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Buffered C 1000mg -
100 tabs, (Schiff)
Discontinued -
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Editor's rating: 7 out of 10
User's rating:  100%  0%
REVIEW BY EUGENE SCHIFF
In 1921, at the age of 19, Eugene Schiff immigrated to the United States from Hungary and entered the College of Pharmacy (now Wayne University) in Detroit, Mich., where he majored in pharmaceutics. Upon becoming a pharmacist, Schiff opened a drug store in Detroit, but soon realized his real interest was in foods with special health features.
In the late 1930s, Schiff pioneered the use of whey for human consumption and formed Schiff Bio-Foods, a whey packaging company. He began selling packaged whey at his own drug store and to a few other local drug stores. A year later, he gave up his store and decided to focus on the manufacturing and packaging of health foods.
Realizing that health food stores were selling synthetic vitamins rather than supplements made from natural products, Schiff began to study and experiment with whole foods such as brown rice, brewer’s yeast, wheat germ and liver. He found that these foods were naturally rich in vitamins and minerals. Schiff began to develop vitamins and minerals that best utilized and enhanced their natural properties.
One of Schiff’s major breakthroughs was finding that rose hips provided a more concentrated source of vitamin C than orange juice. Schiff was the first to introduce this vitamin C source to America. Schiff also was the leader in producing the first natural source multi-vitamin, Schiff’s V-Complette.
In 1949 Schiff moved his business to Jersey City, N.J. By 1954 business was booming and Schiff built a manufacturing plant and laboratory in South Hackensack, N.J. This building was a model for quality control and further helped to establish the Schiff brand as a trustworthy source of natural ingredients. In 1962 Schiff built a new 30,000-square-foot plant in Moonachie, N.J. By 1969, the Moonachie plant had doubled in size. In 1989 Schiff was acquired by Weider Nutrition International and relocated to Salt Lake City in 1991.
USER'S OPINION
Anonymous "Great!"
I've tried other vitamin C supplements and found some to upset my stomach. I switched to these tablets and they have not upset my stomach at all! I'm impressed, and the value is good.
Asenjo "This particular product always rescues me whenever I feel sinus infection pain."
I've had a lifelong history of sinus infections. Often it's triggered by too much stress, compounded by too little sleep and occasionally not eating as well as I know I should (including sporadic junk food or, in my case, eating meat). Inevitably I develop pain in the sinus cavity beneath my left eye. The last time I waited too long to address this situation-rationlizing that I was taking vitamin C tablets-the infection took hold and I found myself in a doctor's office getting, as expected, a prescription for anitibiotics.
Naturally, that addressed the symptom. But as soon as the prescription ran out, the sinus pain returned with a vengeance. This time, having done my homework, I decided to switch to a more readily absorbable form of vitamin C. I liked the idea that Nutritcology's buffered powdered vitamin C contained additional essential minerals. So I tried it.
Realizing that infection, and the attendant stress to one's immune system, often require higher doses than maintenance doses taken during good health, I exceeded the recommended amount by using a healthy teaspoon-full in 4 oz. of distilled water.
Within 10-12 minutes-I'm not exaggerating, the pain and nasal drip literally disappeared. Each time the pain returned, I did the same thing, and it evaporated within minutes.
I've used this product repeatedly since that time, and recommended it to others. Oh, and by the way, as one who's also suffered from lifelong hayfever, I noticed that throughout this past summer (1999) as long as I used this product I didn't have ANY hayfever symptoms. If I slacked-off, itchy eyes and sneezing returned. One dose of this product and, like the sinus condition, the symptoms disappeared in 10-12 minutes (I timed it).
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