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Is This a Good Daily Vitamin to Take?

Posted By Laurie (Worcester, MA) on 08/18/2008

Hi Ted, I have a question on daily vitamins. I cannot find a good one it seems but I am wondering about this one. **GNC Multi-GelTM Multivitamin** Here is what is in it.

Serving Size 2 soft gel capsules
Servings Per Container 60

Amount Per Serving % DV

  • Vitamin A (50% as beta-Carotene and 50% as Fish Liver Oil) 10000.00 IU 200%
  • Vitamin C (as Ascorbic Acid) 300.00 mg 500%
  • Vitamin D (as Fish Liver Oil) 400.00 IU 100%
  • Vitamin E (as d-alpha Tocopherol) 300.00 IU 1000%
  • Thiamin (Vitamin B-1)(as Thiamin Hydrochloride) 50.00 mg 3333%
  • Riboflavin (Vitamin B-2) 50.00 mg 2941%
  • Niacin (as Niacinamide) 50.00 mg 250%
  • Vitamin B-6 (as Pyridoxine Hydrochloride) 50.00 mg 2500%
  • Folic Acid 400.00 mcg 100%
  • Vitamin B12 (as Cyanocobalamin) 50.00 mcg 833%
  • Biotin 50.00 mcg 17%
  • Pantothenic Acid (as Calcium d-Pantothenate) 50.00 mg 500%
  • Calcium (as Calcium Carbonate and Dicalcium Phosphate) 200.00 mg 20%
  • Iron (as Ferrous Fumarate) 18.00 mg 100%
  • Phosphorus (as Dicalcium Phosphate) 50.00 mg 5%
  • Iodine (as Potassium Iodide) 150.00 mcg 100%
  • Magnesium (as Magnesium Oxide) 50.00 mg 13%
  • Zinc (as Zinc Sulfate) 15.00 mg 100%
  • Selenium (as Selenium Amino Acid Chelate) 50.00 mcg 71%
  • Copper (as Copper Gluconate) 2.00 mg 100%
  • Manganese (as Manganese Sulfate) 10.00 mg 500%
  • Potassium (as Potassium Sulfate) 30.00 mg 1%
  • Soybean Oil 442.00 mg **
  • Lecithin 80.00 mg **
  • Inositol 50.00 mcg **
  • para-Aminobenzoic Acid (PABA) 50.00 mg **
  • Choline (as Choline Bitartrate) 50.00 mg **

** Daily Value (DV) not established

Other Ingredients: Gelatin, Glycerin, Carob Extract, Caramel Color, Rose Hips Powder (Rosina canina)

No Artificial Color, No Artificial Flavors, No Dairy, No Preservatives, No Starch, No Sugar, No Wheat, Sodium Free, Yeast Free, No Gluten

Would you reccommend this as a good Multi Vitamin?
Thanks, Laurie

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Replied by Teri (Up North, Indiana) on 09/01/2008

A doctor once told me the only way to go with a multi is a good food-based one, preferably organic. She said no chemist in the world can decide what vitamins and minerals mother-nature wants us to have. And, that a common apple has many compounds that we haven't even discovered yet. So, they are not completely synthesizing all that we are supposed to get. Not sure if this is true, but in theory it makes sense.

Also, I know Ted is very big on the use of a fulvic/humic acid product. Shouldn't be too hard to find a post talking about it.
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