Joined: 15 Oct 2004 Posts: 710 Location: Zephyrhills,Fl
Posted: 01-14-06 14:43pm
Here is an excerp from feb 06' consumer
reports on buying multivitamins:
(note: I do not buy expensive vitamins, we
use one-a-day in our house)
"how we tested dollar-store brands
our november 2004 report on dangerous
products found that dollar stores and
other cut-rate outlets often sell
defective goods. So we randomly bought
and then analyzed 18 multivitamin brands
from outlets such as the dollar store,
family dollar, and big lots.
We tested for vitamin/mineral content and
dissolvability, which indicates whether
the pills break down fast enough to be
absorbed. We also checked for the
heavy-metal contaminants arsenic, cadmium,
lead, and mercury. An outside lab
conducted the nutrient and contamination
tests; we tested dissolvability in our
labs.
Our tests were designed to evaluate the
reliability of such brands in general. We
did not assess enough lots of specific
brands to rate them individually because
consumers might find it difficult to
locate particular dollar-store products.
But the overall results of our tests were
compelling.
None of the dollar-store products had
harmful levels of the heavy metals we
tested. But eight failed to meet the
label claim for one or more nutrients, and
three of those eight didn’t dissolve
properly. Moreover, three of the
substandard products said usp on the
label, which by law is supposed to mean
that the maker guarantees the product
meets usp standards of quality and purity.
In contrast, major multivitamin brands
proved so reliable the last time we tested
them that we didn’t bother evaluating
more than two such brands this time.
Those products, centrum from a to zinc and
bayer one a day maximum, did indeed meet
their label claims and were free of the
tested contaminants.
Even if the cut-rate multivitamins were
reliable, they offer savings of only about
$3 to $21 a year over name-brand products;
even less, if any, over major store
brands. We recommend sticking to those
better-known brands of multivitamins."
as far as I am concernd this now
solidifies my beliefe that needing to buy
vitamins from some pyramid scheme vitamin
place is totally unnecessary.
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health101
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 14 Jan 2006 Posts: 5
Thank You For the Feedback Posted: 01-14-06 14:51pm
Hence the term no need to purchase. I
just want people to view the website as
useful information not as you say a
"scheme". It's ok to be a skeptic and I
respect your opinion.
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Tamadrummer
Active User, Really EHEALTHy
Joined: 15 Oct 2004 Posts: 710 Location: Zephyrhills,Fl
Posted: 01-14-06 15:09pm
I never looked at your link, I just posted
the most recent information I had so folks
could see a qoute from a well respected
research company and then they could look
at your link too.
This info is helpful for anyone being told
that their vitamins are no good because
they don't dissolve or arent in the
correct chelated formation.
No attack on you at all, I don't know what
you do or sell.
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health101
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 14 Jan 2006 Posts: 5
Thank You Once Again Posted: 01-14-06 15:13pm
And I appeciate the quote from the
research company that you posted. It is
highly helpful to get feedback. So I
thank you and hope people read your post
as well as mines and find both useful
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Carifairy
Extremely EHEALTHy
Joined: 12 Nov 2005 Posts: 2610 Location: Charlotte n.c.
Thanks: 12
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Posted: 01-14-06 16:25pm
As a member of the healthcare community I
reccommend to all patients to take a good
multivitamin.They can be found at wal
mart! Centrum is excellent!
