DNA Formulas Whole Food Multivitamin 120 Capsules Enhanced Bioavailable Vitamin for Men & Women No Artificial Colors Preservatives Activated Mineral Rich Biotin Vitamin D Vitamin B12 Folate Vitamin C

It says REAL FOOD but what it should say is REAL DEAL. Inside this unassuming white bottle are capsules of pure Spartan vitality just waiting to be unleashed upon your frail, unsuspecting 21st century body. Before DNA Formulas, I was a pale, pasty soul, lethargically tapping out strokes on my keyboard. The first day I received the bottle I popped it open and tossed back 4 pills just as instructed. After a tantrum of rage and nutritious fury, I settled down enough to take my fish oil supplement, but the walls of my office were suddenly stifling. I had to get out. I had to move. I had to use this boundless energy these tiny capsules had bombarded me with. While my coworkers gawked, I ripped my shirt from my body, leaped upon the desk and kicked over first my monitor and then the monitor of the next stooge over. With a cry of uncontainable joy I sprang, down from the desk and out through the door. My feet were a blur as I ran, faster and faster, away from the confines of the modern world and back into the nature from whence these little wonder-pills came. The trees closed in around me, blocking the sun from the sky, and I fell into darkness, but still I ran. Over hill and dale, across valleys and streams, eating nothing but three more of these magical, ethereal pills each day, until finally I emerged at the base of Olympus. I kicked off the tattered remnants of my old life, the worn-out shoes and threadpare pants, and naked, began to climb. My fingers and toes sought out the cracks and crevices between the rocks like a root burrowing through concrete, and my arms and legs burned from the effort, but I could not stop, pushed on by some otherworldly impetus. Days passed, and as I swallowed my last 3 DNA Formulas, I saw the top. When I clambered up onto the peak and strode between the marble pillars, I was greeted by Zeus and Hercules, and welcomed into their feast. They offered me the elixir of the gods, and I was overjoyed to find that in their silver chalices was none other than DNA Formulas.If it's good enough for Zeus, it's good enough for you.

I have been using this multi for a few months. I am a long time consumer and researcher of vitamins and supplements. I am also an ultra runner and yoga instructor. I can take this vitamin on an empty stomach and before a run with no issues occurring. This company, based on my research, seeks to provide its consumer with vitamins that have been researched to be effective. But this I mean they seek to create forms of the vitamin that research indicates the body can actually digest or has been shown to be more effective in other ways. I find this to be admirable and how companies should approach this. In other words, they do not seem to take "short cuts" in creating their product. Based on my research, I have become convinced that getting your vitamins as "raw" as possible is best. Vitamins created in labs are incomplete and arguably worse for you than had you not consumed them in the first place. This multi by DNA Health Systems says "Real Food" in big font on the front label but that is deceptive. There is some "real food" that makes up this vitamin but there are plenty of vitamins that are created in a lab and thus there is nothing "real" about them. They are certainly not raw. But I applaud the company for actually creating something in the lab that seems to be better than your run of the mill multi-vitamin company. With that all said...I have literally spent hours searching for the "ideal" multi and while I may have found some (if you are interested, comment and I will list them), they are a lot more expensive than I wish to pay. Andrew Weil said it best (IMO) when he said something like, "A multi-vitamin should not be relied on as your main source of vitamins, but rather should be a backup on those days when your diet is less than ideal." Thus, I stopped stressing about finding the perfect multi-vitamin (although I try to find one with as many ingredients not created in a laboratory) since I eat a good enough diet to take one of the four recommended pills a day. This also results in these lasting a loooooonnnnng time! Do I feel better from taking these? NO. Do I have more energy? NO. Do I run faster? NO. But in the end, it gives me a feeling of reassurance which to me is worth the price paid.

It is so difficult to find quality nutritional supplements. I quit buying vitamins from the local supermarket stores because usually those are bad and learned for the most part those one-a-day pills are not worth taking either. Bummer, you have to take more than one a day - this DNA supplement is 4 capsules per day (and with food for better absorption), but it is for the better and health benefit... . Given I am just starting to learn about the "better" vitamins / minerals, but I do look for true Folate (not the synthetic fake Folic Acid - which is really not good at all for you) and B12 (Methylcobalamin the better form). There are some synthetic vitamins (ingredients ending in "ate" or "ide" are synthetic red flags). Given there is no perfect substitute for eating right. So, in general, I find this supplement is a good product. It has no aftertaste or burp. It is easy to swallow. No bad smell. I find to dissolves easily. Yes, pee is bright yellow (from B2, which I find is common). It is not a 5 star because I do not find it as good as a previous whole food supplement product I used in the past, which gave me more alertness and made me feel overall better when taking it. With the DNA supplement, I really don't notice a huge difference of when I miss a day taken it (like I did with another company's supplement), given that other supplement was 3x more expensive. In all, this DNA supplement is better than most multis on the market, in my opinion.