| Multivitamins - who uses them? Well, you probably | | | | 11.5 |
| do, Americans spend $4,000,000,000 a year on | | | | Thompson's Men's Multi with Antioxidants |
| multivitamins alone. 70 % Australians are no less | | | | .............................................. 11.3 |
| keen on them, spending a tiny $2,300,000,000, | | | | Herbs of Gold Executive Multi Vitamin & |
| and yes ... that is a ton of zeros!! | | | | Mineral ...................................... 11.1 |
| Who needs them? Well the number of people | | | | Golden Glow Senior's One-A-Day Multi |
| that can say that every day they honestly eat a | | | | .................................................... 11.1 |
| well-balanced diet of containing lots of fruits, nuts | | | | Swisse Women's Ultivite No Iron or Iodine |
| and vegetables, whole grains, dairy, along with | | | | ............................................. 10.9 |
| chicken and fish is not just low, it is merely | | | | Swisse Men's Ultivite Formula 1 .............................................................. |
| non-existent. Of the people who think they are | | | | 10.8 |
| doing well, most do not realize the sheer | | | | Blackmores Sustained Release Multi Vitamins |
| quantities that have to be consumed to maintain | | | | & Minerals + Selenium ..... 10.7 |
| that 'well-balanced diet'. | | | | Melaleuca Vitality for Women .................................................................. |
| Okay, so almost everyone needs a multivitamin, | | | | 10.6 |
| but which one to choose? Having 30,000+ | | | | Reliv Now ................................................................................................ 10.4 |
| vitamins on the market presents so much choice | | | | Nature's Own Multivitamin Plus Omega 3 Fish Oil |
| it normally is a case of finding the bottle you think | | | | ..................................... 9.1 |
| looks the nicest ... or the cheapest. After all, a | | | | Avon VitAdvance Women's Complete II |
| vitamin is a vitamin right? | | | | .................................................... 9.1 |
| Fortunately, 7 Canadian and American biochemists | | | | Good Health Men's Multi-Plus .................................................................... |
| have come to rescue us from our ignorance. | | | | 9.1 |
| They looked at and compared what is in each of | | | | Pharma Foods Pharma Day with Selenium |
| these multivitamins by separating and measuring | | | | ................................................ 8.7 |
| each ingredient - that is, vitamins, minerals, | | | | Herbalife Formula 3 ................................................................................... 8.7 |
| anti-oxidants and other components. | | | | Kordel's Women's Multi Plus EPO |
| They put together the 'perfect' multivitamin, | | | | .............................................................. 8.6 |
| which actually does not exist as some vitamins | | | | Cenovis Mega Multi ................................................................................... 8.4 |
| needs to be taken separately and it would be the | | | | Thompson's Femmefort ............................................................................. |
| size of large chestnut, and rather difficult to | | | | 8.3 |
| swallow! | | | | Microgenics Mega Multivitamin .................................................................. |
| They examined how absorbable the vitamins | | | | 8.0 |
| were, whether they were in the right amounts | | | | Melaleuca Vitality for Men ......................................................................... |
| form and the variety of vitamins and minerals. | | | | 7.5 |
| Also looked at was having the vitamins in the | | | | Reliv Classic .............................................................................................. 7.5 |
| right combinations for the body's needs. The | | | | Nutrition Care Formula 33SE ..................................................................... |
| score was how close each one was to that | | | | 7.4 |
| perfect multivitamin out of 100%. | | | | Microgenics Women's Pro Active Multi Vitamin |
| In order of importance; | | | | .......................................... 6.8 |
| Nutritional Supplements % | | | | Golden Glow Super One-A-Day |
| USANA Health Sciences Essentials........................................................ | | | | ................................................................. 6.7 |
| 73.7 | | | | Herron Clinical Nutrition Men's Multi-Vitamin & |
| Solgar Omnium ..................................................................................... 56.5 | | | | Minerals ............................ 6.2 |
| Thorne Research Al's Formula .............................................................. | | | | Blackmores Men's Performance Multi |
| 46.9 | | | | ........................................................ 6.2 |
