Hello jelitch,

i am 50 this year and I never felt better because I use natural vitamins. I would never buy bargain priced items because there is a old saying.. "you get what you pay for". I rather invest in my health so I can have a near troublesome health. I have been taking natural vitamins for a few years now, that I liked them so much I became a independant distributor for pharmanex. A person over 40 should take a product like lifepak prime complex. It's designed for men over 40 and post- menopausal women. It's provides glucosamine,increased calcium and more alpha-lipoic acid, coenzyme q10, magnesium,zinc,greentea,vitamin b12,vitamin d3 and specific nutrients that targets the aging process.
sincerely
helpfuldave

Zzzzzzzz nap time. I would rather have something organic with fiber personally. If I want to drink something to help me (besides fruit juice, teas, and water of course), i'll have some liquid cholorophyll.

There is a brand new product on the market called vemma. It is a liquid drink multivitamin and is now being reccommended by those in the medical community. If you'd like to check it out here's the link. Http://www.Myvemma.Com/superiornutrition

Hi there,

beware of the marketing spin concerning liquid vitamin products.

Manufacturers of many liquid vitamin supplements have been making some hefty claims in that their products have extremely high levels of bioavailability (absorption) – much higher than that of tablets.

In some cases they’re claiming bioavailability rates of almost 100% (e.G. Seasilver)!

Many of the companies selling liquid multi vitamins are multi level marketing companies – they rely more on hype and spin than good science to sell their products.

They take advantage of the fact that supplement consumers do not understand the principles behind the bioavailability of nutrients and so they structure their marketing presentations to make it appear that the bioavailability and efficacy of their product is much higher than it really is.

A major problem we need to think about is that a number of the most important key ingredients used in supplements (tablet or liquid) are susceptible to destruction by stomach acids.

Because of this there are many scientists that believe only about 10 - 15% of the active ingredients make it into the blood stream. (this is considered an approximate industry average by many scientists).

The only supplement delivery system that overcomes this problem is called enteric coating (applied to hard tablet supplements). This harmless aqueous coating protects the ingredients as they pass through the stomach until they reach the upper intestine where absorption takes place. Enteric coating has been used to protect key ingredients in pharmaceutical drugs for many years and is a main factor as to why drugs work so well.

Since liquid nutritional supplements have no delivery system how on earth do they claim near 100% absorption?

Their nutrients are susceptible to destruction by stomach acid just the same as non-enteric coated tablets. If however they do not contain any of these key ingredients then that's ok. (vitamins and minerals are not effected - but a highly efficacious and nutritionally complete multi ingredient supplement will contain far more than just vitamins and minerals).

'liquid life complete' which you asked about describes itself as a complete nutritional product - but the formula is very simple. Most of the key ingredients are missing . And it contains iron which it should not! Iron is an oxidant – too much iron oxidizes ldl cholesterol which makes it more toxic and more likely to end up in the arteries. Only people diagnosed with a deficiency should supplement with iron.

Liquid life costs only $20 because it is primarily made up of vitamins and minerals - the cheapest ingredients in supplements. 800 mg of vitamin c is too much (in doses of 400mg up, vitamin c acts as a proxidant - the opposite of antioxidant!) the dose amounts of the herbals and amino acids are really small - these are key ingredients and the health benefits from such small doses are questionable. Thats why it costs only $20.

Manufacturers of liquid nutritional supplements also usually make a big fuss that their products contain enzymes (liquid life doesn't). Don’t buy the hype with those that do!! The enzyme component is negligible because they are not added, but are naturally occurring within the food matrix used in liquid multi vitamins. There are only trace amounts – nowhere near enough to be of benefit.

Enzymes cannot be added into to liquid nutritional supplements due to their sensitivity. They can only survive in a liquid form for approximately a few hours.

To get maximum absorption (estimated at around 80%) you need a supplement in tablet form that is enteric coated.

I believe the leading liquid vitamin supplements are very pricey for what they offer- they don't give you good value for money (and check the labels for any artificial sweeteners to mask the bitter taste of vitamins - and for any preservatives). 'liquid life complete' is sweetened with crystalline fructose - this is ok (comes from cornstarch).

You may like to take a look at the enteric coated supplement I use- it costs about the same as the leading liquid supplements (and has 83 ingredients). You can see it evaluated and reviewed against the leading supplements in the industry (including lifepak which dave mentioned above in this thread)

if you're interested please copy and paste this url into your browser window.


Http://www.Nutritional-supplement-truths.C om/


and look for my page about bioavailabilty (absorption) of supplements - it gives the names of all the ingredients damaged by stomach acid.

Hope this helps


cheers

:d


brett
(nutritional-supplement-truths.Com)

I took liquid vitamins several years ago and immediately felt differences between liquid and solid. The first difference was the ability to take the liqiud vitamin without having to eat something so I wouldn't feel sick the way I did with the B vitamins in the solid ones. I realized that I no longer experienced heartburn if I took some of the vitamins. Silly me stopped taking them for a time because so many people told me vitamins are all the same.
So after another several years without a liquid vitamin I began searching for a good one because the tablets were not cutting it.
I was fortunate to find a good one that didn't break the bank. Some of the things my sister noticed when she started taking them are her blood sugar levels came down. My sister has the paper work for three years prior to using the vitamins and the tests show her levels going up consistantly until she got on the liquid vitamins. Her last blood work up showed her to be within 5 points of being considered nondiabetic the doctor said. The vitamins kept the infection down on an absessed tooth she had. When she stopped taking the vitamins the infection flared up. There is no doubt what was helping. My husband uses them if he isn't feeling well and or has a cold and it never fails to knock it out. I have not been sick at all since starting them. I know they have helped build my immune system. My bone density is great according to my test. My hair is growing and my nails have stopped breaking off. I love them and I will not go back to solid tablets. If you are interested in trying them or researching them feel free. I can only tell you what my family has experienced. Good luck

I take a multivitamin energy supplement, that is one of the most potent, easy to assimilate, great tasting (like orange juice), fast absorbing, once a day supplements available. It contains vitamins, minerals, a phytonutrient blend, energizing blend, antioxidant blend, so you pretty much have all your bases covered when taking this ONE supplement. Email me if you want more information.


Stay healthy,

J.C.

Hi,

I agree with Brett445 about a hype which sometimes (very often!) surrounds dietary supplements.
Using general ignorance among majority of customers in areas of health and nutrition, some manufacturers make all kind of claims, and it is sometimes really hard to find the truth.

This is not only about liquid vitamins. Spray vitamins, vitamin patches, sublingual vitamins - all these products are surrounded by flashy slogans and great promises.

Are these 100% true claims? Or only 50%?...

Leave alone dietary supplements - there are some products which are marketed as "healthy", but in fact are not... (Think "vitamin water").

Best,

Meir

My wife & I have been taking it for a while.

I dont care about the above comments.

The use of liquid life has litterally helped my wifes blood sugar & mine both and has been already confirmed that it was the only change we made to the diet for a month and it litterally helped the numbers.

While the hype may not be true... the reality is that its likley better than the
regular multi's we took previously.

Though we are looking for additional stuff and are redoing some of the research.

I love it and I've seen a huge benefit in energy levels and overall health. I also give them to my kids... I found some of the above comments annoying, and it sounds like they want to sell you something. Cheers.

My wife & I have been.

Not sure about absorbtion...but its great for us.

though at times it seems more like a energy boost... its per the balance of vitamins it gives.