Organic Life Vitamins 30 Ounces

The revolution begins with maximum absorption. Liquids absorb faster and better than pills and capsules thereby allowing your body to assimilate vital life-giving nutrients in just minutes! OLV has a delicious fresh fruity taste (organic raspberry and cranberry sweetened with certified organic agave nectar). Because it contains so many nutrients you won't have to purchase and take numerous pills and capsules in order to give your body what it needs to stay active and healthy. And unlike pills Organic Life Vitamins contains no binders and fillers. Peter Gillham's new Organic Life Vitamins formula has been improved and repackaged in a new bottle with a new dosage cap lid and new shrink wrapped labeling. The original Organic Life Vitamin formula blends the finest ingredients including organic ACTIValoeTMwhole-leaf aloe vera organic noni juice multiple vitamins ConcenTrace® trace minerals a full range of amino acids antioxidants OptiMSM® MSM and chromium picolinate. The improved formula enhances the original formula with an additional 24 whole food antioxidant veggies superfruits berries and fruits including acai mangosteen goji berry and organic pomegranate. This new formulation has a great light fruit taste and continues to be an amazing value.

  • 30 Ounces Liquid

  • Serving Size: 1 oz

  • 32 Servings Per Container



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VitaFusion Multi Vites Gummy Vitamins - Berry Peach & Orange - 200 Gummies

VitaFusion Multi Vites Gummy Vitamins - Berry Peach & Orange - 200 Gummies

  • Adult Gummy Vites

  • 3 Flavors - Peach Orange and Berry



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Centrum Chewable Multivitamin Orange Flavored 100 Tablets

Just Chew One Tablet Daily
Advanced Formula
A good source of 22 Vitamins & Minerals
A Spectrum® Product
Made in USA

  • Advanced formula

  • A good source of 22 Vitamins and Minerals

  • Made in USA



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VitaFusion Multi Vites Gummy Vitamins - Berry Peach Orange - 200 Gummies

Supplement Facts:
Serving Size: 2 Gummy Vitamins
Servings Per Container: 100
Amount Per Serving - % Daily Value:*
Calories 15 Total Carbohydrate 4 g - 1% Sugars 4 g - ** Vitamin A (as Retinyl Palmitate) 2500 IU - 50% Vitamin C (as Ascorbic Acid) 30 mg - 50% Vitamin D (as Cholecalciferol) 400 IU - 100% Vitamin E (as d-Alpha Tocopheryl Acetate) 15 IU - 50% Niacin (as Inositol Niacinate) 10 mg - 50% Vitamin B-6 (as Pyridoxine HCL) 2 mg - 100% Folic Acid 400 mcg - 100% Vitamin B-12 (as Cyanocobalamin) 6 mcg - 100% Pantothenic Acid (as Calcium d-Pantothenate) 10 mg - 100% Choline (as Choline Bitartrate) 40 mcg - ** Inositol (as Inositol Niacinate) 3 mg - **.

*Percent Daily Value based on a 2000 calorie diet.
**Daily value not established.

Other Ingredients:
Glucose Syrup (Corn) Sucrose Gelatin Natural Flavors Citric Acid Lactic Acid Colors (Annatto Turmeric Carrot and Blueberry Juice) Fractionated Coconut Oil and Beeswax.

This product contains no artificial colors flavors or preservatives. Contains no wheat (gluten) milk eggs peanuts tree nuts or soy.

  • An Essential Daily Formula Designed For A Healthy Lifestyle

  • Delicious gummy vitamins with no artificial colors flavors or preservatives.

  • Daily Formula with 100% Folic Acid.

  • No artificial colors flavors or preservatives

  • One bottle contains 200 gummies. Berry Peach Orange.



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Men's One Energy Multivitamin 90 tablets


One of the best with perhaps one fatal flaw...4

As a chemist I am very aware that some forms of vitamins are better absorbed than others. Rainbow Light's Men's One Multi is very good.



I must start off by saying that no multivitamin is perfect. There is no multivitamin out there that has all vitamins and minerals in the ideal forms nor is there is a multivitamin that will have all your daily nutritional needs in every single area. Supplementation from another source is still going to be necessary... although a good multivitamin can really cut down the cost because if it's a good multi then one will not have to supplement much.



