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Vitamin and Mineral Supplementation in Thalassemia
Dori:
--- Quote from: Zaini on March 19, 2009, 07:55:11 AM ---Hi SF,
One of our members Tariq asked Puritan's online support that hat kind of gelatin do they use and they told him they use Bovine gelatin.And i asked an alim here if it was ok to use Bovine gelatin in meds they said yes.
You can buy Puritan's products from www.puritansale.com .
Zaini.
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I hate gelatin! You find it in everthing and they dont use the natural gelatin so much as I want them to use. I dont want to have it either. It is disgusting, really it is! I have my candies and toothpaste from the heatlhy shop, because I (we) dont know where to buy otherwise.
SF: I LOVE folic acid. Mine are yellow (one of my favo colours) and it taste good. :biggrin
(What's an alim?)
Dore
Zaini:
Dore,
An Islamic scholar is called an Alim.
Zaini.
SF:
Thanks Dore & Zaini,
The reason I don't take gelatin is precisely what Zaini hinted to. Gelatin comes from animal fat. I don't exactly know if they extract gelatin from the animal before or after slaughtering it. If after, I would not take it. If before, that would be okay as long as the source is either chicken or bovine, NOT pork.
In general, I have always avoided gelatin. It's commonly found in candies/gums and in certain other food items. Most supplements also contain it. I was interested in taking the Centrum Silver, which most thal adults at OCH take, but I found out it had gelatin and the source was either chicken or I THINK pork. The manufacturer mentioned that they have no way of knowing which one is put into which vial, as they use whatever is available at the time of manuf. and don't keep track.
Dore, my folic acid tablets were also yellow and they actually tasted GOOD! Would you please tell me the brand of it? Thanks!
I'd definitely appreciate further help in finding either chewables or liquid supplements with no gelatin. I'll definitely check out the Puritan website as both you, Zaini, and Andy have liked it so much.
Thank you all very much!
-SF
nice friend:
Hi SF ,
Osteocare's main page :
http://www.vitabiotics.com/Osteocare/
Osteocare Tablets ,
http://www.vitabiotics.com/Osteocare/tablet_formula.aspx
Osteocare Chewable
http://www.vitabiotics.com/Osteocare/chewable_formula.aspx
Best Regards
Umair
SF:
Thanks, Umair!
Best,
SF
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