about the pills - i found that the limiting thing was their SIZE. if they were the same size as a nickel, PROBLEMS. if they were smaller than that, as long as i took them one at a time, with plenty of water, and waited a few minutes between them, everything was fine.
please check with your doc about the iron before surgery - too much can be a problem. if your iron is OK going in, or on the high side, taking an iron supplement may not be the best thing to do.
and a comment about protein - and i'm putting on my biochemist hat here -
watch out for claims! proteins are ALL made up of amino acids. so a product that says it has x amount of protein AND y amount of amino acids is talking nonsense. what IS important, though, is that they have ESSENTIAL amino acids.
you see, there's a whole pile of amino acids that our bodies can make - these are called the NONESSENTIAL amino acids.
but there are a few that our bodies DON'T make, and we have to EAT them in some form - these are the ESSENTIAL amino acids. so, read the labels - the protein supplement that you use should have some of these nonessential AA's. does this help?
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