First I want to start off saying that it boggles my mind that Amazon does not provide the nutrition label for any of the supplements that they sell. One has to either go to the store and find the supplement or find it on another website. Amazon needs to fix this problem.



Now about this multivitamin. The things I really like about this multivitamin is that it is 100% natural and a food-based multivitamin. Nothing in this vitamin is synthetic. It doesn't contain any objectionable ingredients like titanium dioxide nor does it contain any fillers.



Another nice thing about this vitamin is that it contains probiotics vegetable extract saw palmetto lycopene etc.



Probably the best feature of this vitamin is that while most vitamin brands use cheap forms of minerals this multi is mainly good with the only exceptions being calcium and magnesium. Other than calcium and magnesium all minerals are in their most absorb-able form either as the citrate form or the amino acid chelate form. The forms you do not want to see are oxide forms of minerals or the carbonate form for calcium. Unfortunately this multi does have calcium as calcium carbonate and magnesium as magnesium oxide. But the fortunate thing about it is that the amounts of calcium and magnesium it uses are very negligible so one will still want to supplement calcium and magnesium elsewhere and from there get one that contains either calcium citrate/malate (not calcium carbonate eggshell calcium or coral calcium) along with magnesium citrate.



This multivitamin also contains vitamin A as 50% beta-carotene which is the safest form of vitamin A. I would prefer that all of the vitamin A would be in the beta-carotene form but as I said earlier no multi is perfect.



Selenium is in its active form as selenomethionine but unfortunately the label doesn't state whether or not it is in the L-selenomethionine form or the D-selenomethionine form. I am assuming it's L-selenomethionine but anyone who has taken an organic chemistry or biochemistry course would know that the chirality of a molecule can make all the difference in the world. But this multi contains 200mcg of selenium which the latest research says is the optimal amount of selenium to get the most health benefits.



To me none of the short comings of this vitamin are really that big of a deal especially since I haven't really found anything much better. Most of the minerals are in their ideal form which is fantastic it has vegetable extracts and it has at least 50% of vitamin A in the beta-carotene form.



Now as I said earlier there is still some supplements that will need to be taken to overcome the short comings of this multi. This multivitamin contains 800IU of vitamin D which according to my doctor the average adult should be taking about 2000IUs daily. So I supplement vitamin D to get the other 1200IU. Another thing is this vitamin contains negligible amounts of calcium & magnesium (which in this case this is good because calcium & magnesium are in their undesirable forms) so one may want to find a calcium & magnesium supplement in their ideal forms.



Other than that everything else in this multi-vitamin is really good and it is rare to find a multi of this quality.



Saying everything I just there is something that can make or break everything about this vitamin. And that is that this multi is in a tablet form. The ideal form of a vitamin is either liquid or capsule because tablets can be hard to digest and in some cases some manufacturers have been found that their vitamins don't dissolve fast enough (and yes this even happens to expensive brands that you'd find in a health food store).



To find this out get a glass of vinegar and heat it to about 98 degrees farenheit (approximately the same temp as the human body) and let this tablet sit in there for about 30 minutes. If it dissolves it should dissolve just fine in the stomach if it doesn't then it is junk. I haven't done this but every good thing about this vitamin would be wasted if it doesn't break down.



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Garden of Life - Raw One For Men 75 vegan capsules


really great vitamin5

These vitamins are great on many levels. I can tell that i have renewed energy and that it keeps me through the day. Not expensive and works fantastic.



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Rainbow Light Performance Energy Multivitamin for Men Multivitamin Supplement Tablets 180 tablets


eh.4

these vitamins seem to work okay but you have to take way too many of them a day. six a day. come on that is drama. they are also a little on the pricey side. my husband uses these vitamins so i can't really speak too personally other than what he tells me. i don't know if it were me i'd just take new chapter organics every man. i take the woman's version and they work great. again very pricey but worth it. especially if you find a deal.More detail ...

