Animal Paks

[ExtraMile]

How actually good are these? I heard they are a bodybuilding based vitamin, like a super multivitamin. Im pretty young (14) and so I stick to fish oil, multi's and whey as my supplements but the vitamins I take are just 100% RDA. Now my parents do alot of running and take these other ones that have some vitamins up to 800% RDA. And with all my lifting and cardio and hard work I guess maybe I need more vitamins than the RDA... after all for someone wanting a high protein diet the UK's RDA would put my on 60g's a day lol so obviously the RDA's arent always the best figures to follow.

What I want to know is will I actually benefit at all from taking more vitamins through a better/bigger multivitamin?

 

[joe d]

i think animal pack sucks. i have heard this from many others also. i think the name brand multi v's are all better. i have been using nelsons dx7 for about a month now and am happy with them. they are probably the best i have taken.

 

[SouthernLord]

Animal pak is a poor multi vitamin. Kitchen sink supp.

 

[ExtraMile]

You got a link to where I can buy them joe d? Oh I forgot to mension needs to be sold in the UK and I dont really have heaps of £££ to spend right now either...

 

[the.gladiator1987]

animal pak are good, maybe some just dont like all the pills. I do believe they are too much imo but you cant go wrong with too many vitamins. However for the price and benefit, I actually think GNC's Men Sport multi is better

The RDA sucks though, its like a minimum requirement without having a defiency. Thatd be like saying have 2 glasses of water a day and you WILL live. Healthy? No

 

[joe d]

i dont know if their international. proteinfactory.com and the ef store both sell them

 

[iron asylum]

The first thing to look at in a vitamin is to make sure it isnt pressure packed (compacted) These most the time do not even digest before you shit them out in the same form you swallowed them in. Capsules or liquid gel are much better along with the sublinguel kind.

 

[ExtraMile]

The first thing to look at in a vitamin is to make sure it isnt pressure packed (compacted) These most the time do not even digest before you shit them out in the same form you swallowed them in. Capsules or liquid gel are much better along with the sublinguel kind.

Ah so the actual tablet ones that can snap in half are not actually much good?

So basically what do people find to be the best multi out there?

 

[joe d]

its not all tabs. some tabs are soft when you break them they almost powderise. these tabs are not bad.

the animal pack tabs are like rocks. extremely hard to digest. but it is better to go with a liquid or capped powder

 

[ExtraMile]

Ok, got any reccomendations? Or a link to the site with the nelson dx7 multi you reccomended?