Must Read for Anyone Taking a Multi

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Registered: 04-02-2004
Must Read for Anyone Taking a Multi
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Wed, 06-30-2004 - 11:58am
From Fitness RX, For Women.

I love this magazine. It is so much more informative than all the other fluff fitness magazines out there.

Here is a very interesting article about Multivitamins

"People spend billions of dollars a year on vitamins and food supplements. High -grade ingredients are expensive, so some unscruplous companies cut corners to remain profitable. ConsumeLab.com does independent analyses of supplements to help people evaluate prodcut quality and effectiveness adn publishes results at www.consumerlab.com. Their tests show that many products we buy do not contain what is listed on the label. They tested 40 multivitamin and mineral products and found that nearly 1/3 were deficient in the amount of important vitamins or minerals.

Notable failures include

Theragram -M Advanced Formula High Potency (too much lead)

Avon Vit - Advance Womens's Complete

Polaris CustomPak supplements


Ones that passed!!

GNC Womens

Advanced Formula Centrum

Geritold

Juice Plus

Puritans Pride

One a Day Woman's Multi

Walgreens and Woman MultiStart (Dr. Michael Murray)

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Registered: 06-30-2003
Wed, 06-30-2004 - 1:33pm
Cool info. It is always good to know what you are taking.

"Theragram -M Advanced Formula High Potency (too much lead)" - & I thought lead was bad for you. I guess this is a good example of why we should get our nutrients directly from food & not rely on pills.

Robyn

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Registered: 03-26-2003
Wed, 06-30-2004 - 2:13pm
Agreed. The only supplement I currently am taking is folic acid because we're thinking about TTC #2. Other than that, I don't take anything. I do tend to use herbal and homeopathic remedies for most illnesses and conditions that I feel fairly confident about, and I'm pretty big on vitamin C if I have a cold (which I know is not without controversy).
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Registered: 03-19-2003
Wed, 06-30-2004 - 4:31pm
Phew, I see mine passed! (One a day) ;-)
Thanks for sharing ~IG
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Registered: 12-04-2003
Thu, 07-01-2004 - 1:24pm

Thanks for the great info!