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[Brews]

Hi, I hope this is the right forum for this. I am trying a new multi-vit and wanted to see what others here thought of it. It's called Orange Triad by Controlled Labs.

thanks

[VampIyer]

Controlled Labs makes some interesting products, but they're mostly targeted toward athletes. I've heard of Orange Triad, and it doesn't seem bad:

- Too much Zinc for that amount of Copper. 15:1 ratio is probably better. NOW ADAM is guilty of this as well.
- Vitamin K2 (mk4 and/or mk7) would have been nice, but most don't have that.
- magnesium, chromium are too low for me.
- Selenium is at the upper limit so I wouldn't supplement any additional long-term.
- Seems like a lot of Riboflavin? Probably no big deal.
- Methylcobalamin as b12 is a good sign
- E-complex seems decent, but no relative amounts of each type listed.

They are not specific about some of their ingredients and dosages. Mineral "chelates" is vague to me. Which chelate? The entire mix of them, as in a balanced Kreb cycle chelate? Then - in what proportions? At least that's better than just having a bunch of mineral OXIDES like much of the garbage out there.

The vitamin seems to be a JOINT-formula. I don't see anything wrong with that part. I don't know what to make of the "Digestion and Immune Complex." R-ALA is in orthocore, and the other antioxidants are quite standard, however they are again vague with the dosages and extracts. (If the pomegranate is pom40p or 80% ellagic acid then I'd like to know that specifically. I'd also like to know how much T-Resveratrol is in their "knotweed.")

I'd say it's far better than the junk vitamins most people take.

A lot of people around here either piece together their own vitamins to get the forms of minerals/vitamins that they want, or they take something like AOR Orthocore, AOR multi-basics, or the LEF vitamin. I noticed that the Millenium Sports ZMK + MVP combo isn't too bad either.

I take Orthocore, but I add more B5 (and specifically pantethine), D3, magnesium, zinc, tocotrienols, and choline. Ideally I'd do away with Orthocore and get EXACTLY what I want WRT each ingredient/dosage, and this would allow for more optimal timing. However, at least for now, I've decided that Orthocore is a good compromise for the convenience.

Edited by VampIyer, 14 March 2009 - 08:10 AM.

[waldemar]

What is the Phosphorus doing in there? Although in that amount it probably won't matter.

[Brews]

thanks for the input.