Animal Pak multi worth $$

[ironman5151]

Is the Animal pak multi vitamins really work the money and worth taking 11 pills every day just for vitamins?

 

[ridge11]

No. Find a cheap multi-v with 100% or less of everything and pop them throughout the day.

 

[BOOMSHAKER]

Are they worth it VS do you need them are two different things. Yes they are some good vit's. Do you need all of them? "MAYBE" not! If you are eating a good clean diet. And watching your fat intake, and sodium intake and such. Then the last thing to do is to get a CBC done. Chances are you may be just fine and may only need very little in the way of extra supps to support your already clean diet. Good luck.


(agree with ridge11 also)

 

[Showy0023]

Is the Animal pak multi vitamins really work the money and worth taking 11 pills every day just for vitamins?

Is 24$ for a 1.5 month supply of a good mulit really that expensive? Thats just 16$ per month. I have taken them for years........love 'em.

 

[ironman5151]

thanks for the opinions...Not really expensive but just the thought of 11 pills a day plus additonal vitamins seems little much.

I was just thinking of trying some so just curious of what others thought.

Thanks again for the posts.

 

[gooey]

well...

Ive been told their too expensive and go find a better type or what not.....and Ive used it for the last 7-8 years ive been training... been around since 1983 for a reason huh?

Goo

 

[shawnkarbabacz]

i absolutely DO think they are worth it. the 11 pills or whatever it is is a tad extreme, but animal is the only multi ive ever taken that i actually feel less sluggish while taking, and can tell a difference when i go off it. Its worth the extra 5 or 6 bucks each month.... IMHO

 

[The Booger]

It'd be nice if they could cut the 11 pills down to maybe 5 or 6 but eh, I've been using them for about a year.

Some store had a big clearance on them online and I bought a bunch.

Sort of freaked the lady out at the drug testing place yesterday. My urine was rather.....potent and yellow. Took the test right after waking up so I wasn't very hydrated. I was sweating like a pig all last night (AC is broken....).

 

[UncleMings]

thanks for the opinions...Not really expensive but just the thought of 11 pills a day plus additonal vitamins seems little much.

I was just thinking of trying some so just curious of what others thought.

Thanks again for the posts.

they are great. felt great on them. used them for awhile but stop. the pills are rediculous. 11 and alot of them are horse pills.

im srry but i dont have that kind of talent to swallow them.

 

[scrapper13]

from my experience they are over kill and therefore a lot of what is in them is not absorbed and passes right through you. I've gotten similar results from less expensive multi-v's that contain more appropriate amounts of some of the ingredients. Im not saying that the FDA recommended values are anywhere near correct however when a supplement is providing 3000 % of a particular vitamin it simply cannot all be absorbed at one time. Hope this helps

 

[knucklehed]

call it placebo if you want

It may be exessive, but: Nothing exceeds like excess

 

[Tyrone]

I have to think that excessive percentages are becuase of the way the liver reacts to them...this way, at least some gets through?!?

 

[vadim_b1]

Animal pak is a very poorly formulated product.

if you want a good multivitamin formula look into AOR Ortho-core.

And before people bash me because of its price, you have to keep in mind a few factors which absolutely have to be kept in mind when looking for a multivitamin formula.

1. You want the vitamins to be present in their natural forms, which are easily assimilated by the body, not synthetic forms which can actually cause deficiencies!
Examples - vitamin A has to be present in the form of MIXED carotenoids, not simply beta carotene or retinol.
Vitamin E has to be present in the form of mixed tocopherols, not just alpha tocopherol
Vitamin D has to be present in the form of D3, not the much weaker D2.
Vitamin B-12 has to be present in the form of methyl or hydroxycobalamin, not cyanocobalamin.
2. Minerals, the amount of calcium MUST be low, and be present alongside sufficient quantities of vitamin D3, otherwise it will interfere with absorption of practically every other mineral.
Minerals must be present in the form of chelates, or at least bonded to organic acids, not in the inorganic form (not magnesium OXIDE, but magnesium amino acid chelate or magnesium lactate)
3. Some might disagree but i dont want toxic garbage like vanadyl sulphate in my multivitamin.
4. If you include other co-factors, have them in amounts that will actually do something, not 20 mg of L-carnitine in Animal pak and write that your formula contains L-carnitine.
5. Your formula must be in caps, not hard pressed tabs which may not even be assimilated properly. Fat soluble vitamins should be in oil gelcaps.

now check how many formulas on the market actually fill the above requirements.
Its not about saving money here, its about purchasing something that your body can actually use, and something that can help you fill your nutritional deficiencies, not having a placebo effect because youre taking something.

