Zinc rip-off

Sirius631
Sirius631 Posts: 991
edited March 2011 in The bottom bracket
Last year's trip to Majorca was rather buggered by a bad cold that was doing the rounds. This year I have decided to try zinc suppliments and have checked out the prices of a couple of products. Seven Seas chewable capsules with vitamin C are a right rip off; £4 for 30 capsules, of which 4 can be taken in a day. Boots do one-a-day tablets with 60 costing just less than the Seven Seas. If my maths is any good, that works out as being 1/8th the price!
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  • prawny
    prawny Posts: 5,440
    Try superdrug too, probably be even cheaper. Or zipvit.

    Branded vits are a cash cow.
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  • mattsaw
    mattsaw Posts: 907
    Most branded and non-branded vitamins use the same 2-3 UK manufacturers using exactly the same ingrediants, with branded vitamins you're only really paying for the additional marketing.

    As prawny says, you can find far better deals online, even the high-st stores like Boots and Superdrug are expensive.
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  • NervexProf
    NervexProf Posts: 4,202
    360 tabs for £6.95 - on line supplier, free delivery.

    Recommend - have used them for the past 3 years

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  • jellybellywmb
    jellybellywmb Posts: 1,379
    Save your money, I tried this last year but no noticable effect.
    This year i heard drinking Peppermint and Green Tea would reduce amount of cold and sniffles and so far so good, no colds at all, wife and kids have had numerous but i have totally avoided them.
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  • Zachariah
    Zachariah Posts: 782
    Buy one of these and lick it once a day.
  • Percy Vera
    Percy Vera Posts: 1,103
    Zachariah wrote:
    Buy one of these and lick it once a day.

    I thought you just had to keep it in your pocket to ward off the evil cold
  • Blacktemplar
    Blacktemplar Posts: 713
    Echinoderm...... no, wait - that's a spiny anteater, innit??

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  • dizzydane
    dizzydane Posts: 322
    I buy my supplements from a massive Sainsburys down the road and will pay between £1 and £2 for their own branded vitamins.
  • snailracer
    snailracer Posts: 968
    Citrus fruits prevent scurvy? Faddish nonsense, I'll stick to my weevilly biscuits, thank you very much.

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