring any of that stuff with me to Puerto Vallarta. Then after the initial liquids....what vitamins actually DO what they say they do? The Dr. said I could take centrum after the first month, but I am absolutely not going to do that. I have been doing so much research on all the different brands, more pills, less pills, do they work as well. Some newer brands say they've got everything in 4-6 pills a day. The ones advertized on every site I go to has you taking about 50 (not really) pills a day! Do the cheaper ones work as well as the more expensive ones and if so, why not, as long as they don't have fillers etc. And now the more I research I do, I'm convinced I need probiotics, omega-3's, antioxidents, & devrom on top of the calcium, iron, extra B's, B-12......AAAAAAHHHHH........It's gonna cost me about $150-200 a month in vitamins & supplements. I have to do it though. I have a distinct feeling after this surgery I'm gonna be one of those people who get totally neurotic about healthy living.  But I least I won't be turning the money into fat the way I used to (fastfood etc.) 

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