speed dawg said:
I use Men's One-A-Day and it has worked wonders for me. More energy, higher libido.
Junk bro, I hate to say. When looking at a multi-vitamin, or actually any vitamin for that matter, its not enough to look at what it contains. For instance, the One-A-Day formula has the majority of its minerals in an "oxide" form, which is virtually un-absorbable by the body. You are talking like 5-10% max absorption, and in some cases even less than that.
A rule of thumb is if it is sold in stores or big box retailers like Walmart, its junk. Reason being is they have to really cheapen up the formula with cheaper ingredients to make it the price they need it to be at. No way any manufacturer of a quality vitamin is going to be willing to do that.
You want to look for minerals in an "Aspartate", "Picolinate" or "Monomethionine". "Citrate" or "Gluconate" are also OK forms but not as absorbable as the other ones.
Quality multi-vitamins will have their minerals in those forms and will also have "real" vitamins in them, not synthesized garbage vitamins like the cheaper ones will have(ie, real d-alpha-tocopherol instead of fake dl-alpha-tocopherol for Vitamin E)...
With vitamin and mineral supplements in general you can tell the quality of the product by reading the label and seeing what forms the vitamins and minerals are in. Regardless of price, buy a quality product or you are throwing your money away because it won't be absorbed properly by the body.