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Weight Loss Forum / Low Carb / March 2004sugar in antacids
my doctor wants me to take two calcium antacid tablets per day for calcium. she recommends the antacids because they're cheaper than buying a supplement, but are absorbed equally well. i went out and bought some Tums, only to see that they're made with sugar. it never even occurred to me that there would be sugar in medications. does anyone know of a sugar free antacid? or am i going to have to pay through the nose for a calcium supplement? -kelly >my doctor wants me to take two calcium antacid tablets per day for calcium. Your doctor is an idiot. Calcium carbonate is the worst calcium supplement you could take, your body will hardly absorb any of it. A supplement with calcium citrate and malate would work much better, and won't cost *that* much. LCing since 12/01/03- Me- 265/220/140 & hubby- 310/240/180 > Your doctor is an idiot. Calcium carbonate is the worst calcium supplement you > could take, your body will hardly absorb any of it. A supplement with calcium > citrate and malate would work much better, and won't cost *that* much. > > LCing since 12/01/03 http://community.healthgate.com/GetContent.asp?siteid=iHerb&docid=/tnp/pg000389 Certain forms of chelated calcium (calcium citrate and calcium citrate malate) are widely thought to be significantly better absorbed and more effective for osteoporosis treatment than calcium carbonate. However, while some studies support this belief 6,7,9,10 others do not.8,122,123 The discrepancy may be due to the particular calcium carbonate products used; some calcium carbonate formulations may dissolve better than others. Chelated calcium is much more expensive and bulkier than calcium carbonate. In other words, you have to take larger pills, and more of them, to get enough calcium. It is not at all uncommon to need to take five or six large capsules daily to supply the necessary amount, a quantity some people may find troublesome. The form of calcium found in beverages is usually the chelated form, calcium citrate malate, or a slightly less well absorbed form, tricalcium phosphate. >>my doctor wants me to take two calcium antacid tablets per day for calcium. > > Your doctor is an idiot. Calcium carbonate is the worst calcium supplement you > could take, your body will hardly absorb any of it. A supplement with calcium > citrate and malate would work much better, and won't cost *that* much. Bullcrap. They only absorb about 3 percent better than calcium carbonate, but they cost about 4 times as much. There are sugarfree Tums available.  Signaturejamie (jamiemck@newsguy.com) "There's a seeker born every minute." I truly HATE when people are rude to each other on newsgroups instead of offering constructive help! I take a calcium suppliment, but there have been TONS of commercials for Tums as a "good source of calcium" so I wouldn't call the OP's doctor an "idiot" or says the calcium in Tums isn't absorbed without ALOT of data to support it. PLAY NICE! > I truly HATE when people are rude to each other on newsgroups instead > of offering constructive help! i truly HATE when people don't quote the post they're replying to on newsgroups and instead offer comments that appear to come out of nowhere and relate to nothing! >I take a calcium suppliment, but there have been TONS of commercials >for Tums as a "good source of calcium" so I wouldn't call the OP's >doctor an "idiot" or says the calcium in Tums isn't absorbed without >ALOT of data to support it. Oh! It was on a COMMERCIAL? Wow. Must be true then. LCing since 12/01/03- Me- 5'7" 265/219/140 & hubby- 6' 310/238/180 > Oh! It was on a COMMERCIAL? Wow. Must be true then. what about the info i posted? the stuff that didn't come from commercials. is that all wrong too? -kelly > >my doctor wants me to take two calcium antacid tablets per day for calcium. > > Your doctor is an idiot. > and your credentials are... oh wait, you just like to be argumentative and call people names. i had nearly forgotten. good luck with your weight loss! somehow, i doubt being thin will make you happy. :-( -kelly >> >my doctor wants me to take two calcium antacid tablets per day for >calcium. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >and your credentials are... oh wait, you just like to be argumentative and >call people names. i had nearly forgotten. It's a simple fact. I got in this same argument with a doctor friend. He insisted Tums were fine. Then after doing some research, he admitted he was wrong. Having your stomach become dependant on anticids isn't a great thing either. >good luck with your weight loss! somehow, i doubt being thin will make you >happy. :-( Why do I need to be thin to be happy? I'm happy now. LCing since 12/01/03- Me- 5'7" 265/220/140 & hubby- 6' 310/239/180 > It's a simple fact. don't you have any other arguments? if it's simple fact, why are there disagreements on it in the medical community? oh wait, i know. they're all wrong and you're right. convenient how that always works out for you. >I got in this same argument with a doctor friend. He > insisted Tums were fine. Then after doing some research, he admitted he was > wrong. do you have links to the research, i'd love to read it. > Why do I need to be thin to be happy? I'm happy now. my mistake. your constant argumentative posts seem pretty unhappy to me. i apologize. -kelly > It's a simple fact. I got in this same argument with a doctor friend. perhaps you'd like to challenge the studies referenced in this article: http://www.calciuminfo.com/prof/3_9.htm here's another article with some good info: http://www.calciuminfo.com/prof/3_4.htm this doctor says that while citrate may be absorbed more efficiently, there's nothing wrong with carbonate, it costs less and you still get your calcium: http://healthlink.mcw.edu/article/964794298.html this article suggests that both citrate and carbonate are great choices: http://ag.arizona.edu/maricopa/fcs/bb/supps.htm here's another article suggesting they're of equal value: http://www.healthcastle.com/calciumcarbonate-calciumcitrate.shtml i wonder why all these people are such idiots? -kelly "metta" <kelly_marsops_NoSpam@msn.com> wrote in news:c3bgnf$26ageo$1@ID- 58739.news.uni-berlin.de: > does anyone know of a sugar free antacid? I've looked and never found one. or am i going to have to pay > through the nose for a calcium supplement? If you can deal with shopping at Wal-Mart (I no longer can), you can pick up about 150 calcium tabs for $10, IIRC. Spring Valley brand. That'll last you for 75 days. I consider it extremely inexpensive as a preventive measure against osteoporosis. Cate I've never noticed the cost difference between an antacid and a calcium supplement. But my doctor told me to not take an antacid, because the calcium is hard to absorb. That echoes what another poster said. Another tip, while discussing calcium: if you ever get insomnia, consider taking a calcium supplement that also has magnesium right before you go to bed. The magnesium will help you sleep. I wake up about 1/3 as often as I did before, and on those occasions I get back to sleep about twice as fast. Daria 166/148/140 sugar-free since 2/1/04 low-carb since 2/17/04 > I've never noticed the cost difference between an antacid and a calcium > supplement. But my doctor told me to not take an antacid, because the calcium [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > The magnesium will help you sleep. I wake up about 1/3 as often as I did > before, and on those occasions I get back to sleep about twice as fast. yeah, i'm also taking 800 MGs of Magnesium per day, four giant horse pills. yet another reason i'd rather crunch two tums than swallow an additional four horse pills! thanks -kelly Um.. yes.. Tums Sugar-free.. orange flavor in a blue plastic bottle. Teeb > "metta" <kelly_marsops_NoSpam@msn.com> wrote in news:c3bgnf$26ageo$1@ID- > 58739.news.uni-berlin.de: [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > Cate > Um.. yes.. Tums Sugar-free.. orange flavor in a blue plastic bottle. Thanks for the tip. I'm happy with what I have--and my diet contains more calcium now than ever before, but I'm sure Kelly will be glad to know about it. Cate > suppl i went out and bought some Tums, > only to see that they're made with sugar. it never even occurred to me that > there would be sugar in medications. > > does anyone know of a sugar free antacid? Tums makes a sugar-free version. It's orange flavored and quite tasty, almost like a creamsicle. :-) Debbie |
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