:roll: are usana vitamin
supplements worth the hefty price or will
I get the same results using regular
vitamin
supplements?
i would not buy any vitamin that is
over-priced!! Store brand multi-vitamins
are just as effective as most or all of
the mega-priced/mega-vitamins!
In each of the articles by consumer
reports, the supplements they recommend
are the store brand and actually in a
couple of the reports, gnc is cited as not
delivering even 25% of the product
contained in the pill packaging info
lable. :roll:
go to your md and ask them to recommend a
multi-vitamin, unless you are a woman of
child bearing age, they will probably not
recommend anything more then what you
already know. "one-a-day or centrum" for
example.
Dont buy into the hype!
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hotasfrick
Extremely EHEALTHy
Joined: 23 Dec 2003 Posts: 3717
Posted: 05-06-05 10:17am
Yes, how true! Multi-vitamins at the
store are just as good, if not sometimes
better than those overpriced ones. They
only tell you that they are so much
better, and absorb better, etc, because
they are trying to sell them to you and
earn comission. My doctor says that a
once daily multivitamin is fine, and
that's what I use! Why would she lie?
But, these people trying to sell you,
yeah, they have a reason to lie!
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AndrewHealth
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Posted: 06-23-05 23:33pm
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Tamadrummer
Active User, Really EHEALTHy
Joined: 15 Oct 2004 Posts: 710 Location: Zephyrhills,Fl
Posted: 06-24-05 07:21am
andrewhealth
wrote:
i would not buy vitamins
that are cheap.
By comparison, that's like expecting to
get a qualified 10 year experienced staff
person for minimum wage... It just
doesn't happen. If more vitamin
companies spent money on research and
development instead of advertising, you
would see higher prices because they would
realize that it takes an investment to
create a quality supplement.
I've done a lot of research on
vitamins/nutritional supplements and how
much of a difference it makes to take one
that doesn't take manufacturing
shortcuts.
.
I guess if you really want to find out,
take some cheap vitamins like centrum and
see if you feel any different. Then
take some quality supplements from a
manufacturer with a great reputation, and
see if you feel better.
of course you would not buy a quality
product for an even better price. You
peddle expensive "miracle" vitamins.
Bayer health is a rather reputable company
and so I will feel good about the vitamins
I am buying until they are proven to be
less then adequate. Remember I also eat
food and as luck would have it, there are
vitamins in that too
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Tamadrummer
Active User, Really EHEALTHy
Joined: 15 Oct 2004 Posts: 710 Location: Zephyrhills,Fl
Posted: 09-05-05 15:22pm
You need to look in this forum as well as
in the nutrition forum and you will be
filled with lots of wonderful information
provided by the (accredited) university of
phoenix and the human nutrition course.
Actual doctors and scientific health
research institutions give real
information about our human needs and how
we need very little in the way of
supplements and how many millions of
dollars are wasted by people who get
sucked into ponzi schemes to buy miracle
crap when it is not needed.
I do not subscribe to some company funded
research about thier product. Provide
independant research and I might give it
creedence otherwise I will be the thorn in
the side of overpriced junk tablets in a
ancy bottle
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DidUConsider
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 17 Oct 2005 Posts: 1
"actual Doctors" Posted: 10-17-05 15:27pm
tamadrummer
wrote:
actual doctors and scientific health
research institutions give real
information about our human needs and how
we need very little in the way of
supplements and how many millions of
dollars are wasted by people who get
sucked into ponzi schemes to buy miracle
crap when it is not needed.
have you considered that the actual
doctors are funded by the pharmaceutacal
industry? I see you are on a bandwagon
against the suppliment industry, but what
about, for example statin drugs. Arent
these proving to be not so great for you
yet they are widely perscribed.
I think the foundation you are standing on
may not be so solid.
It is my understanding that many actual
doctors use usana products with patients
with outstanding results. I'd say results
are what we should be looking at.
Just found this site, which I instantly
found discredible (even for a forum
website) due to all the annoying ads,
pop-ups and pop-unders (for
ultra-unhealthy junk like chili's
restaurants and other mass-produced,
ultra-calorie fat foods). Sorry for the
spoiler, but I won't be coming back to
this forum due to it's subpar layout (who
designed the navigation, a 10-year
old?).
So, for my first and last post here, usana
supplements are the pinnacle of perfect
pyramid marketing. Not to say they are
bad products (far from it), but they are
by no means the best supplement available,
even though they are miles ahead of
mass-produced and marketing crud like
centrum and other grocery-store puke.
However, see the pdf at the below link and
read the comparison(s) for yourself. I
love it when people quote the "comparative
guide to supplements", which is about the
most unscientific and biased guide ever
written. Unless all variables are kept
constant and comparisons are done
apples-to-apples (and if not, a full
explanation backed by verifiable facts),
any guide like this is renedered useless
in my opinion. Although, the one saving
grace about this "guide" is its fabulous
marketing and hype kept alive by folks who
just don't know any better, and probably
will never know.
