keccers
@keccers.eth
I didn't when he asked, but now I do. This is the type of question that slams the emergency brake on my focus and immediately diverts it. The TLDR: Gruns are a pretty decent, albeit generic, multivitamin. There's 100% daily value of most essential vitamins, and 25% daily value of a few key trace minerals. There's a lot of sugar in these relative to the total serving size. 40% of the product (8g) is sugar. (to their credit, they do offer a 0 sugar option that uses allulose, but it is more expensive.) The ingredients that drive most of the claims on the website are present in very small amounts. And the things they claim are egregious. As I say in the piece, they say they can do so much I'm almost offended they also can't get me a boyfriend. Click in for the deep dive. There's lots of pictures as well as a comparision to Nutricost's multivitamin. https://paragraph.com/@keccers/whats-the-deal-with-gruns-gummies
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keccers
@keccers.eth
It’s genuinely wrong how expensive these gummies are, too. I find it offensive actually Even on a subscription plan the vitamins come in more expensive than my special blind person disposable contacts on a per day basis
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tomato
@tomatoxyz
The price of some supplements and nutrients is truly ludicrous if you're not careful about it. One of my friends uses electrolytes that come in sachets (it's some trendy brand) and they're not only ridiculously expensive, but much less potent (you need to take like 5 sachets a day). I just get boring generic ones that cost about 10% of the price and only need to take one.
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keccers
@keccers.eth
Electrolytes in particular. Have seen massive upcharges on brand alone I always like that spendy brand LMNT gives you recipe for how to replicate their formula exactly low cost https://science.drinklmnt.com/electrolytes/best-homemade-electrolyte-drink-for-dehydration/
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@jenna
do you have a take on morning lemon water + salt? that’s the one I seem to see popping now
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tomato
@tomatoxyz
Interesting. The one I had heard of was Humantra. But even then when it comes to both Humantra and LMNT they both advertise themselves as being "no sugar" which is strange considering electrolytes are supposedly far more effective with a little sugar in them? Many of these things feel very gimmicky and designed for people who don't like drinking plain water because it doesn't have a taste and since these are electrolytes they -must- be healthy.
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@jenna
🔖 oh remember seeing that long ago ty for the reminder
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