Pomology Men's Daily Multivitamin Tablets 120-count Bottle


Great complement of vitamins etc5

After studying nutrition (among other things) in a Master's program I learned about what research shows to be the best levels of certain vitamins and minerals. In particular I was looking for the following:

- Retinol acetate ("Vitamin A acetate" here) levels of no more 2000 IUs( yes it is slightly more in this product but much better than most)

- Folic acid (folate) levels of at least 400mcg

- Vitamin D levels at least 600-800IUs

- no iron (men don't need it unless if instructed to do so by a doctor)



Downsides:

- you have to take two per day in order to get the doses mentioned

- it's really not cheap compared to many other vitamins that you are probably more familiar with



After looking at several products and comparing the prices this brand had the best levels of most of these for the best price. Then take into consideration the fact that it also has several antioxidants etc. I felt that it was worth it. If you are the kind of person though that has a hard time remembering to take just one pill per day this may not be the choice for youMore detail ...

Garden of Life Living Multi Optimal Men's Formula 180 Caplets


The best supplements around4

I have been using these for over two years now. They are pricey but definitely you cannot find better quality supplements. As long as I take themmy over all well being has been good. They also improve the health over time(depending on your other habits). I would always recommend them.More detail ...

VitaFusion Multi Vites Gummy Vitamins - Berry Peach & Orange - 200 Gummies


Much better than chalky chewables5

I bought this exact brand at one of the warehouse stores and have been using it for several months. They have a plesant gummy taste(mildly sweet)and texture. The 200 gummies are about a 100 day supply in that the label states to take two gummies daily.



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Organic Life Vitamins 30 Ounces


OLV great product if you only want vitamins4

It doesn't contain calcium because calcium is a mineral and this is Organic Life Vitamins. To get calcium you have to buy Organic Life Minerals. It would be nice to have an Organic Life Vitamin/Mineral combo.More detail ...

Every Man II 180 Tablets


Great Product4

Every Man II is a great product but it's priced a little too high. If it wasn't so expensive I'd give it 5 stars.More detail ...

GNC MEGA MEN Multivitamins 180 Tablets (EXP:11/2011)


Over-rated and over-priced1

This is probably the most over-rated multivitamin right now; the sad thing is most people who buy this tend to think that they are buying something way better than Centrum or One-A-Day (as if that really says anything).



These vitamins are in caplet forms (which is basically just a coated tablet) and they are huge. If you're not good at swallowing pills then this multi should be avoided.



Now let's talk about the quality of this product after all most of us take vitamins to improve our health so let's see if this multivitamin has what one would really need:



The good thing is that 50% of the vitamin A is in the form of beta-carotene. And unfortunately that's about where the good stops and where the rest of the cheapness of this vitamin begins:



It lists the calcium as a mixture of calcium carbonate and calcium citrate. Calcium carbonate is a very cheap form of calcium and has a very low absorption rate in the body. Most cheap vitamins (such as Centrum and One-A-Day) uses calcium carbonate because it's cheap and the general public doesn't know any better. Calcium citrate on the other hand is a very expensive but possibly the best form of calcium available. GNC's Mega Men does a tactic to fool people into thinking they are getting quality calcium: they mix both the carbonate and citrate forms of calcium together without even stating what percentage of the calcium is in the carbonate form and what percentage is in the citrate form. For all we know this could be 99% calcium carbonate and only 1% calcium citrate.



Another cheap ingredient is magensium in the form of magensium oxide. Again magnesium citrate is the superior form of magnesium. This time GNC doesn't even try to disguise their cheap magnesium it is just straight up cheap magnesium oxide. Zinc is also in a cheap oxide form.



Vitamin B12 is in the cheap cyanocobalmin form which methylcobalamin is the active form of B-12 another strike against this cheap multi in disguise of a quality product.



This vitamin does give 200mcg of selenium which is the desired amount to get the most health benefits according to the latest research... too bad it's not in the L-Selenomethionine form which is the active form of selenium.



The list goes on on why this is actually not that great of a vitamin but the topper to top everything off it contains titanium dioxide which is a possible carcinogen.



Bottom line: look for another multi. This is really not much better than Centrum of One-A-Day but it sure is a HECK of a lot more expensive!



Tips to look for in a multiviatmin:



-Vitamin A as 100% betacarotene (the safest form of vitamin A unless you smoke in which case beta-carotene can increase your chances of lung cancer)



-minerals in either citrate or amino acid chelate forms but NOT carbonates or oxides i.e. calcium citrate & magnesium citrate (not mixtures such as what this multi does)



-methylcobalmin for vitamin B-12



-200mcg of selenium in the L-selenomethionine form



-capsule softgel or liquid is the perferred form since caplets/tablets have a harder time dissolving and some brands have been found to not dissolve at all... for the record GNC Mega Men's does not have this problem.



