Thorne Basic Nutrients 2/Day vs Nature Made Multi For Him

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The Complete Nutritional Comparison shows matched nutrients side-by-side with the following symbols:

  • -58% ↓ OR  43% ↑ OR = (the differences in the amount of the ingredient)
  • ~ (means ingredients are similar nutritionally)
  • (beside ingredients in the first multi with no match in the second multi) OR  (for ingredients that are only present in the second multi)
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Complete nutritional comparison



Ingredient
Thorne Basic Nutrients 2/Day (Daily Dose)Nature Made Multi For Him (Daily Dose)

Difference


Matched Ingredient
Vitamin A (from1.05 mg750 µg-29% ↓Vitamin A (as Retinyl Acetate and 60% as Beta Carotene)
Beta Carotene and450 µg
Palmitate)600 µg
Vitamin C (as Ascorbic Acid)250 mg180 mg-28% ↓Vitamin C (as Ascorbic Acid)
Vitamin D (as Vitamin D3) (2,000 IU)50 µg25 µg-50% ↓Vitamin D3 (as Cholecalciferol) 1000 IU
Vitamin D3 is a form of vitamin D.
Sources:
• "Explains the relationship between different forms of Vitamin D and how they are processed in the body."
Office of Dietary Supplements - National Institutes of Health - USA
Dietary Supplement Fact Sheet: Vitamin D
• "Vitamin D sources, methods of activiation in the body and uses"
by Jane Higdon, Ph.D and Victoria J. Drake, Ph.D, Linus Pauling Institute
LPI - Micro Nutrient Info Center - Vitamin D
• "On Vitamin D chemistry, sources, biological actions and clinical significance"
by Richard S. Bak, Ph.D., Warde Medical Laboratory
Vitamin D and Metabolites
• "Human trial comparing potencies of Vitamins D2 and D3"
by Robert P. Heaney Robert R. Recker James Grote Ronald L. Horst Laura A. G. Armas, The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism
JCEM - Vitamin D3 Is More Potent Than Vitamin D2 in Humans
Vitamin E (as d-Alpha Tocopheryl Acid Succinate)16.5 mg22.5 mg36% ↑Vitamin E (as dl-Alpha Tocopheryl Acetate)
Vitamin K (as400 µg80 µg-80% ↓Vitamin K (as Phytonadione)
Vitamin K1 and200 µg
Vitamin K2 as MK-4)200 µg
Thiamin (as Thiamin HCL)50 mg1.5 mg-97% ↓Thiamine (as Thiamine Mononitrate)
Riboflavin (as Riboflavin 5'-Phosphate Sodium)12 mg1.7 mg-86% ↓Riboflavin
Niacin (as Niacinamide)80 mg20 mg-75% ↓Niacin (as Niacinamide)
Vitamin B6 (as Pyridoxal 5'-Phosphate)20 mg4 mg-80% ↓Vitamin B6 (as Pyridoxine Hydrochloride)
Folate (400 mcg as L-5-Methyltetrahydrofolate from L-5-Methyltetrahydrofolic Acid, Glucosamine Salt)667 mcg DFE665 mcg DFE0%Folate (400 mcg Folic Acid)
Vitamin B12 (as Methylcobalamin)600 µg18 µg-97% ↓Vitamin B12 (as Cyanocobalamin)
Biotin500 µg30 µg-94% ↓Biotin
Pantothenic Acid (as Calcium Pantothenate)45 mg10 mg-78% ↓Pantothenic Acid (as d-Calcium Pantothenate)
Calcium (as TRAACS® Calcium Bisglycinate Chelate, Dicalcium Phosphate, Calcium Laurate, Calcium Pantothenate)52 mg160 mg208% ↑Calcium (as Calcium Carbonate)
Iodine (as Potassium Iodide)75 µg150 µg100% ↑Iodine (as Potassium Iodide)
Magnesium (as TRAACS@reg; Magnesium Bisglycinate Chelate)20 mg100 mg400% ↑Magnesium (as Magnesium Oxide)
Zinc (as TRAACS® Zinc Bisglycinate Chelate)15 mg15 mg=Zinc (as Zinc Oxide)
Selenium (as L-Selenomethionine)200 µg70 µg-65% ↓Selenium (as Sodium Selenate)
Copper (as TRAACS® Copper Bisglycinate Chelate)750 µg2 mg167% ↑Copper (as Cupric Sulfate)
Manganese (as TRAACS® Manganese Bisglycinate Chelate)3 mg4 mg33% ↑Manganese (as Manganese Sulfate)
Chromium (as TRAACS® Chromium Nicotinate Blycinate Chelate)400 µg120 µg-70% ↓Chromium (as Chromium Chloride)
d-Gamma Tocopherol (from Mixed Tocopherols)24 mg
Boron (as Boroganic™ Boron Glycinate Complex)2 mg
Lutein (from Aztec Marigold extract (flower) (Tagetes erecta))140 µg
75 µgMolybdenum (as Sodium Molybdate)

Nutrients exclusive to Thorne Basic Nutrients 2/Day

Dose: Adult
d-Gamma Tocopherol (from Mixed Tocopherols)24 mg
Boron (as Boroganic™ Boron Glycinate Complex)2 mg
Lutein (from Aztec Marigold extract (flower) (Tagetes erecta))140 µg

Nutrients exclusive to Nature Made Multi For Him

Dose: Adult
Molybdenum (as Sodium Molybdate)75 µg

Other ingredients

Thorne Basic Nutrients 2/DayNature Made Multi For Him
Hypromellose (derived from cellulose) capsule, Dicalcium Phosphate, Calcium Laurate.Cellulose Gel, modified Food Starch, Maltodextrin, Croscarmellose Sodium, Hypromellose, Magnesium Stearate, Silicon Dioxide (SiO2), Gelatin, Polyethylene Glycol

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