{"id":766,"date":"2009-04-15T19:24:14","date_gmt":"2009-04-16T00:24:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/heart-surgery-blog\/2009\/04\/15\/vitamins-after-heart-surgery-asks-mario\/"},"modified":"2025-07-16T19:50:19","modified_gmt":"2025-07-17T00:50:19","slug":"vitamins-after-heart-surgery-asks-mario","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/heart-surgery-blog\/2009\/04\/15\/vitamins-after-heart-surgery-asks-mario\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Vitamins After Heart Surgery?&#8221; Asks Mario"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I jus received a great question from Mario who asked me, &#8220;Hey Adam, my name is Mario Luera. I&#8217;m 33 and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/aortic-valve-replacement-surgery.php\">I had aortic valve replacement<\/a> in October. I am recovering well and just finished my cardiac rehab. I&#8217;m about to start on a workout program. My question to you is what type of vitamins\/ supplements are you taking and what to stay away from? My cardiologist told me to just take a multivitamin everyday. Thanks for your time! Mario&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>As I previously wrote in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/heart-surgery-blog\/2007\/05\/19\/do-vitamins-nutrition-combat-tired-heart-valve-surgery-patients\/\">&#8220;Do Vitamins Combat Fatigue After Heart Surgery&#8221;<\/a>, I really struggled with energy issues following my double, heart valve replacement. I was exhausted all the time.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.karenraden.com\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-22077\" src=\"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/heart-surgery-blog\/..\/Images\/karen-raden.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"408\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.karenraden.com\/\">Karen Raden (My Nutritionist)<\/a><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>So, I contacted a highly-regarded nutritionist, Karen Raden, to help enhance my energy level. After a blood test and consultation, Karen suggested three specific vitamins and supplements to reduce my fatigue.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\nFor the past three years, I have been taking:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Pure Encapsulation Nutrient 950 without Iron<\/li>\n<li>Nordic Naturals Ultimate Omega<\/li>\n<li>Co-Enzyme Q10<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Karen also put me on an explicit eating plan to enhance my absorption of the right nutrients at the right time. I have to admit&#8230; I was fairly skeptical when I began working with Karen Raden. But, I learned that she really knows her stuff. My energy levels slowly-but-surely increased over time.<\/p>\n<p>If you have any interest in speaking with Karen, her website is <a title=\"Karen Raden - Nutrition Specialist\" href=\"http:\/\/www.karenraden.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.karenraden.com<\/a> and her email is karen@karenraden.com. I\u00a0hope that helps Mario (and perhaps you) better understand my experience with vitamins and supplements after heart valve surgery.<\/p>\n<p>Related Links:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/nutrition-tips.php\">Top 5 Nutritional Tips for Heart Valve Patients with Mandy Hillstrom<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/heart-surgery-blog\/2012\/08\/10\/vitamin-k2-blocked-arteries-calcified-leaflets\/\">Does Vitamin K2 Prevent Calcified Heart Valves and Blocked Arteries?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/heart-surgery-blog\/2022\/04\/27\/calcium-supplements\/\">Calcium Supplements Could Spell Trouble for Older Heart Valve Patients<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Keep on tickin!<br \/>\nAdam<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22078,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[62],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-766","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-recovery"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/heart-surgery-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/766","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/heart-surgery-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/heart-surgery-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/heart-surgery-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/heart-surgery-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=766"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/heart-surgery-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/766\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42501,"href":"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/heart-surgery-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/766\/revisions\/42501"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/heart-surgery-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22078"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/heart-surgery-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=766"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/heart-surgery-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=766"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/heart-surgery-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=766"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}