-Avoid vitamins that have artificial fillers or objectionable ingredients such as titanium dioxide.



Almost no multivitamin is going to be completely perfect so some additional supplementing is almost always going to be needed. But this multivitamin just has too many flaws to over-come.



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Men's One Energy Multivitamin 90 tablets


One of the best with perhaps one fatal flaw...4

As a chemist I am very aware that some forms of vitamins are better absorbed than others. Rainbow Light's Men's One Multi is very good.



I must start off by saying that no multivitamin is perfect. There is no multivitamin out there that has all vitamins and minerals in the ideal forms nor is there is a multivitamin that will have all your daily nutritional needs in every single area. Supplementation from another source is still going to be necessary... although a good multivitamin can really cut down the cost because if it's a good multi then one will not have to supplement much.



First I want to start off saying that it boggles my mind that Amazon does not provide the nutrition label for any of the supplements that they sell. One has to either go to the store and find the supplement or find it on another website. Amazon needs to fix this problem.



Now about this multivitamin. The things I really like about this multivitamin is that it is 100% natural and a food-based multivitamin. Nothing in this vitamin is synthetic. It doesn't contain any objectionable ingredients like titanium dioxide nor does it contain any fillers.



Another nice thing about this vitamin is that it contains probiotics vegetable extract saw palmetto lycopene etc.



Probably the best feature of this vitamin is that while most vitamin brands use cheap forms of minerals this multi is mainly good with the only exceptions being calcium and magnesium. Other than calcium and magnesium all minerals are in their most absorb-able form either as the citrate form or the amino acid chelate form. The forms you do not want to see are oxide forms of minerals or the carbonate form for calcium. Unfortunately this multi does have calcium as calcium carbonate and magnesium as magnesium oxide. But the fortunate thing about it is that the amounts of calcium and magnesium it uses are very negligible so one will still want to supplement calcium and magnesium elsewhere and from there get one that contains either calcium citrate/malate (not calcium carbonate eggshell calcium or coral calcium) along with magnesium citrate.



This multivitamin also contains vitamin A as 50% beta-carotene which is the safest form of vitamin A. I would prefer that all of the vitamin A would be in the beta-carotene form but as I said earlier no multi is perfect.



Selenium is in its active form as selenomethionine but unfortunately the label doesn't state whether or not it is in the L-selenomethionine form or the D-selenomethionine form. I am assuming it's L-selenomethionine but anyone who has taken an organic chemistry or biochemistry course would know that the chirality of a molecule can make all the difference in the world. But this multi contains 200mcg of selenium which the latest research says is the optimal amount of selenium to get the most health benefits.



To me none of the short comings of this vitamin are really that big of a deal especially since I haven't really found anything much better. Most of the minerals are in their ideal form which is fantastic it has vegetable extracts and it has at least 50% of vitamin A in the beta-carotene form.



Now as I said earlier there is still some supplements that will need to be taken to overcome the short comings of this multi. This multivitamin contains 800IU of vitamin D which according to my doctor the average adult should be taking about 2000IUs daily. So I supplement vitamin D to get the other 1200IU. Another thing is this vitamin contains negligible amounts of calcium & magnesium (which in this case this is good because calcium & magnesium are in their undesirable forms) so one may want to find a calcium & magnesium supplement in their ideal forms.



Other than that everything else in this multi-vitamin is really good and it is rare to find a multi of this quality.



Saying everything I just there is something that can make or break everything about this vitamin. And that is that this multi is in a tablet form. The ideal form of a vitamin is either liquid or capsule because tablets can be hard to digest and in some cases some manufacturers have been found that their vitamins don't dissolve fast enough (and yes this even happens to expensive brands that you'd find in a health food store).



To find this out get a glass of vinegar and heat it to about 98 degrees farenheit (approximately the same temp as the human body) and let this tablet sit in there for about 30 minutes. If it dissolves it should dissolve just fine in the stomach if it doesn't then it is junk. I haven't done this but every good thing about this vitamin would be wasted if it doesn't break down.



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