 

[gyno]

spot on...as usual.

Animal pak is a very poorly formulated product.

if you want a good multivitamin formula look into AOR Ortho-core.

And before people bash me because of its price, you have to keep in mind a few factors which absolutely have to be kept in mind when looking for a multivitamin formula.

1. You want the vitamins to be present in their natural forms, which are easily assimilated by the body, not synthetic forms which can actually cause deficiencies!
Examples - vitamin A has to be present in the form of MIXED carotenoids, not simply beta carotene or retinol.
Vitamin E has to be present in the form of mixed tocopherols, not just alpha tocopherol
Vitamin D has to be present in the form of D3, not the much weaker D2.
Vitamin B-12 has to be present in the form of methyl or hydroxycobalamin, not cyanocobalamin.
2. Minerals, the amount of calcium MUST be low, and be present alongside sufficient quantities of vitamin D3, otherwise it will interfere with absorption of practically every other mineral.
Minerals must be present in the form of chelates, or at least bonded to organic acids, not in the inorganic form (not magnesium OXIDE, but magnesium amino acid chelate or magnesium lactate)
3. Some might disagree but i dont want toxic garbage like vanadyl sulphate in my multivitamin.
4. If you include other co-factors, have them in amounts that will actually do something, not 20 mg of L-carnitine in Animal pak and write that your formula contains L-carnitine.
5. Your formula must be in caps, not hard pressed tabs which may not even be assimilated properly. Fat soluble vitamins should be in oil gelcaps.

now check how many formulas on the market actually fill the above requirements.
Its not about saving money here, its about purchasing something that your body can actually use, and something that can help you fill your nutritional deficiencies, not having a placebo effect because youre taking something.

 

[7_Deadly_Sins]

Animal pak is a very poorly formulated product.

if you want a good multivitamin formula look into AOR Ortho-core.

And before people bash me because of its price, you have to keep in mind a few factors which absolutely have to be kept in mind when looking for a multivitamin formula.

1. You want the vitamins to be present in their natural forms, which are easily assimilated by the body, not synthetic forms which can actually cause deficiencies!
Examples - vitamin A has to be present in the form of MIXED carotenoids, not simply beta carotene or retinol.
Vitamin E has to be present in the form of mixed tocopherols, not just alpha tocopherol
Vitamin D has to be present in the form of D3, not the much weaker D2.
Vitamin B-12 has to be present in the form of methyl or hydroxycobalamin, not cyanocobalamin.
2. Minerals, the amount of calcium MUST be low, and be present alongside sufficient quantities of vitamin D3, otherwise it will interfere with absorption of practically every other mineral.
Minerals must be present in the form of chelates, or at least bonded to organic acids, not in the inorganic form (not magnesium OXIDE, but magnesium amino acid chelate or magnesium lactate)
3. Some might disagree but i dont want toxic garbage like vanadyl sulphate in my multivitamin.
4. If you include other co-factors, have them in amounts that will actually do something, not 20 mg of L-carnitine in Animal pak and write that your formula contains L-carnitine.
5. Your formula must be in caps, not hard pressed tabs which may not even be assimilated properly. Fat soluble vitamins should be in oil gelcaps.

now check how many formulas on the market actually fill the above requirements.
Its not about saving money here, its about purchasing something that your body can actually use, and something that can help you fill your nutritional deficiencies, not having a placebo effect because youre taking something.

Wow...45 bucks for a months worth.
#5 you're right on about.






vadim_b1 , clear your PM box.

 

[vadim_b1]

done

to me its worth it because with it I know for sure that im not deficient in anything.

 

[Dezzy]

Is the Animal pak multi vitamins really work the money and worth taking 11 pills every day just for vitamins?

Are they worth the money: Yes

Are they worth taking 11 pills every day (all the other supplements I take): No. For me.

 

[vadim_b1]

I dont think relying on raw foods will cut it anymore... In fact the medical community is suspecting that many people are in fact vitamin D deficient and this is one of the factors responsible for heart disease and osteoporosis epidemic

 

[Ashop]

i absolutely DO think they are worth it. the 11 pills or whatever it is is a tad extreme, but animal is the only multi ive ever taken that i actually feel less sluggish while taking, and can tell a difference when i go off it. Its worth the extra 5 or 6 bucks each month.... IMHO

I will have to try these again sometime myself. I currently eat a Flinstone 2 x per day.

 

[Doomed Messiah]

Same here Alin. I swear by my Flintstones..now with choline.