Cheap Vitamins etc?

footyfan

Thanks mum2one - I'll check them out.

Ted_Hutchinson

Healthy Direct24% cashback
Via Quidco

Don't buy Vitamin D from Zipvit it's the least effective, prescription form Ergocalciferol Vitamin D2. Otherwise Zipvit are OK. Always worth checking Simply Supplements as well

But remember most vitamins mineral are best most efficiently absorbed from food sources. If for example you are concerned about PAIN in your joints you have to understand that pain is the result of inflammation and what is needed is more natural anti inflammatory agents in your system. We have an epidemic of low vitamin D status throughout the year. Most people don't consume the 4g of Omega 3 the body requires daily and although I have probably posted frequently about Netto's 18p Sardines in Tomato sauce I've never seen anyone else buying them nor do I see many others appreciating the health benefits of home ground flaxseed which are a good source of magnesium (another anti inflammatory substance) as is Green tea

The above isn't to put you off buying chondroitin or glucosamine but I do hope you try to use your diet and regular exposure to sunshine to increase the amount of natural anti inflammatory agents available for your body to use and also consider an effective strength of Vitamin D3 daily if you want to extend your life span.

footyfan

Thanks for the Quidco 'heads-up' for Healthy Direct, Ted_Hutchinson. :T

The information you've provided, particularly about natural anti-inflamatory agents and natural sources, is also very interesting.

DebtphobicDeirdre

:T :T :T Ted, Ted, Ted!
I am a Netto sardine addict because of you, even the dog gets them twice a week. Also I am very aware of the Sun as my main supplier of Vit D and now I have my coffee grinder I can actually get benefit from the flax seeds which I have been taking to help with constipation-dominant IBS (aka Swelly Belly in my family.) You are a household name at the Debtphobic's Digs and I'm truly sorry that you haven't been aware of our appreciation.

bolt757

Good morning,
I suggest you go to Vitacost to buy top brand vitamins at the lowest cost. Use the following link to view an introduction to the Vitacost web site.

http://drwalkerfastanddetoxdiet.com/vitacost1.15.html

Have a good day, week and year,
Bruce

Ted_Hutchinson

bolt757 wrote: »

Good morning,
I suggest you go to Vitacost to buy top brand vitamins at the lowest cost.

Vitacost Acetyl L-Carnitine HCl -- 500 mg - 300 Capsules $29.99
Acetyl-L-Carnitine 500mg zipvit 90 £7.45 or £24.83 for 300

CoQ10 -- 100 mg - 120 Vitacost these are a slightly lower strength than Zipvit $11.88
Zipvit Co-Enzyme-Q10 120mg - 120 £43.95

The postage from USA is a bit much $32.18 but I still show a saving on the Zipvit price. I'll let you know have fast they come and what happens about VAT.

bolt757

Good morning Ted,
Your quote:
"We must raise the RDA of vitamin D3 to 4000iu/d, & TUL to 10,000iu/d. Adequate Vitamin D intake reduces cancer incidence 77%. and has now been shown to increase by 2-3yrs your life expectancy. Arch Intern Med. 2007;167:1709-1710", should be of interest to all.

Vitacost sells (item #NI 005994) Vitamin D3 with 2,000 IU, 300 caps for $11.99. Taking two of these caps per day cost about 6 cents. This is a extremely low cost to pay to reduces cancer incidence 77%.

For an introduction to vitacost online vitamins at wholesale cost go to:

http://drwalkerfastanddetoxdiet.com/vitacost1.15.html

Have a good day, week and year,
Bruce

Ted_Hutchinson

bolt757 wrote: »

Vitacost sells (item #NI 005994) Vitamin D3 with 2,000 IU, 300 caps for $11.99. Taking two of these caps per day cost about 6 cents. This is a extremely low cost to pay to reduces cancer incidence 77%

But you can buy 5000iu/D3 from Biotec at $15.70 X 250 capsules
and shipping would run between $12-$15.

It's the shipping $32.18 to the UK from Vitacost that pushes up the price too much (unless you are buying a load of other stuff)

Because the half life of Vit d is around 3 weeks it doesn't matter if you take a high dose capsule on fewer days of the week. To average 4000iu/daily you just need to take 5 x 5000iu one week and 6 x 5000iu the next this totals 55000iu / 14 = 3929iu/daily.

I work out that if you are just buying high strength vitamin d3 it will work out cheaper to go via Biotec but either way you are right to suggest it is a trivial amount of money to stay vitamin D replete. (even cheaper to use free sun when it's available)

I'm a bit puzzled as to why you use the link you provide and not a direct link to Vitacost Official Site Is it some kind of affiliate link? If so it should perhaps be on the Referrers Board

SkylineDriver

I used to use healthy direct but the products take ages to arrive. I now use zipvit and have done for the last 12 months, they can not be beaten on price and if you find the product cheaper elsewhere then they will match the price. Delivery is always either the next day or the day after to :T

Ted_Hutchinson

SkylineDriver wrote: »

I used to use healthy direct but the products take ages to arrive. I now use zipvit and have done for the last 12 months, they can not be beaten on price and if you find the product cheaper elsewhere then they will match the price. Delivery is always either the next day or the day after to :T

I must admit to generally being a satisfied Zipvit customer but I have to say that when I challenged a price match they messed me around somewhat dreadfully, passing me from pillar to post, moving the goal posts, creating delay so I nearly gave up they were simply trying to evade their pledge. I wouldn't bother to try that again, more hassle than it was worth.
Totally different at Simply Supplements. When I tried a price pledge with them I explained where the cheaper price was and without checking with a supervisor, the deduction was made.

I doubt Zipvit though will price match against a USA supplier though. Just look at the difference in price on the two items listed in post #8