Do You Take The Most Popular Supplements?

Consumer Labs has just released a new report on the most popular supplements (and which brands) among their subscribers.

Here are their results:

Multivitamins were used by 73.8% of all respondents, followed in popularity by fish oil (71.6%), calcium (55.3%) and CoQ10 (50.9%) supplements.

Among people using ten or more supplements each day, use of fish oil (84.8%) exceeded that of multivitamins (75.5%), and use of CoQ10 (78.9%) exceeded that of calcium (67.6%).

Use of most supplements increased with age, while use of multivitamins declined slightly. Dramatic increases with age were seen with vitamin D (use increased from 21.0% among those under age 35 to 47.4% among those 65 years and older) and CoQ10 (use increased from 28.8% to 60.1% for the two age groups, respectively).

Here is their report on the most popular BRANDS of supplements:
(Remember this is just among their subscribers -  6,000 people filled out the survey)

Top-rated Supplement Merchants:
Catalogue/Internet: Puritan’s Pride
Direct Sales (MLM): Nutrilite
Grocery Store: Trader Joe’s
Mass Market: Target
Online Retailer: iherb.com
Pharmacy: Walgreens
Vitamin Store: Vitamin World
Warehouse Store: Costco

So, are you taking the more popular supplements?  I have issues with buying supplements just anywhere. Certainly on vitamins.

If you haven’t read the free report on Safe Vitamins, please get it here: Are Your Vitamins Safe? and compare what you are taking to these recommendations.