Edit
and no, I am not employed, paid by, or in
any way affiliated with any company that
makes, designs, manufactures, markets,
etc. Supplements. But, I am one who
verifies every claim from multiple,
verifiable, fact-based sources.
Usana products are very good products, so
don't get me wrong about that. Would I
use them or distributoe them under an mlm
structure? Not on your life....
melvyn hunt
wrote:
are usana vitamin supplements worth the
hefty price or will I get the same results
using regular vitamin
supplements?
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teo823
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 04 Jan 2006 Posts: 1 Location: Chicago
Unbias Opinion Posted: 01-04-06 21:06pm
I just wanted to tell everyone from an
unbias opinion that I do not sell usana or
know anyone who does. However, I have
taken a lot of vitams in my life--
including the very cheap ones. Usana is
the best. I started taking them after
doing independent research. Usana
vitamins combined with 5 htp has helped me
get off of anti depressants. I have
seasonal depression and I have tried
seperatley taking just anti - depressants,
just vitamins or just 5 htp and nothing
works like the combaation if usana
vitamins and 5 htp. They do not compare
to cheap vitamins and you are kidding
yourself if you think otherwise.
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Bolduc17
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 08 Jan 2006 Posts: 1
Posted: 01-08-06 13:27pm
Here it the truth. Do you own research.
The post from newshounding, that told you
to get independant information, is
partially correct. The only problem is
the pdf document that you are pointed to
is from a competing vitamin/supplement
company called melaleuca. Now we
balancing biases.
What do you do? Found out why your body
needs a vitamin or mineral, how much it
needs, the best way to get it and then
look for a product that will provide this
to you. This takes time and effort, but
if you take other peoples advice you are
receiving information based on their
motivations, which often times will not be
in your best interest.
One last note. I work for big pharma and
the fda is one of the most biased sources
of health information in the world. If
you don't believe me go look up some of
the long term effect of statins
(cholesterol inhibitors) and ask yourself
why these are still on the market and
going strong.
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willpwr
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 10 Jan 2006 Posts: 14
Posted: 01-11-06 04:10am
Regular vitamins that you buy from
walgreens or cvs are just as good. I
haven't found any usana vitamins in
stores. I believe you have to know
someone who is selling them as an
independent contractor and who will most
likely want to involve you in some crazy
pyramid scheme. This is just my
assumption. I bought vitamin d from
target a few months back and I can totally
tell the difference.
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J123
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 13 Mar 2006 Posts: 1 Location: UK
Posted: 03-13-06 18:53pm
Hi everyone,
i'm new to this forum.
I see alot of people talking about usana
so i'm sure they must have developed their
reputation for a good reason...
I guess the best thing to do is to sample
the product and let your own body tell you
whether they work or not.
If you feel that they are not worth the
price you pay, then you don't need to
continue buying them.
What other companies sell high quality
vitamin supplements?
My chiropractor introduced me to juice
plus which is a whole food nutritional
supplement. With juice plus you get
all of the nutrients from the 17
ingredients it is made from as if you ate
it in full, raw form. Juice plus is
also backed by medical research (which
many supplements have no research and we
have to rely on the mfg information only).
Juice plus has 14 studies published
that are independent, double blind,
placebo, peer reviewed. There are 12
more studies currently underway. Over
the counter vitamins are fragmented and
only contain the nutrition that is on the
back of the label and the absorption rate
is only about 20% because it is not a
natural form and your body doesn't know
how to process it. With juice plus it
is food (even their label has a food label
on it) that you are getting and not any
fillers, or un-natural additives. Here
is my distributors information if you
would like more information on the product
or to review the research behind the
product. Best of health to you!!
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grndzro
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 07 May 2006 Posts: 11 Location: Phoenix
>< Posted: 05-07-06 21:58pm
The problem with many of the cheaper
multivitamins is that many of them use
less potent forms of nutrients, many
ingredients are less than the rda/oda, and
many of them are not properly made to
break down well in the stomache.
So far one of the best vitamins I have
come across is alive whole food energizer.
Btw gnc does have some of the best pill
multi's on the market and they are heavily
tested for potency, and breakdown.
Although if you are serious about vitamins
you should be taking them in a liquid
form, on a near empty stomach, with water.
If you take them with anything else or
with a significant amount of food then
your vitamin uptake is reduced. Ideally
taking them before bed with plenty of
water insures proper absorption.
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grndzro
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 07 May 2006 Posts: 11 Location: Phoenix
>< Posted: 05-10-06 18:13pm
It definately seems to me that usana is
overpriced.
Compare these 2 companies
edit
sure usana vitamins are good, but there
are companies that offer even more
comprehensive solutions at a better price.
