New Value Index Published To Rate Quality
Multivitamins
Author: Howard Simon
Maximum Vitality provides the best value among 1,600
multivitamins in the U.S. and Canada based on independent,
verifiable, published scientific study.
A new analysis of top-quality multivitamins has been published.
In it, a new multivitamin earned the honor of being the best
value multivitamin in the U.S. and Canada. This honor is based
on the Value Index - composed of measures for quality, price,
and compliance, and just what the Doctor ordered for the
fast-growing baby-boomer population.
Quality was independently measured in the recently released 4th
Edition of the Comparative Guide to Nutritional Supplements by
Lyle MacWilliam, where Maximum Vitality was awarded a 5-Star
rating, reserved for the top 1% of multivitamins in the U.S. and
Canada. Compliance, reflecting the likelihood that patients will
follow their Doctors recommendations was inversely related to
the number of pills in the recommended daily dose. Price was
factored into the analysis, with the lowest price representing
the best value. Finally, Doctors have independent and verifiable
scientific validation for a specific multivitamin recommendation
for their patients.
The Comparative Guide to Nutritional Supplements evaluated
1,600 multivitamins in the U.S. and Canada, based on a blended
standard created from the recommendations of 12 nutrition
experts, and based on 18 challenging criteria applied to 48
nutrients.
The "blended standard" for rating multivitamins was created
from the independent recommendations of Dr. Earl Mindell, Dr.
Richard Passwater, Ray Strand, M.D., Julian Whitaker, M.D.,
Robert Atkins, M.D., Nicholas Perricone, M.D., Life Extension
Foundation and other experts. Eighteen criteria such as
completeness, potency, antioxidant support, bone health, heart
health, liver health (detoxification), metabolic health, ocular
health, methylation support, lipotropic factors, inflammation
control, glycation control, phenolic compounds, and potential
toxicities were used to evaluate the 1,600 formulations.
A Doctor is always concerned with compliance – a term used to
define the rate that patients follow (comply with) the Doctor's
recommendations. For if a patient does not follow their Doctor's
recommendation because it is inconvenient or expensive, then the
patient receives little or no benefit. One of the multivitamins
rated in the top 1% requires a patient to take 34 pills per day,
although most are in the 8 to 10 pill range. Compliance for
dosages which require a patient to take that many pills per day
is historically low. Maximum Vitality achieves the same 5-Star
level of excellence with a recommended dose of only two tablets
per day, enabling a high compliance rate.
Maximum Vitality is also the least expensive multivitamin in
the top-quality 5-star category. The next lowest cost
Doctor-recommended multivitamin is priced 90% higher than
Maximum Vitality. There are, of course, very inexpensive
multivitamin products available in the market. However these
cheap products, some of which are the most popular and widely
advertised – One-A-Day®, Centrum®, Kirkland® (CostCo brand), for
example – are ranked 0 to ½ on the Comparative Guide scale of 0
to 5, with 5 being highest.
The Comparative Guide to Nutritional Supplements is a 190-page
softcover book. Published in 2007 by Northern Dimension
Publishing, the 4th edition discusses the growing need for
supplementation, new science which supports the value of
nutrition in preventing degenerative disease, oxidative stress
and antioxidants, inflammation, the safety of nutritional
supplements, optimal nutrition versus current government
standards, helping people maintain good health and even slowing
the aging process. The blended standard is thoroughly discussed
and graphical comparisons are presented for the 163
multivitamins (10% of the 1,600 evaluated) that rate 3.0 and
above on their scale of 0.0 to 5.0.
"Maximum Vitality provides the best value of all multivitamins
in the U.S. and Canada," commented Howard Simon, President of
Rejuvenation Science. "No other multivitamin with a 5-star
rating achieves the blended standard with such a sophisticated
formulation of only two tablets per day and at such a reasonable
cost." The retail price is $29.98 for a one-month supply.
Medical professionals may carry the product in their office or
establish a Doctor's Web Dispensary for internet-based
supplement dispensing.
Maximum Vitality contains high doses of standard vitamins in
their most bioavailable forms. It also contains efficacious
doses of expensive antioxidants such as coenzyme Q10,
alpha-lipoic acid, vitamin E tocotrienols, lutein, lycopene and
astaxanthin.
"Patients and Doctors alike love Maximum Vitality, for a subtle
energy lift, and the comfort of knowing they are taking care of
themselves and their families," added Roxanne Fried, VP of
Customer Support.
A comparison of the top-quality 5-Star rated multivitamins may
be found here
http://www.rejuvenation
About The Author: Rejuvenation Science develops and markets
top-quality specialty nutritional supplements exclusively for
medical professionals and their patients. Rejuvenation Science
can be found at http://www.Rejuvenation
Multivitamin info here
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