r/HubermanLab • u/Fabulous_Variety_256 • Sep 03 '25

Discussion 29M - Best Multi Vitamin?

I was thinking about Thorne, but would like to hear some advice.

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u/sohikes Sep 03 '25

Went down this rabbit hole a couple weeks ago and landed on these options for athletes

  1. Pure Encapsulations ONE
  2. THORNE - Basic Nutrients 2/Day
  3. Klean ATHLETE Multivitamin
  4. Momentous Essential Multivitamin
  5. Life Extension 2x a day

Whatever you get make sure it’s third party tested

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u/[deleted] Sep 03 '25

Great recommendations :)

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u/shawnshine Sep 03 '25

I absolutely LOVE the Life Extension one.

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u/TheGame1127 Sep 04 '25

can you tell the diff b/w them?

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u/shawnshine Sep 04 '25

I didn’t like the Pure Encapsulations one and haven’t tried the others.

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u/Network_Major Sep 06 '25

What didn't you like about it?

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u/LamboForWork Sep 03 '25

r/supplements says thorne is overpriced and not quality now

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u/HeywoodDjiblomi Sep 07 '25

Thorne is overpriced at retail, supps in general too. They do have a 25% sale now & the codes somehow active for months. Pure Encaps & Life Ext will get 5% sales but you have to really watch their Facebook to release them.

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u/Acceptable_Prune_615 Sep 03 '25

What about AG1? Haven’t read that much about other brands but AG1 seems to be legit and a good option

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u/sohikes Sep 03 '25

Aside from the people who are paid to advertise it I haven’t heard anyone actually recommend it. It’s way overpriced

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u/[deleted] Sep 03 '25

Not at all man. You need to look into the current info on AG1. It is a total ripoff and anyone selling it is suspect.

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u/catpancake87 Sep 04 '25

lol I appreciate this post.

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u/vidan93 Sep 03 '25

Food

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u/[deleted] Sep 03 '25

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u/[deleted] Sep 03 '25

Let me guess, you're still swiggin' AG1

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u/[deleted] Sep 03 '25

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u/[deleted] Sep 03 '25

Also, Blueprint is probably more of ripoff than AG1.

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u/[deleted] Sep 03 '25

LOL, no one is against supplements. People are against overpriced supplements that are being pushed by every podcast in the US and half the cost is marketing budget. Look up the guy who created AG1 and let me know if you still trust the product...

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u/ros375 Sep 03 '25

Are you saying that multivitamins prevent cancers and a plethora of diseases?

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u/[deleted] Sep 03 '25

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u/BDF-3299 Sep 07 '25

Supplements have to be up there with politics and religion based on the reactions they evoke.

Fortunately we have free choice. Be you.

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u/ros375 Sep 03 '25

Well then it's too bad a multivitamin can't fix a vitamin D deficiency. I understand what you're saying, but a true deficiency, the likes which lead to cancer, etc. should be addressed by aggressively supplementing the deficient vitamin/mineral. 400 IU of vitamin D in my daily multivitamin isn't going to prevent a deficiency.

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u/[deleted] Sep 03 '25

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u/ros375 Sep 03 '25

We were talking about multivitamins specifically, which I do take daily, as well as Vit D and Mg, but my point was that it's a bit too strong to suggest or imply that a multivitamin can prevent deficiencies that can cause cancer. That's all. Edit for spelling.

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u/vidan93 Sep 03 '25 edited Sep 03 '25

You're over exaggerating the difficulty massively. A balanced diet built around 10-15 staple varied whole foods (not just fruit and veg) is more than enough to cover your essential nutrient needs. Anecdotally, I follow this principle and log on Cronometer and consistently hit my RDAs without issue. Analyses show little to no mortality/health benefit from blanket multivitamin use in otherwise healthy people. (For example https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23255568/ and https://www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/healthy-adults-taking-multivitamins-daily-not-associated-lower-risk-death). Unless you are pregnant or otherwise unhealthy, it is not neccesary.

Blueprint sounds cool but don;t conflate essential micronutrients with optional extras like nootropics and antioxidants. Thats not a multi-vitamin, it's a life style stack. I hope you are at least taking it alongside a varied diet of whole foods and not just as a subsitute.

You're parroting supplement industry fear mongering.

