Calcium Supplement: Vitafusion Gummy Vitamins

I know, I know. I've been terrible about posting. DineLA has been going on, so forgive me for being busy! BUT, as if I haven't been eating enough at yummy restaurants around the city, I recently discovered something delicious that you should have on hand and eat every single day. Now, as most of us know, we don't get enough calcium in our diets and that can wreak havoc on our bones later in life. If you are anything like me, you buy jars of calcium supplements which you then forget to take. Plus, the pills are so big, they are sometimes uncomfortable to swallow, getting stuck in your throat and at times I swear I've felt as if I was going to choke. I've tried the chocolate calcium chews before too and although they tasted okay, the ones I had were really really sticky and so they took more time to chew than I wanted to alot, plus they'd leave residue on my teeth. Yuck.

Well, the other day I was on Drugstore.com placing an order for essentials and ran across these fruit gummy calcium supplements and decided to try them out. Verdict: They are DELISH. Each 1/4" piece of "candy" has as much calcium as a glass of milk, so eat 2-3 chews a day and you are golden. They also have Vitamin D, which helps with calcium absorption. They look like a swirly piece of candy that might appear on the board of CandyLand or adorning a Hansel and Gretel cottage. Though they are in varied colors, I haven't detected much difference in the way of flavor. They generally taste like a really good creamsicle. Now, don't get me wrong - a regular gummy candy is still better, but these are really really tasty, don't stick to your teeth and chew up nice and fast. You have to remind yourself that they are vitamins though and NOT candy, otherwise, you might keep eating them. And bonus - they don't go bad like that carton of milk and the yogurt sitting in your fridge.