About Centrum
My last blog was on the subject of supplements. In this one I am going to mention one of my pet peeves Centrum. People have been brainwashed from childhood advertising that the best multivitamin they can buy is Centrum. Yes the one that has ‘everything you need from A to Z’ sounds familiar right? Well first of all, if it has everything you need why are there 22 different Centrums? Centrum for eyes, for women, for women over 50, for your brain and on and on.
What really gets me is what I see as the ‘senior rip off’.Centrum silver costs more even though it has less of ingredients (a little more vitamin D) than the regular.
Why just because it says silver? It make seniors feel special, I guess.
Lastly I got this on line verbatim:
“The next difference between the regular Centrum supplement and Centrum Silver is the tablet count. You can find these two supplements sold with closely similar prices in many stores and online retails. However, each bottle of the regular Centrum actually contains about 35% more tablets than Centrum Silver”
My advice:
Find a good overall multivitamin that has most of what you need in terms of trace minerals and overall supplements and then supplement with vitamins that you know you really need. Tip: You will never find a multivitamin that has enough vitamin D because maintenance is 2000 i.u daily and no multivitamin has that much.
Be well!
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