Make Sure You’re Taking Your Gastric Bypass Supplements if You’re Low on Energy

One of the biggest complaints that gastric bypass surgery patients often have is a lack of energy.  This is actually quite common, but you can easily fix this problem, or avoid it entirely, by taking a good gastric bypass supplement and making proper food choices.

Why B-Vitamin Supplements Often Work Best to Fight Fatigue

Weight loss surgery patients are often confused when they steadily lose weight, yet feel more fatigued than they did before their surgery.  Usually this constant tiredness is brought about by a vitamin or mineral deficiency.

• The whole range of B vitamins is important to your energy level.  B vitamins are also important in other areas–they can do a lot to keep you from feeling depressed, for example.

• One of the most important vitamins when it comes to your energy level is folic acid.  Folic acid is important for a variety of reasons–one of them being that it has been proven to boost energy levels.

• To be absorbed properly, Vitamin B-12 requires intrinsic factor from the gastric mucosa. In some stomach bypass patients vitamin B12 is not absorbed, leading to pernicious anemia and neuropathies.

If you and your doctor determine that your poor energy level is the result of “B lack”,(or lack of your body’s ability to absorb enough B in the foods that you eat) you’re in luck: there are B-vitamin sublingual supplements made especially for bariatric patients that absorb through the cheek and gums.

Do Your Bariatric Supplements have Enough Zinc?

A lack of zinc can also contribute to low energy or fatigue.  Your body needs zinc in order to metabolize over a hundred different enzymes that help in the metabolic process (i.e. that help your body to break down food and release the energy stored within it). Zinc is also important for a number of other reasons–one of the most important being that it helps support your immune system.  Make sure that your lack of energy isn’t actually a symptom of malnutrition.

While zinc lozenges are good to have around when you’re sick, the best way to get this essential mineral is usually through a proper multi-vitamin.  Vitamins absorb in some pretty complex ways in your body, which makes a well-balanced multi of utmost importance for your health. Look carefully to make sure your multi-vitamin contains zinc.

Energy Boosters You Shouldn’t Take

Come back tomorrow when we’ll review some commonly-used energy boosters like ginko biloba and energy drinks.  These supplements aren’t automatically bad for you, but there are certain things about them you should consider before making them a part of your diet.