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GNC Mega Men 180 cap ex 06-2011 |  | Brand: GNC
Category: Health and Beauty
List Price: $32.99
Buy New: $22.99
as of 9/4/2010 12:43 CDT details
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Seller: usa.mega.vitamin
Rating:  17 reviews
Sales Rank: 2349
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 6.1 x 3.1 x 3
UPC: 048107086169
EAN: 0048107086169
ASIN: B000TB2YX6
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Maximum performance formula for men | | • | Amino acid blend with L-arginine | | • | With Lutein, Lycopene and alpha-Lipoic Acid |
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Product Description
Consumption of antioxidant nutrients Selenium, Vitamins C and E may reduce the risk of certain types of cancer.The latest scientific research suggests that all adults can benefit from taking a multiple vitamin daily.Supplies fruit, carotenoid, vegetable and amino acid blends to provide food based nutritional support.
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| Customer Reviews:
Showing reviews 1-5 of 17
 Better Price! July 6, 2010
Todd Shearer (Denver, CO)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Even after shipping this one is priced right and ships fast. Will probably buy here again.Product in excellent new condition.
The Best Multivitamin for Men July 4, 2010
HTBK (San Francisco, CA USA)
You can't do any better than this for a men's multivitamin. It has no iron, 50% Vitamin A as beta-carotene, and a nice fruits and vegetables blend to help balance the diet for those of us who don't get enough variety of those in our daily diets (aka pretty much all of us).
There's not really anything that this vitamin is missing. The only downside may be that it has more than you need of some vitamins, but nothing toxic, just saturation that will flush out of your system and so is wasted.
Note that there's a Sport version, but it's basically the same product with some BCAAs, Taurine, Glutamine, and Creatine substituted for the fruits and vegetables. If you're working out regularly, I recommend you just take a good protein blend supplemented with simple Glutamine and Creatine, like Glutamine Powder Unflavored 1000 gr and Optimum Nutrition Creatine Powder 600G, Unflavored, (Optimum), (1.32 -pounds) Bottle. Don't sacrifice the antioxidants of fruits and vegetables in your vitamins just to jam these ingredients in there instead.
For reference, I take this product with Nordic Naturals Ultimate Omega, 1,000 mg Fish Oil, 180 Soft Gels and Green Tea Mega EGCG™ (100 veggie capsules). It's a great regimen and I've seen real results.
 Cream of the Crop! June 7, 2010
J. jones (Anderson,IN)
I work out and run 10-12 miles a week, so I need a multi that will perform as I do. I am willing to pay a little more for premium supplements because I believe they are much better for you than the cheaper ones, some of which are worthless. I know that when I bought the less expensive vitamins I didn't have the energy or stamina I needed and my workout suffered. I tried the trial version of Mega Men and noticed an immediate difference. First of all, I was able to finish strong whether working out or running. Next, I maintained my energy level, even later in the day, when I would normally begin to tire. Finally, I noticed that if I stayed on the Mega Men supplements, I didn't get unusually hungry, and could more readily control my cravings. This puts Mega Men at the top of the list of multivitamins. I only use Mega Men and one other multi, for which I also gave a review.
Great product February 26, 2010
David Siguenza
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I take two every morning with my breakfast and they work great. I no longer drink coffee and I have enough energy to work out intensely four days a week.
 Over-rated and over-priced February 8, 2010
John Marrow
67 out of 73 found this review helpful
This is probably the most over-rated multivitamin right now; the sad thing is, most people who buy this tend to think that they are buying something way better than Centrum or One-A-Day (as if that really says anything).
These vitamins are in caplet forms (which is basically just a coated tablet) and they are huge. If you're not good at swallowing pills then this multi should be avoided.
Now, let's talk about the quality of this product, after all, most of us take vitamins to improve our health so let's see if this multivitamin has what one would really need:
The good thing is that 50% of the vitamin A is in the form of beta-carotene. And unfortunately that's about where the good stops and where the rest of the cheapness of this vitamin begins:
It lists the calcium as a mixture of calcium carbonate and calcium citrate. Calcium carbonate is a very cheap form of calcium and has a very low absorption rate in the body. Most cheap vitamins (such as Centrum and One-A-Day) uses calcium carbonate because it's cheap and the general public doesn't know any better. Calcium citrate on the other hand, is a very expensive but possibly the best form of calcium available. GNC's Mega Men does a tactic to fool people into thinking they are getting quality calcium: they mix both the carbonate and citrate forms of calcium together, without even stating what percentage of the calcium is in the carbonate form and what percentage is in the citrate form. For all we know, this could be 99% calcium carbonate and only 1% calcium citrate.
Another cheap ingredient is magensium in the form of magensium oxide. Again, magnesium citrate is the superior form of magnesium. This time GNC doesn't even try to disguise their cheap magnesium, it is just straight up cheap magnesium oxide. Zinc is also in a cheap oxide form.
Vitamin B12 is in the cheap cyanocobalmin form, which methylcobalamin is the active form of B-12, another strike against this cheap multi in disguise of a quality product.
This vitamin does give 200mcg of selenium which is the desired amount to get the most health benefits according to the latest research... too bad it's not in the L-Selenomethionine form which is the active form of selenium.
The list goes on on why this is actually not that great of a vitamin, but the topper, to top everything off, it contains titanium dioxide which is a possible carcinogen.
Bottom line: look for another multi. This is really not much better than Centrum of One-A-Day, but it sure is a HECK of a lot more expensive!
Tips to look for in a multiviatmin:
-Vitamin A as 100% betacarotene (the safest form of vitamin A, unless you smoke, in which case beta-carotene can increase your chances of lung cancer)
-minerals in either citrate or amino acid chelate forms, but NOT carbonates or oxides, i.e. calcium citrate & magnesium citrate (not mixtures such as what this multi does)
-methylcobalmin for vitamin B-12
-200mcg of selenium in the L-selenomethionine form
-capsule, softgel or liquid is the perferred form since caplets/tablets have a harder time dissolving and some brands have been found to not dissolve at all... for the record, GNC Mega Men's does not have this problem.
-Avoid vitamins that have artificial fillers or objectionable ingredients, such as titanium dioxide.
Almost no multivitamin is going to be completely perfect so some additional supplementing is almost always going to be needed. But this multivitamin just has too many flaws to over-come.
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