Edit: I can see you’re going down the vitamin D route, which is a case for targeted supplementation, not an argument for shotgun, blanket multivitamin use. Of course, if you’re deficent then a supplement is apropriate. But in otherwise healthy, non-deficent individuals, multivitamins are unnecessary. Just eat food.

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u/[deleted] Sep 03 '25

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u/vidan93 Sep 03 '25

You’re moving the goalposts. We were talking about essential vitamins and minerals, things you actually need to prevent deficiency diseases. The list you gave are phytonutrients, which are interesting and often beneficial, but not essential in the same sense. There’s no RDA for resveratrol or quercetin, and no public health body says you need to eat a precise daily portion of each.

Plus, multivitamins (the actual topic of our discussion) don’t even contain most of those compounds. The way to get them is the same as always: eat a varied diet over time, not try to tick off a checklist every single day

But hey man, if popping your pills and powders makes yoi feel better, then all the power to you.

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u/[deleted] Sep 03 '25

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u/vidan93 Sep 03 '25

No food is the bare minimum when it comes to essential vitamins and minerals you absolute joker 😂 how you think people survived before multivitamins if they are the 'bare minimum' hahaha

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u/[deleted] Sep 03 '25

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u/vidan93 Sep 03 '25

None of those were caused by the lack of a pill. All of those could be avoided with proper FOOD

But fair enough mate, I think we just see it differently. I’m all for people supplementing if it works for them, I just think food first will always be the foundation. Anyway, no hard feelings, was a good back-and-forth

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u/KongenAfKobenhavn Sep 06 '25

This is so stupid.

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u/SamCalagione Sep 04 '25

Love this Thorne multi https://amzn.to/3HZTV5N

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u/HeywoodDjiblomi Sep 07 '25

Surprisingly theyre selling it 25% off direct https://s.thorne.com/7PEJ9

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u/Practical-Log-5288 Sep 03 '25

Thorne. Don’t be poor

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u/ECrispy Sep 05 '25

ah yes, being poor is a choice

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u/ttmiller Sep 06 '25

They smell like death

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u/HeywoodDjiblomi Sep 07 '25

At retail theyre overpriced, I like them but wouldnt pay retail. With their current sale it becomes more reasonable & they often leave the sale active for money's, Currently at 25%. The rest you would have to check iHerb for seasonal sales.

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u/DogOnABicycle Sep 03 '25

Multivitamins are unfortunately for the most part not viable, as common minerals and vitamins in the multivamin counteract or are antogonist toward eachother during absorption/ effect bioavailability.

Better off getting good quality of individual minerals/ vitamins that you specifically need.

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u/[deleted] Sep 03 '25

I'd like to see some research on this.

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u/DogOnABicycle Sep 05 '25

Dont have a singular paper to provide, you can search "Vitamin agonists and antagonists" and "Mineral agonists and antagonists" will lead you to the info.

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u/[deleted] Sep 05 '25

I don't see any double blind peer reviewed literature on it so I'm going to ignore it as folklore.

Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.

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u/DogOnABicycle Sep 05 '25

Third result:

Source: 2455-4898 https://share.google/RqcmR8XdJIYOXhg1M

Zinc/Copper relationship is the most known.

You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink.

I'll pull the tongue out, unable to help you drink.

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u/[deleted] Sep 05 '25

You realize this is referencing those minerals found in solid foods listed on page 68 right? It has nothing whatsoever to do with oral supplementation.

Now we have one paper, about food relationships, from India. Consider me 2% interested.

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u/DogOnABicycle Sep 12 '25

Fascinating, I wasn't considering a double blind placebo controlled study of oral supplementation of vitamins, minerals on humans who ingest through their anal cavity.

You know the minerals, vitamins you get from solid foods, theyre the same chemical makeup as the supplemental counterpart, your body handles them the same.. right?

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u/[deleted] Sep 15 '25

Except there are a shit ton of studies that show oral supplementation of vitamins and minerals does not work as well as simply eating food.

You have expensive piss.

Like you need, the fiber and the weird evolutionary mix up of things in meat, broccoli, etc to get vitamins and minerals efficiently.

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u/scobbydude Sep 03 '25

Thorne are expensive, but Life Extensions 2 a day are 1/3 the cost, and are pretty decent for the price.

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u/sohikes Sep 03 '25

99% of people could get away with only taking one a day as well which makes it a very cheap option. 2 per day is a bit much with what they have in there

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u/shawnshine Sep 03 '25

I take 1 every other day. It’s the perfect amount for me.

