Favorite Multi-Vitamin?

PrepNwa23

PrepNwa23

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Curious what everyone's favorite is, mine personally has been Controlled Labs Orange Triad and Animal Pak's but lately I've added Muscle Pharm's Armor-V in my rotation cause i like the profile in it.
 
I've mostly used Orange Triad and NOW ADAM, but I've got a bottle of AST's Multi-Pro 32x to use, next.
 
MVP closely followed by orange triad
 
I ran Anavite for a couple months simply because of the inclusion of BA and LCLT. Saved me from taking LCLT all together and i was able to reduce powdered BA supplementation since Anavite provides 2g at a full dose (iirc). Orange Triad does reduce my joint pain so i switch to that if things get rough.

Since OT is like 23 bucks for 45 days fully dosed and Anavite is 21 bucks for 30 days fully dosed i've never really wanted to use anything else. If i had to go a cheap route i'd use Life Force since it's properly sourced unlike a lot of other cheap multis.
 
tyzero89 said:
I've been running orange triad for a while and loving it!!
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^^^ Same here

I like the digestion support in it. I haven't had heartburn (used to get it daily) or GI problems since taking OT daily. Same with my joints, they've been happy with the choice.
 
Vitalizer hands down. Time release and sepcisl delivery allows for better absorption. I like the price to value of what you get ratio.
 
NOW Adam softgel version :)
 
PrepNwa23 said:
Curious what everyone's favorite is, mine personally has been Controlled Labs Orange Triad and Animal Pak's but lately I've added Muscle Pharm's Armor-V in my rotation cause i like the profile in it.
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looking at Armor V it looks pretty pathetic....24% DV of Magnesium and only 400 IU of Vitamin D? I have been taking DR. Feel Good by SAN...really wish they would switch from Tabs to Caps though.
 
fightbackhxc said:
looking at Armor V it looks pretty pathetic....24% DV of Magnesium and only 400 IU of Vitamin D? I have been taking DR. Feel Good by SAN...really wish they would switch from Tabs to Caps though.
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I'm pretty sure it would be too much volume for caps, you'd have to take a far greater number. How's it treating you otherwise?
 
poison said:
I'm pretty sure it would be too much volume for caps, you'd have to take a far greater number. How's it treating you otherwise?
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pretty well, smells and tastes like crap. I am curious on how well these digest though since they are like tiny bricks.
 
Ginandtonic said:
Life Force, for the price I have a hard time believing anything is better
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50% DV of Vitamin D and 25% DV of Magnesium.....thats not really that great.
 
fightbackhxc said:
pretty well, smells and tastes like crap. I am curious on how well these digest though since they are like tiny bricks.
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Multi's usually smell and taste crappy. :D Capsules vs pills:

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Pretty much.
 
fightbackhxc said:
looking at Armor V it looks pretty pathetic....24% DV of Magnesium and only 400 IU of Vitamin D? I have been taking DR. Feel Good by SAN...really wish they would switch from Tabs to Caps though.
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Not really worried about the 24% of DV of Magnesium cause even if your taking Animal Pak's which is 22 tablets your only getting 33% and with Orange Triad its only 25% of DV. But i like what Armor V offers with the Omega 3-6-9 complex granted i already take fish oil caps already but there's just alot of good stuff overall in it. Granted i'm gonna have to give SAN's Dr. Feel Good a shot cause it does have an interesting profile.
 
PrepNwa23 said:
Not really worried about the 24% of DV of Magnesium cause even if your taking Animal Pak's which is 22 tablets your only getting 33% and with Orange Triad its only 25% of DV. But i like what Armor V offers with the Omega 3-6-9 complex granted i already take fish oil caps already but there's just alot of good stuff overall in it. Granted i'm gonna have to give SAN's Dr. Feel Good a shot cause it does have an interesting profile.
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Well since most people are deficient in minerals such as Magnesium and can go well over the DV%, I figured it would be a good choice to find a Vtamin that at least has 100%. I wanted to find one that had at least a hundred percent. DV % really don't mean that much.
 
fightbackhxc said:
Well since most people are deficient in minerals such as Magnesium and can go well over the DV%, I figured it would be a good choice to find a Vtamin that at least has 100%. I wanted to find one that had at least a hundred percent. DV % really don't mean that much.
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True enough, i guess i don't really worry to much about it cause i usually use MST's ZMK at night.
 
Don't think I have a favorite.
Love trying new vitamins and new sups in general.
 
I did a line-by-line label comparison of Walgreens and *** to Shaklee Vitalizer with iron. All comparison's were done online on 12/24/11.*
Note that ***'s multi contains no bioflavin, quercetin, nickle, tin, vanadium, or boron.*

Otherwise, to get the same amount of vitamins and minerals as Vitalizer, you would have to buy:

Walgreens- 30-day supply
Centrum Performance multivitamin/multimineral: $11.99 X 4
MegaRed omega fish oil: $29.99 X 2*
Naturemade probiotic: $11.49 X 1
Total: $119.43

***- 30 day supply
Women's Ultramega: $39.99 X 1
Triple strength fish oil: $38.99 x 1
Ultra probiotic: $39.99 X 1
Total: $118.97

Shaklee
Vitalizer w/iron 1 box/30-day supply
Total:* $85 Member price ($76.50 on AutoShip)
 
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