DEAR DR. GOTT: Vitamin supplements cause me great digestive distress and chest pain — vitamin D, fish oil, multiple vitamins, vitamin C, to name only a few. I’ve tried taking them with food and still cannot tolerate them. Do you have any suggestions? Calcium tablets are also constipating.
I am 75 years of age and my doctor has said I need to be taking some of the above mentioned supplements. Diabetes, high cholesterol, hypertension, and CAD are some of my health issues. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
DEAR READER: Dietary supplements, as you have discovered, may carry unwanted side effects. For example, calcium can cause gas and/or constipation in some people and may interfere with the absorption of iron. [Read more...]