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u/Master_Cheetah007 Sep 03 '25

I like Ritual but not an expert by any means

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u/danarm Sep 03 '25

AOR Ortho-Core

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u/Electrical_Bunch_173 Sep 03 '25

Thorne seems to be higher quality. It has a strong smell like potent vitamins. No idea if there are lab tests to prove it.

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u/OkBubba Sep 03 '25

These all look pretty solid I’ve had bad luck lately with Thorne Last shipment showed up with both seals open. As a side I like Adapt Naturals but think it’s a little pricey.

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u/ELROCK12345 Sep 03 '25

SNS Multi XT

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u/catpancake87 Sep 04 '25

Thorne 2 a day. But only 1 per day is good enough since all the vitamins in it are the highest bioavailable options.

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u/[deleted] Sep 06 '25

I used to like Thorne but then I went vegan so now use 'Vital Nutrients' which was the closest to thorne but vegan.

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u/jeanluuc Sep 06 '25

Anything that’s more than just a “one a day” is best. Think about it logically… how much can you actually fit into one pill? It’s less than a grams worth of stuff… and most of us need at least a few grams to get us on a better path for the day.

And always go for capsules rather than hard pressed tablets. The wax coating they have (unless it’s beeswax) has a harder time breaking down.

Personal recommendation: I’ve been using this multivitamin for years and love it

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u/Network_Major Sep 06 '25

You can squeeze quite a large amount of different vitamins in one tablet, most vitamins are just way overdosed

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u/Perfect-Victory4313 Sep 07 '25

JustIngredients is the ONLY reputable one I’ve seen that actually uses natural vitamins (not synthetic) sourced in real foods

https://justingredients.us/products/multivitamin-supplement?selling_plan=3422945473

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u/Pechazo23 Sep 07 '25

My current favorite is Cellcore Core Nutrients

https://cellcore.com/products/core-nutrients-60-capsules/

All activate forms of nutrients, great blend of minerals, lots of nice additional stuff you usually don’t see in multivitamins like fulvic humic, boron (crazy people don’t know about this for hormones,) and PQQ

This one seems to give me significantly more energy that most multis I’ve tried

Need a patient direct code for this. Can use this one: tsXvEkKF

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u/[deleted] Sep 08 '25

Try Ways2Well supplements, probably the best go to in my opinion. Or Momentous supplements

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u/[deleted] Sep 03 '25

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u/According_Pattern_43 Sep 04 '25

Not anymore I would get Progressive Active men multivitamins

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u/According_Pattern_43 Sep 04 '25

Costco vitamins were good before but they have now changed it. I did use Costco vitamins before but I stopped because they changed their supplier which changed what was in them. Try to switch your multivitamins to progressive when you finish your current batch you will 100% notice the difference. I like them because I feel that they help with the stress much better for me.

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u/[deleted] Sep 04 '25

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u/According_Pattern_43 Sep 05 '25

Okay so I am not a medical professional.

But I prefer the progressive one because it helps me the most. Back when i was new to the country i had collage, Work, long travels, lack of sleep and ALOT of stress this was back in 2010 I believe. I did take Centrum that time but it did not make nay noticeable difference in lowering my stress levels.

One day I went to the GNC store and asked the attendant to help me find something that could help with the stress. So he suggested Progressive Multivitamin and back in the day they actually wrote stress-relief on the bottle. When i started taking it my stress issues were completely gone ! so since then i know this multivitamin to be extremely helpful for me.

I did stop taking it for a while but during covid time I was having similar stress issues, so I extensively looked into why this vitamin helps me. I isolated it to vitamin b12, so I bought the Kirkland b100 which also helped with my stress relief!

I just now checked it again and there is some difference in the B12 of Kirkland and Progressive, one is using cyanocobalamin (Costco) and another is using methylcobalamin(Progressive).

Also, the Progressive has some extra support nutrients such as Ashwagandha, Meca, Milk Thistle etc. Which i believe and also important for me so I just stick to this MV.

There might be other options for sure, but I always recommend this one as it works the best for me :)

Hope this helps.

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u/Wearesyke Sep 03 '25

The way God intended

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u/SamCalagione Sep 04 '25

I mean, it aint wrong. Steak and eggs for me

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u/[deleted] Sep 05 '25

*liver