Nature Made is a bottom-tier vitamin company. Their products are nominal and I imagine the absorption is not the best. Unfortunately, they are the only ones widely available here in Japan. When I lived in the USA, I would buy vitamins at Sprouts or The Vitamin Shoppe mostly (plus another, but I forget the name).
Well, I said "I imagine" and you've asked me for a source. I implied that I have no source. I'm not saying I refuse to buy Nature Made products; I'm saying that there are better ones out there. For example, one could argue whether calcium citrate is better than calcium carbonate (which Nature Made uses) as a calcium suplement. Calcium carbonate is essentially chalk (which Bill Gates wanted to spray into the air) and one could argue that calcium citrate is better if you are concerned about kidney stones. Nature Made gets the job done, but there are better companies out there, like Jarrow Formulas sitting right next to the bottle in this picture. Nature's Bounty to the left of it is maybe not top quality either. These will suffice, especially if nothing better is available (like the situation I am faced with in Japan).
Nature Made is a bottom-tier vitamin company. Their products are nominal and I imagine the absorption is not the best. Unfortunately, they are the only ones widely available here in Japan. When I lived in the USA, I would buy vitamins at Sprouts or The Vitamin Shoppe mostly (plus another, but I forget the name).
Source?
I mean, you're imagining things or this is based on something more concrete?
Well, I said "I imagine" and you've asked me for a source. I implied that I have no source. I'm not saying I refuse to buy Nature Made products; I'm saying that there are better ones out there. For example, one could argue whether calcium citrate is better than calcium carbonate (which Nature Made uses) as a calcium suplement. Calcium carbonate is essentially chalk (which Bill Gates wanted to spray into the air) and one could argue that calcium citrate is better if you are concerned about kidney stones. Nature Made gets the job done, but there are better companies out there, like Jarrow Formulas sitting right next to the bottle in this picture. Nature's Bounty to the left of it is maybe not top quality either. These will suffice, especially if nothing better is available (like the situation I am faced with in Japan).
Rgr