[Zoe Wilson]

It’s essential you take a calcium supplement daily to protect your bone health. Why? The recommended Daily Intake is1000mg/day for a 19-50 year old female (and even more once you get to 51!). That equates to 3-4 serves of dairy every day. After your sleeve, to eat 3-4 serves of dairy each day would mean that you’re really not able to eat much else!

So… Each day you need to take 1200 to 1500mg of calcium in total – as a mix of calcium eaten in your diet and as a calcium citrate supplement. Taking calcium citrate, rather than calcium carbonate is extremely important so make sure you check the bottle. Brands that currently use citrate include Swisse, and Citracal, but ask your pharmacist if you’re not sure. You also need to spread the doses out over the day (i.e one tablet at each meal) and try to leave at least 2 hours between taking the calcium and your multivitamin and iron tablet as these two don’t play nicely.

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