NOW Supplements, ADAMâ„¢ Men's Multivitamin with Saw Palmetto, Lycopene, Alpha Lipoic Acid and CoQ10, Plus Natural Resveratrol & Grape Seed Extract, 120 Tablets

Best Men's Multi

I've been through a few bottles of this multivitamin and it is the best I have tried as far as ingredients and effects. I have previously worked at a nutrition store and have studied plenty of other supplements and this one has the most complete range of vitamins, minerals, and herbs a single vitamin can offer. For one thing it contains vitamin B-12 in the methyl form which can actually be absorbed by the body. The cyano (synthetic) for is very difficult for the body to breakdown and actually use. Another big plus is Saw Palmetto which is good for the prostate. Every ingredient in here seems practical for a man's optimum health. One thing I want to mention about multis is when choosing one look for natural looking ones. A lot of vitamins I've seen have a coating that is dyed some pretty color like green, white, pink etc. While they may be more aesthetically pleasing and more tolerable tasting, many use fake dyes and titanium dioxide, more commonly used in things such as paint. I don't want that in my multivitamin..

175 persons found it helpful

Excellent Horse Pills

These are some of the best vitamins I have ever used. I started using them about 2 years ago, and I can really tell a difference when I forge to take them in the morning. If you do the research, you will find that these really are some of the most complete men's vitamins, and the price is excellent when compared to other vitamins with similar formulas. The only draw-back is that these pills are huge... not just big, but truly huge. Since I am a rather large guy, I don't have any problem getting them down, but I could see some people having problems with just physically swallowing them

56 persons found it helpful

Ergocalciferol as Vitamin D?

UPDATE: According to NOW Foods, they still use D2 in the Vcaps and tablets. The softgels use D3. ====================================== Folks, if you don't glean anything else from this review, know this: Vitamin D3 is Cholecalciferol. This multi contains NO VITAMIN D3. Vitamin D3 is the beneficial Vitamin D of which many people are critically deficient. The Ergocalciferol contained in this product is not Vitamin D3. Ergocalciferol is something your body has to deal with, it's overhead and not shown to provide the benefits of Vitamin D3 supplementation. If you're interested in the rest of the story, you may want to visit the Vitamin D Council's web site and/or Dr. Mercola's web site. Ironically, the standard ADAM multi (as opposed to this "superior" ADAM multi) uses the beneficial Vitamin D3 (Cholecalciferol) in its formulation

32 persons found it helpful

Contains “fad” ingredients that may actually be harmful

This would be a good men's multivitamin if it did not contain "fad" ingredients which in some cases do nothing and in others have actually been shown to have harmful effects. Alpha Lipoic Acid, for example, can actually be harmful. Recent scientific papers have shown that it suppresses proper thyroid function, and the "S" isomer (which is not found in nature but is approximately 50% of the ALA in this product) is toxic to rodents. My blood tests showed elevated levels of TSH - Thyroid Stimulating Hormone - after I started taking this preparation, indicating that it was disrupting production of the active form of the thyroid hormone thyroxin. I'd much prefer to see a "no nonsense" men's multi rather than one that follows every supplement fad, as this one does. NOW should act responsibly and remove ingredients which have been shown at best to do nothing or at worst do harm. One other thing I discovered which may factor into your decision to use this product: it ruined some of my best dress shirts. Why? Because, the megadoses of B vitamins in these tablets turned my sweat yellow. This, in turn, stained the armpits of my white and blue shirts. The color wouldn't come out, so I had to start using these expensive shirts as work shirts

19 persons found it helpful

Everything You Need

I began using this product a little over a year ago, and I can certainly tell the difference. I conducted research for a couple days on just about every multivitamin out there, as well as looking into the companies and individual suppliment additives themselves, and this was the best from my analysis I have had more energy and have been sick for a single day since I begun taking this product daily. I work out nearly daily, and I have also noticed that I am less sore and recover more quickly

16 persons found it helpful

good stuff

All natural, no added sugar is a plus. More vitamins and in higher amounts in each pill than found in supermarket brands make this helpful supplement for low carb dieting and/or to counter what's lost in processed food (for you with the on the go microwave meal lifestyles)

14 persons found it helpful

SoftGels Get Dissolved not Pooped Out.

I had a friend who went into for an X-ray and he showed methe xray that showed his multivitamin in his lower intestine undissolved. After seeing this, that's the last time I ever took a Multivitamin in Pill Form and now Whenever possible I avoid the compressed tablet or caplet products. Seems that to get so much into a pill they have to compact it very tightly and it may not be easily dissolved. [Seeing is Believing] The two alternatives in Multi-Vitamins are in Liquid or Soft Gel form. Soft Gel are more convenient and don't have to be refrigerated. I went to Amazon looking for a Softgel Multi. Bingo this was the only one that I found. Men and Women have different nutritional needs, I liked that this was named Adam and geared towards men. By the way my wife now uses Eve. Others have commented in depth about the mix of Vitamins and amino acid, and minerals. This one has all three. I"m in the Nutrition Industry and recognize that this formula has most if not all of the majors you should have in a Multi Vitamin. Of course there are other vitamins with even more ingredients but... No matter how good the formula if it get's pooped out undissolved the Vitamin is useless. So I'll recommend this vitamin on the merit that if you take it, it will be dissolved easily and you get all the vitamins into your system

8 persons found it helpful

Agree with SofaBuddy

I pulled the following right from "NOW" website. We currently offer our customers vitamin D3 (natural cholecalciferol) in 400 IU and 1000 IU potencies. We plan to release a 2000 IU vitamin D3 soft gel capsule, which will match the current UL. We've chosen vitamin D3 as natural cholecalciferol (derived from sheep's wool lanolin) for our Vitamin D soft gels, rather than the less effective vitamin D2 synthetic form (ergocalciferol)

7 persons found it helpful

Gels good, tablets bad

These are wonderful, but I highly recommend you make sure not to make the same mistake I made. The first time I got these, I got the gels and they worked great and were tasteless. The 2nd time I didn't read, I just reordered because I got the gels the first time. I got sent the regular pills (non gel) and boy do those taste HORRIBLE. I have no problem taking pills at all, but after taking those for a month it was hard to not puke every day I took them

6 persons found it helpful

Great

There is a lot of other reviews so I'll make mine short and sweet. Has just about everything your body needs and a little more. Has the best overall variety of ingredients I've found and is far cheaper than other brands. I've felt great taking them and noticed an overall improvement, mentally and physically, over the other brands I've taken. The pills are a little big, and kind of have an pungent smell. But, as long as you don't spend your time staring at them and sniffing them your ok

6 persons found it helpful

NOW Supplements, ADAM™ Men's Multivitamin with Saw Palmetto, Lycopene, Alpha Lipoic Acid and CoQ10, Plus Natural Resveratrol & Grape Seed Extract, 120 Tablets

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67 Reviews

Best Men's Multi

Excellent Horse Pills

Ergocalciferol as Vitamin D?

Contains “fad” ingredients that may actually be harmful

Everything You Need

good stuff

SoftGels Get Dissolved not Pooped Out.

Agree with SofaBuddy

Gels good, tablets bad

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