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A Second Look!

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little d Enthusiast
little d
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Hi All,

I did not take a second look at and made a mistake on my Multi vitamins that I bought earlier this week I think. I guess when I bought them I had my daughter with me and was in a hurry to get other things done before I went to work that night and did not fully see the ingrediants on the Multi Vits that I bought. THe other two are safe, I saw this morning after taking them Maltodextrine and also had Gluconate this and Gluconate that, Have I not seen these ingrediants on the I'M NOT SAFE TO EAT LIST. If these are not safe no wonder i have been really tired and having trapped gas internally and C all week. I have been trying to eat really good this week until today, Its harder when I am home with my husband.

THanks, Donna

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ravenwoodglass
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One of the best ways to check on the safety of these is to put the brand name of the vitamin into a search engine like google and the word gluten. Many times the companies info will be one of the first links that comes up.

The ingredients you mentioned should be safe, maltodextrin is safe in the US it is not wheat dervied. You can apply the google trick to the seperate ingredients also.

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annie-is-GF
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Hi All,

I did not take a second look at and made a mistake on my Multi vitamins that I bought earlier this week I think. I guess when I bought them I had my daughter with me and was in a hurry to get other things done before I went to work that night and did not fully see the ingrediants on the Multi Vits that I bought. THe other two are safe, I saw this morning after taking them Maltodextrine and also had Gluconate this and Gluconate that, Have I not seen these ingrediants on the I'M NOT SAFE TO EAT LIST. If these are not safe no wonder i have been really tired and having trapped gas internally and C all week. I have been trying to eat really good this week until today, Its harder when I am home with my husband.

THanks, Donna

Hey Donna,

I ran into this same thing not too long ago when I was looking for a good gluten-free multivitamin.

Apparently Maltodextrin is okay, and the "gluconate" that you mention is probably "ferrous gluconate" which is a source of iron in most multivitamins. Coincidentally, iron also causes "indigestion" and constipation! Hopefully that's all that you're dealing with.... hopefully not CC of some sort.

happygirl Collaborator
happygirl
Posted

maltodextrin is safe...it just looks misleading :). and if it WERE processed from wheat, it would say so.

i don't think gluconate is bad...it will have wheat listed if it had wheat. if you are unsure, call the company. but, those ingredients, to me, appear safe.

little d Enthusiast
little d
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Thank you ladies I was just wondering, Because when I took my Iron supplements when I was pregnat with my daughter I was severly Constipated and could never go literally little pebbels and hard for me to pass even when they were size of peas but guess that I can say that I have been eating bad. So ya'll are telling me that I can take them again. I thought that gluconate was a fancy was of saying gluten, and I thought I saw Maltodextrin on one of the list of don't eat because of the Malt.

THank you

Donna

CarlaB Enthusiast
CarlaB
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It is not uncommon for iron to cause constipation and the stools you describe.

Be sure you get enough magnesium, it helps with constipation, but do not take mag. at the same time as iron. I take on in the morning (iron) and the other in the evening.

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happygirl
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Thank you ladies I was just wondering, Because when I took my Iron supplements when I was pregnat with my daughter I was severly Constipated and could never go literally little pebbels and hard for me to pass even when they were size of peas but guess that I can say that I have been eating bad. So ya'll are telling me that I can take them again. I thought that gluconate was a fancy was of saying gluten, and I thought I saw Maltodextrin on one of the list of don't eat because of the Malt.

THank you

Donna

nope.. :)

gluconate does not mean gluten, and maltodextrin does not mean malt. :)

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I thought that I'd read that maltodextrin in foods was made from corn (in the U.S.) unless otherwise stated, but that that rule did not apply to vitamins or medicines, and that maltodextrin used in those things might come from any source and not give the information on the label.

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