Best kind of Vitamins?

Question

What are the best brand/kind of vitamin supplements to buy for a woman?

Answer 1

First, you need to know that the Nutritional Supplement Industry is regulated based on the Food Standard which is far less stringent that the prescription drugs. Most follows the GMP Food standard. To ensure quality and bioavailability (ie. get digested / absorpted) it is important to meet the following criteria when choose the supplement to ensure high quality:
1) What GMP standard does the manufacturing adopt? Food or Pharmaceutical standard.
2) Does the company own its own research and manufacturing plant or does it buy from other and do the marketing only?
3) Does it meet the US Pharmacopoeia, BP Pharmacopoeia specification for quality, potency and disintegration.
4) It is included in the Singapore Master Index of Medical Specialities (MIMS) which is used by Doctor for over the counter non-drug prescription.
5) Does it meet Consumer Lab testing of quality?

By the way, to similify the job, you may go to the Singapore Library to borrow the book "Comparative Guide to Nutritional Supplements" by Lyle MacWilliam which compares and ranks over 1000 multivitamins in USA and Canada.
Several of the products listed are also available in Singapore eg, GNC, Centrum.
I managed to borrow it from the library and is currently reading it. It is informative and educational.

As for women vitamins and mineral supplements it is not much difference from men. But you may want to supplement with calcium supplement.

Hope this helps.

from: Victor Phua ([e-mail])

Answer 2

I think just your daily multible vitamin is the best - it doesn't have to be the expensive kind - vitamin's are vitamin's.

Answer 3

I won't say that they are the best but they work One A Day women

Answer 4

First ask an health care professional
what right for other may not be right for you