| Clinicians Vitamin and Mineral Boost..................................................... | | | | Good Health Women's Multi-Plus .............................................................. |
| 45.1 | | | | 6.0 |
| NFS Nutraceuticals Ultimate Sports Multi | | | | Vitaplex Professional One a Day Multivitamin |
| .............................................. 44.5 | | | | ........................................... 5.0 |
| Thorne Research Basic Nutrients V | | | | New Vision Essential Vitamins .................................................................. |
| ....................................................... 44.4 | | | | 4.7 |
| Thorne Research Basic Nutrients III | | | | Centrum Select 50+ ................................................................................. 4.3 |
| ..................................................... 38.7 | | | | Amway NutriWay Daily ............................................................................. 4.2 |
| Solgar VM-2000..................................................................................... 37.9 | | | | Microgenics Men's Essential Multivitamin |
| Pharmanex Lifepak ............................................................................... 28.1 | | | | .................................................. 4.1 |
| Amway NutriWay Double X ................................................................... | | | | Myadec Gold A-Z Guard ............................................................................ |
| 27.3 | | | | 4.0 |
| GNC LiveWell Women's Ultra Mega | | | | Red Seal Total Multi with Minerals |
| ....................................................... 26.1 | | | | ............................................................ 3.9 |
| Pharmanex Lifepak Women .................................................................. | | | | Centrum Complete from A to Zinc |
| 25.6 | | | | ............................................................. 3.9 |
| BioCeuticals Multi Essentials ................................................................ 25.3 | | | | Cenovis 50+ Multi ..................................................................................... 3.8 |
| Pharmalliance OxiChel............................................................................ 24.8 | | | | Guardian Women's Multi Vitamins & |
| Neways Orachel .................................................................................... 24.1 | | | | Minerals............................................. 3.6 |
| Solgar Formula VM-75 ........................................................................... 23.1 | | | | Herron Clinical Nutrition One-a-Day Women's |
| Radiance Multi-Power ............................................................................ 22.6 | | | | Multi-Vitamns & Minerals ... 3.6 |
| Nutra Life Active Men's Multi................................................................... | | | | Cenovis Multivitamin and Minerals............................................................. |
| 22.3 | | | | 3.4 |
| GNC LiveWell Mega Men ........................................................................ 21.2 | | | | Amcal One-A-Day....................................................................................... 3.3 |
| Pharmanex Lifepak Prime ...................................................................... | | | | Berocca Performance ................................................................................ 3.2 |
| 21.0 | | | | Healtheries Women's Multi (AU) ................................................................ |
| Nature's Sunshine Supplemental Vitamins & | | | | 3.2 |
| Minerals............................ 20.6 | | | | Cenovis Women's Multi ............................................................................. 3.1 |
| Thompson's Multifort ............................................................................. 17.5 | | | | Nature's Own Daily Multi Essentials |
| Nature's Way Mega Multi ....................................................................... 17.1 | | | | .......................................................... 3.1 |
| Thompson's Immunofort ........................................................................ | | | | Pluravit Women ......................................................................................... 3.1 |
| 16.9 | | | | Golden Glow Women's One-a-Day Multi |
| Nutra Life Active Women's Multi Plus | | | | .................................................... 3.1 |
| ..................................................... 16.4 | | | | Blackmores Multi + Gingko for 55+ |
| Eagle Tresos B PluSe ............................................................................. 16.4 | | | | ............................................................ 3.0 |
| Nature's Way Women's Energy Mega | | | | Pluravit 50 Plus ......................................................................................... 3.0 |
