You have answered many of the questions I've had about buying supplements or vitamins. I'm especially glad to know about the dark glass, as I'd wondered about that. I am going to ask you about something you mentioned but didn't address -- strengths.
I know that more is not usually better, and so I wonder why, for instance, the manufacturers make so many different strengths of Vitamin E, or C. I know in the case of vitamins, there are recommended daily allowances to go by. But with supplements (maybe chondroitin or glucosamine supplements, for instance), there doesn't seem to be a standard.
In general, do smaller strengths tend to be best? Are the directions on the bottle developed with the average person in mind?
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Virginia, what an awesome post!
You have answered many of the questions I've had about buying supplements or vitamins. I'm especially glad to know about the dark glass, as I'd wondered about that. I am going to ask you about something you mentioned but didn't address -- strengths.
I know that more is not usually better, and so I wonder why, for instance, the manufacturers make so many different strengths of Vitamin E, or C. I know in the case of vitamins, there are recommended daily allowances to go by. But with supplements (maybe chondroitin or glucosamine supplements, for instance), there doesn't seem to be a standard.
In general, do smaller strengths tend to be best? Are the directions on the bottle developed with the average person in mind?
December 23, 2008 - 9:58amThis Comment
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