Weil Daily Multivitamin for Optimum Health, Tablets,180 tablets (Pack of 2)
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Customer Reviews of Weil Daily Multivitamin for Optimum Health, Tablets,180 tablets (Pack of 2)
Customer Review: Love the Product, the Price, but the Shipping Cost ... ???
Summary: 3 Stars
UPDATE: check for different sellers here on Amazon. I was able to find a seller (think it was Amazon) that didn't charge for shipping. While the vitamins were slightly higher, the overall price was lower.
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I've been using Dr Weil's multivitamin for some time. I've bought them here through Amazon and locally at the health stores. I trust the brand and Dr Weil's efforts to promote personal health. See the other reviews for the technical details.
My concern is that I now have to pay for shipping. What happened? I just placed an order for other Weil vitamins and shipping was free. My last order of this multivitamin also had free shipping. (Thank you, Amazon, for keeping this history).
Now, why is shipping nearly $7 for this bottle? Yes, I agree with other reviewers the pills are hard to swallow. But this shipping cost is even harder to swallow especially since other Weil products have free shipping.
I may yet purchase because locally these same vitamins are twice as much. 180 count is nearly $50 locally.
The value of any product is not just the product itself but also the cost to obtain it.
Customer Review: Big and Chock Full of Vitamins
Summary: 4 Stars
I generally like Dr. Weil's books and products and I like that he donates after tax profits so he's not out to make money on people who are trying to have good health. I can't honestly tell you how good the vitamins are because I think that's a hard thing to say with any certainty, but I can speak to the size of the pills which some people have pointed out. I compared the tablets to other supplements I've taken that were large in size and these vitamins are the biggest by far. However, I and my husband had no trouble at all swallowing them. My husband gags easily and he said it was easy to swallow. I couldn't swallow pills until I was in my 20's because I swore they choked me. I finally learned to take them by putting one between my teeth first and as I drank water, releasing the pill with the fluid to go down. I was apprehensive when I saw the size of these vitamins, but I've been able to swallow them without issue. I would say that unless you have trouble swallowing pills in general, you should be able to swallow these so try them out. They look like horse pills, but don't let that psych you out! Good health to you!Customer Review: Some Concerns
Summary: 3 Stars
While I don't think this multivitamin is bad overall, I do have some concerens.
First, the vitamin is extremely hard to swallow. I nearly choked a couple of times trying to get it down. Another reader claims that shouldn't be a criticism. Well, I disagree.
Second, [...], an independent company that tests nutrional supplements found problems with the ingredients, namely that the vitamins contain only 73% of the vitamin A that is on the label, and, due to a binding agent used, there is actually 251% of its claimed 60 mg of calcium. Whether these problems have been corrected, I do not know.
Nonetheless, I think these vitamins are decent overall, although I have ethical issues with how Dr. Weil shamelessly promotes his own products on his Web site, especially with his "vitamin advisor," which recommends the same amount of stuff to take regardless of your input.
Update: Based on the recent tests by Consumerlab.com, it appears that the issues I mentioned above have been resolved.
Customer Review: GULP !
Summary: 3 Stars
I purchased these vitamin pills because they were the best value to be had here on Amazon. While there is no guarantee as to what they actually contain, the information on the outside of the bottle claims that they are jam-packed with vitams & minerals.
They only problem is getting them down. You see, thay are BIG. And I actually took the time to measure them.
Size: 7/8 x 3/8 Seven eights of an inch is just about an inch! At first I was having problems because I was drinking water with the pill in my mouth and waiting too-long to gulp it down. That is not a good thing to do because the longer you keep in in your mouth the more the coating dissolves and then the pill becomes bone-dry.
But I have resolved to finish all 180 tablets. The best thing to do is... Wait until your thirsty, pop it in your mouth, then drink water and gulp it down fast withhout concentrating too much on the pill.
And, if you can, try to align the tablet with your tongue so that it points straight down and not sideways.
Good luck !
Customer Review: These seem to have helped my general health
Summary: 4 Stars
I am a fan of Dr. Weil and have read his book on healthy aging. I started looking around for a multivitamin and decided that his would be the best bet. I have been taking them now for about a year and recently had a physical exam where all of my lab numbers were perfect. They were even better than last year. I only take a little medication for blood pressure which has run a little high even with the prescription meds. My BP is now much lower and is well below my previous readings. I take a few other supplements.
The doctor was very pleased and told me not to change anything in my routine. I am a 67 year old male.
I don't know whether to attribute it all to Dr. Weil's multivitamins, but I am pleased.
I tried looking for a similar product locally using the bottle and book as a guide, but got thoroughly confused. So, I decided to stay with what works.