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Golf55
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Joined: 10 Dec 2005 Posts: 6 Location: FL
Posted: 05-15-06 02:17am
Duplicate
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reminty
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 28 Jul 2006 Posts: 1 Location: SanAntonio
Posted: 07-28-06 11:54am
For those of you who think all vitamins
are the same you are wrong. You get what
you pay for. I take usana vitamins and
feel 20 years younger something I did not
get from the store bought vitamins. Usana
vitamins are made from pharmaceutical
grade products the cheaper ones are food
grade big differance. There is a book
comparative guide to nutritional
supplements by lyle macwilliams read it
and see the differance between quality and
cheap
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TSG
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 07 Sep 2006 Posts: 18
Usana Vitamins Posted: 09-12-06 16:08pm
Holy cow. I just found this site not that
long ago and I can't believe all the back
and forth banter about usana products.
Try this. Take your centrum (or whatever
it is you're taking) and place it in a
glass of water. Take the usana
essentials and do the same thing. What
do you see? Likely within 20 minutes the
usana essentials has broken down. The
other is likely still sitting there.
Where do you think that vitamin you just
spent $6 a bottle on went? Likely down
the drain - and it likely does each time
you take it....Meaning it doesn't do you
any good!
Who cares if a product comes from an mlm
company. Who cares if it costs $2 a day
to take it. If it's doing your body good
and it makes you feel great/better then
take it. For the price of a visit to tim
hortons you've just done your body
good....And we all see the line ups daily
at tim hortons.
By the way....Did you know at&t uses
mlm? Did you know you can't buy a dell
computer in a store either??
I don't understand why people are so
against mlm and a wonderful product. I
take it every day and haven't had a visit
to the hospital/doctor in 8 years. I was
there twice a year with heart trouble
before that. I think i'll keep paying my
$2 a day.
My brother in law is a distributor and I
don't understand how he does it. So many
people just don't have an open mind.
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damithinkimlost
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 15 Nov 2006 Posts: 1
Re: Usana Vitamins Posted: 11-15-06 04:19am
Hey guys,
so you guys think supplements out in the
market are jsut as good as usana? I did a
research to find out if any of those
products (centrum, gmc, one-a-day etc) are
pda approved. None of them are and i'll
be hoenst usana is now fda approved
either. The fda does not regulate
supplements. However doing more research
I found out that usana is in the pdr (
physician's desk reference). For those
who don;t know what this is, it;s
bascially a book of medicine, doctors
swear by this book, it;s like the holy
bible of the medical world. Look at the
medicine your doctor assigned to you, it's
in this book. Being in the pdr is much
better than being fda approved because the
pdr has a higher standard and usana is the
only supplement to be in the book. Still
unconvinced that usana is better? Look in
the comparative guide to nutritional
supplements by Dr. Lyle macwilliam. They
did a project for the governemt to
reserach about supplements. Scoring every
supplement out there from 0 being the
worst to 100 being the best. Brand names
like centrumun score a 1.9, one-a-day
scored 5.2, gmc did better they scored a
22.3, kirkland(yes the costco brand)
scored a 15.3, usana how did they do?
Then scored a 96.1 and remember this was a
project done by doctors for the government
so they can;t lie. Also I agree with tsr
if you look on the label of bottle like
centrumun and gmc etc, the dissovle time
is 1hr-5hr. I am majoring in the medical
field and I know that supplements don;t
start to dissovle until they reach the
small intestine which is where everything
is absorb for the body. They stay in
there for 30 min and then leave to the
large intestine to go out as watse. If
centrumun, gmc, kirkland, etc dissovles in
1hr-5hr then your body bascially asorbed
nothing. Usana dissovles in 22min. Don;t
believe me? Do what tsr said take to
different bowls with water in them and
drop a store brand and a usana in each.
Look at it 30 min later, which one is
dissovled?
Now for the people who said it's too
expensive......Look at what you buy
everyday, fast food being number one,
everyone eats fast food don;t deny it, you
spend how much on fast food a day? 10
bucks? 15 bucks? And it;s unhealthy for
you. Wouldn't you rather save 4 bcks a
day to buy something that actually works
and healthy for you? Think about it you
don;t wanna buy usana cause it;s too
expensive cause you wanna buy other things
like say a nice home or a new car. Tell
me this, if you got seriously sick from
not taking care of your health and is
always constantly in and out of the
hospital, is that nice home gonna matter?
You get a stroke and get paralyzed from
the waist down, is that nice car gonna
matter? People live in a reactive world,
they wait from something to happen then
they worry about it. Why not worry about
it now before it happens? Why not try to
prevent it? You say o when it happens
i'll buy a cure....Is there a cure for
cancer? A cure for a heart attack? Why
not buy the best to help prevent? If I
were you I would buy the best health
product out there to live loonger and
better cause without health, everything
else doesn't matter. Take care of your
body now as I once heard someone say "i
rather be preapared for a situatuion that
doesn't happen, rather than be unprepared
for a situation that does happen.
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are usana vitamin supplements worth the
hefty price or will I get the same results
using regular vitamin supplements?
