Comments on: PSA: Costco-branded Kirkland child chewable vitamins taste nasty

By: drfaulken

drfaulken — Tue, 29 May 2007 21:23:30 +0000

Thanks for thinking about the gag-a-min problem. I think I’ve become accustomed to the cough syrup taste at this point. Besides, I’m not about to toss a big ass jar of vitamins out if I can help it. :)

Bump again for Ninja Mary about the amount and variance necessary to get the equivalent amount of vitamins from going “old school.”

By: Stomper

Stomper — Tue, 29 May 2007 21:20:24 +0000

Hey I thought of you and your yucky dinosaur vitamins this weekend. I hit the Vitamin store because I needed to pick up some herbs – yuck, but they’ve been beneficial in the past.

Anyway they had sour gummy vitamins. Coated with abscorbic acid like sour gummy bears. How bad can they taste with all the pucker powder on the outside? I didn’t get any but you might want to give them a try.

By: Stomper

Stomper — Mon, 14 May 2007 22:28:10 +0000

The idea of chewing vit’s (flintstones or other wise) make me want to gag. I think by their nature vit’s are going to taste bad and upset your tummy, especially if they have iron in them. A good part of the bad taste/smell is from the B vit’s in the multi-vit.

I take an adult multi-vit, but I break it in half. Not because of the swallowing thing, but because of the surface coat and binders in it. The way most vit’s are made they pass through a person with being broken down – so you really don’t get much out of them. By breaking it in half, the inside is exposed and hopefully more of it is taken into me and not just passing through. So chewing a kids vit probably gets more of the vits into your system.

There are liquid vit’s that claim to be highly absorbed by the digestive system. Supposed they don’t taste bad – but I’ve never been brave enough to try them.

Last thing on kids vit’s – they have gummy vit’s now, maybe they taste better.

By: drfaulken

drfaulken — Mon, 14 May 2007 18:16:45 +0000

Do you have an indication on how many different f&v I would have to eat (and the quantity) every day to get the same amount from even a child vitamin? If it’s reasonable, I’ll try it.

By: Ninja Mary

Ninja Mary — Sun, 13 May 2007 13:58:41 +0000

I suppose going ‘old school’ and eating fruits and vegetables are out of the question?

Also, Teach eats Total–which claims to be full of vitamins.

By: Mighty_Squid

Mighty_Squid — Fri, 11 May 2007 15:37:44 +0000

Centrum has adult chewable vitamins. That’s what I take. I don’t like taking pills.

However they don’t taste that good.

I’ll give these a try.

By: Ramba

Ramba — Fri, 11 May 2007 15:14:16 +0000

You have made my day with this entry! Love the photo of the dinosaurs..I know you’re serious, but I needed a good laugh! Thanks!

By: IRS

IRS — Thu, 10 May 2007 20:13:35 +0000

Hmmm, I experience the same thing. It never occurred to me to eat my kids vitamins. I shall commence with the experimentation immediately! (Especially since we aren’t cheap asses and buy the REAL damned vitamins). :)

By: roclar

roclar — Thu, 10 May 2007 18:27:31 +0000

I started taking regular Centrum a few months ago. I used to have trouble feeling nauseous when I took vitamins years ago, but I don't have trouble with the Centrum probably because I make sure I eat some form of breakfast or even a South Beach cereal bar. There is also a Centrum chewable for adults.