| Multivitamin................................. 16.4 | | | | Healtheries Women's Multi (NZ) ................................................................ |
| Pharm-a-Care Women's Mega Strength | | | | 2.7 |
| MultiVitamins .......................... 16.4 | | | | Hivita LiquiVita ........................................................................................... 2.6 |
| Bioglan Women's Complete Multi Compex | | | | Red Seal One-a-Day Multi & Minerals |
| ............................................ 16.4 | | | | ......................................................... 2.6 |
| Pretorius Women's Live Better Multi Vitamin | | | | Amcal Multivitamin & Mineral |
| & Mineral ......................... 16.3 | | | | Effervescent................................................... 2.6 |
| Kordel's Men's Multi (without Iron) ....................................................... | | | | Golden Glow Men's One-a-Day Multi |
| 15.4 | | | | .......................................................... 2.5 |
| Nutrition Care Formula SF88 ................................................................. | | | | Bioglan Daily Plus Max ............................................................................... 2.5 |
| 15.1 | | | | Cenovis Men's Multi ................................................................................... 2.5 |
| Blackmores Women's Vitality Multi | | | | Myadec Multivitamins and Minerals |
| ........................................................ 14.1 | | | | ............................................................ 2.4 |
| Metagenics Multigenics ......................................................................... 14.1 | | | | Nature's Own Multivitamin & Mineral |
| Red Seal Women's Multi......................................................................... 14.0 | | | | .......................................................... 2.4 |
| Nature's Own Daily Multi Peak Performance | | | | Herron Clinical Nutrition All-in-One Multi-Vitamin |
| .......................................... 14.0 | | | | & Mineral ......................... 2.1 |
| Manatech GlycoLEAN Catalyst ............................................................. | | | | Guardian Multi Vitamins & Minerals Hi Potency |
| 13.9 | | | | ........................................... 2.1 |
| Natural Nutrition Mega Potency Women's Multi | | | | Advocare Macro-Mineral Complex |
| Vitamin with Selenium . 13.7 | | | | ............................................................... 1.1 |
| Nature's Sunshine Mega-Chel ............................................................... | | | | A staggering 50 out of the total 110 multivitamins |
| 13.5 | | | | did not even reach 10% and only the top 11 |
| Metagenics Multigenics Phyto Plus ........................................................ | | | | multivitamins were above 25% of what the |
| 13.5 | | | | human body needs on a daily basis. |
| Blackmores Women's Multi & Evening | | | | The popular supermarket brands all featured |
| Primrose Oil ................................ 13.4 | | | | below 10% possibly due to being forced to |
| Natural Nutrition Mega Potency Fifty Plus Multi | | | | compete on price with other supermarkets. The |
| Vitamins ........................ 13.4 | | | | downside for you, means the product you take |
| Blackmores Sustained Release Women's Multi | | | | every day is a hugely inferior supplement. |
| Vitamins & Minerals ....... 13.3 | | | | In other words, you get what you pay for. In |
| Natural Nutrition Mega Potency Men's Multi Vitamin | | | | some cases ignorance is bliss, in others it is a big |
| with Selenium ........ 13.3 | | | | wakeup call. My father has taken supplements for |
| Red Seal Men's Multi .............................................................................. 13.3 | | | | many years before and after he developed |
| Pharm-a-Care Men's Mega Strength Multi-Vitamin | | | | cancer and never once questioned the quality of |
| ................................. 11.7 | | | | what he was consuming. After reading this, he |
| Bioglan Men's Complete Multi Complex | | | | too, wondered why he ever thought not to |
| .................................................. 11.6 | | | | research something so important to his health, |
| Nature's Way Men's Energy Mega Multi-Vitamin | | | | when he did such a great job of researching |
| Iron-Free ..................... 11.6 | | | | anything else that he bought. |
| Blackmores Sustained Release Multi Vitamins and | | | | My advice, choose a multivitamin that is backed |
| Minerals ................... 11.5 | | | | by a great company with a good reputation and |
| Swisse Women's Ultivite Formula 1 | | | | do not just buy any old vitamin because of the |
| ........................................................ 11.5 | | | | price. You would be better off spending the |
| Pluravit Time-Release Multi ..................................................................... | | | | money on something else. |