Becca EmaNymton wrote:
>Brooklyn1 wrote:
>>Bryan wrote:
>>>Seymore4Head wrote:
>>>>
>>>> In the past I bought some One a day vitamins. They were roughly the
>>>> size of a M&M. The batch I just bought are the size of horse pills.
>>>> I would prefer to take the smaller size, but I also wonder is the
>>>> smaller ones are more concentrated or just have proportionally less.
>>>
>>> My wife takes multivitamins almost every day. I take one once every 3-5 days.
>>> Taking *One A Day* seems like a waste of money. Also, buying name brand
>>> vitamins instead of generic equivalents seems wasteful.
>>
>> I take Centrum Silver (for adults 50+), well worth the few pennies
>> more. The tablets are smaller, coated and better configured for
>> easier swallowing. Just because generics indicate equal contents that
>> in no way means your body absorbs the ingredients equally... that's
>> true of Rx drugs too... the brand names typically have a better
>> delivery system, and usually are time release for even delivery
>> whereas generis disolve all at once so give a large dose initially and
>> then nothing. I've tried the equivalent generic to Centrum... the
>> tablets are huge, at least 30% larger, they have a weird configuration
>> with sharp edges and are not coated... real horse pills. I also tried
>> the "gummy" vitamins, they stick to my teeth and cause the mucous in
>> my throat to thicken... I finished the bottle by swallowing rather
>> then chewing. Years ago my doctors would tell me vitamins were a
>> waste of money but nowadays all my doctors recommend a daily multi
>> vitamin... I think because the vitamins have much improved and because
>> most people even though they try do not eat a well balanced diet...
>> for more foods are processed and fast food rather than home cooked
>> from scratch. Nowadays far more people eat out, ALL restaurant food
>> is garbage, lucky not to get food poisoning. I don't eat anything out
>> anymore, I do all my own cooking, and I consume lots of fresh veggies
>> and fruit, but most folks don't. I used to enjoy eating out
>> occasionally but over the last five years or so I've been very
>> disappointed in the food quality even in the better restos... prices
>> are higher, a lot higher, but food quality is lower, a lot lower. In
>> this economy everyone cheats, to stay in business they need to.
>
>Sheldon, I also use Centrum Silver, I like it because they add Lycopene
>and Lutein. I just hope I do not read newspaper headlines in the year
>2020, that says, "Lycopene and Lutein, Nature's Biggest Killer!" lol

I'd say you're safe... I hear Lycopene and Lutein are breast
enhancers... you may need to buy larger bras. Not to worry, I can
help, I'm good with a palm and needle:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzKhbhdEfC8