Annie: I agree with you. I presume that when folks see lower prices they may think the quality isn't as good. That's a sad rumor... But I've been using Swanson products for years, saving immense amounts of money over other supplement outlets, and especially over retail outlets. And Swanson has, as you said, some great products. What a fantastic catalog (usually 144 pages) we receive every month from Swanson - and often with two for the price of one sales. And you can count on very fresh products because they turn over product so quickly. Nothing sits on a shelf for over a year and gets "stale." And they ship very quickly. Lee Swanson sends well meaning, updated research at least once a month. I may not agree with some of it, but at least he sends it. And I love the way he travels looking for and bringing back "excellent" new health products from different places in the world. Reminds me a little of Dr. David G. Williams, the wonderful Chiropractor, who travels the "outback" world seeking healthy remedies from tribes, etc., for various health concerns. And last, but not least, they've been in business for about 40 years. That's a testimony unto itself. Annie, I see you also have a knowledgeable mind of your own (thank God...) with your "I don't have to depend on he said, she said, they said." I, too, am extremely opinionated, walking the walk and talking the talk for over 35 proud years, doing my own "testing" with supplements like you. And I cross reference all alternative health information - at least twice and usually more. And some of my opinions and knowledge gets me into a lot of trouble - which I really don't mind. I will not be brainwashed just because everyone in a particular group has a particular opinion or thinks that's the way it is - when I know differently. Stand and be counted. Question with boldness - as the political entertainer Glenn Beck reminds folks. Now if Beck only knew a lot more about "real health," he wouldn't suffer the ailments and colds he suffers - poor fella'. Ha.. Ha. Keep on Keepin' on, Annie.
John On Sat, Jan 23, 2010 at 11:00 PM, Annie B Smythe <[email protected]>wrote: > Dunno where you heard that Swanson doesn't have good quality. I use a whole > bunch of Swanson's products, and I have never had a complaint with their > quality or effectiveness. Swanson has passed all the lab tests done by > Consumer Labs(an independent supplement testing lab) for purity and having > what is stated on the label in the amounts stated, and digestibility, and > all the other tests done, including lead content. Some of the higher priced > name brands have failed those tests. So high price does not = quality. I can > say for a fact from using Swanson products that Swanson products are a very > good to excellent quality, I don't have to depend on he said, she said, they > said. If a supplement maker produces a product that is inferior or > ineffective, and I give supps at least a three month trial before I call it > quits, I don't waste my money on their products, and I could care less whose > name is pasted on the label. > > That being said, I also use products from Mountain Rose Herbs, 1Fast400, > and I'm going to purchase some things from some other places that have been > recommended to me with decent prices to check their quality as well. > > > > Annie > > Control your destiny or somebody else will.~Jack Welsh > > > sol wrote: > >> At 07:39 AM 1/23/2010, you wrote: >> >>> Yes they are good but I have heard the quality of their products aren't! >>> Donna ACS >>> >>> In comparing with prices with iherb, it appears to me, Swanson's prices >>>> are better - for the most part. >>>> >>>> John >>>> >>> I have had no trouble with any Swanson brand product. It is true that at >> ConsumerLab, various products have tested poorly (lead contamination, not >> containing stated amount of active ingredients, and other problems) but I >> have seen one or two products from nearly every brand fail testing at some >> point. Even the premium brands like Life Extension and others. Because a >> product or brand is low priced is no guarantee of poor quality and being >> very high priced does not guarantee high quality either. >> Swanson ships relatively quickly too. >> We also have had good luck with Puritan's Pride products, but many of >> their own brand items contain inactive ingredients to which I am allergic, >> so what I can use from them is more limited. >> I have also gotten some good things from VitaCost some very good buys in >> their NSI brand with the exact formula of higher priced brands. >> sol >> >> -- >> The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. >> >> Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org >> >> To post, address your message to: [email protected] >> >> Address Off-Topic messages to: [email protected] >> >> The Silver List and Off Topic List archives are currently down... >> >> List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]> >> >> > >
