There are so many sources for vitamins these days that one is left to wonder whether or not the quality of the vitamin or the source is more questionable. Many vitamins carried in grocery stores and local health food markets are what is called “food-grade”. This means that the quality and potency of the ingredients in the vitamin product can vary widely. If this isn’t a big enough concern, then there is the quality of the storage facility they are being stored in. Factors such as time on shelf, temperature, and air moisture can greatly affect the effectiveness of the vitamins.
On the other hand, you can buy what is called “professional-grade”, or pharmaceutical-grade, vitamins and supplements. These products are required to maintain a certain consistency between batches so you get a product that actually works and does what it is supposed to.
The second issue with regards to buying vitamins, is the source of purchase. You can buy vitamins in your local health food stores as mentioned above, but not only will they likely not carry professional-grade products, they will have stored any products they do carry on their shelves for months. But, shopping online often isn’t much better. A lot of online companies stores products in their dingy warehouses which are often worse than the physical stores.
What are you to do with all this bad news? Thankfully, there are some online vendors that you can get great, professional-grade products from AND you can rely on the safe storage of the products. For example, VitaSouth.com, the vitamin distributor that is taking over the online supplement world, ships almost all of its products DIRECTLY from the manufacturer. This means that you get the absolute freshest products from the cleanest, best warehouse possible (often the manufacturers spend millions of dollars on their product housing facilities).
To wrap up, be careful what you are buying and where you are buying when shopping for vitamins. Go professional and go online.
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