Best sources for Supplements and Nootropics

[k710]

Hey all,

What are your go-to supplement stores to stock up from?

Did some digging around and noticed there wasnt many discussions as far as where people are getting their suplements from. Im currently in a search to buy supplements for the year (or more). I havent found a solid source in the U.S. aside from the main names and whats on amazon.

Im focused on finding vitamins, proteins, creatine, NMN, electrolyte powders, preworkouts/energizing blends, ect. Ive been making due with amazon purchases but would rather grab everything from one shop. If anyone has any suggestions, please feel free to share them. Even if its an international company, as long as they deliver to the states and are quality I'd consider them.

Ill report back what I come across in my search to compare and get some feedback.

I normally get NMN from Renue by Science, but its got to be a rip off compared to non-dr.sinclair branded nmn powders.

 

[Cman90]

Amazon consistently has the best deals I have been able to find. Usually buy in bulk when there is a sale.

 

[naps_for_gains]

I haven't found a single place that has everything I want at the right prices / quality. Here's what I use:

iHerb / Vitacost / BulkSupplements - basic supplements
GNC / Vitamin Shoppe - hard-to-find / newly released protein powder flavors
Nootropics Depot - for supplements where quality is an issue with other brands (ex. TUDCA / Alpha GPC)
NutriCartel / Muscle Factory - high stim preworkouts

 

[Earthworm Jim]

Supplementhunt.com

 

[Tb89]

I find myself getting most everything from amazon and Meso these days

 

[IbI2072]

Nutrition Faktory has become my go to. Consistently good sales and stock. Use the app for great prices. Also iHerb has good cart discounts. Swanson Health is my go to for health and wellness supplements. Great selection and sale prices always

 

[k710]

Thanks guys, I got lost in the sauce looking at so many supplement sites and ultimately made my purchases through amazon because I needed some stuff asap. Im still searching through shops to find an alternate though!

For NMN and Trans-reveratrol (my dad uses these) I ended up sticking with Renue By Science since all other product reviews were pretty iffy. Also ended up being a better price per dosage in the long run.

Nutrition Faktory has become my go to. Consistently good sales and stock. Use the app for great prices. Also iHerb has good cart discounts. Swanson Health is my go to for health and wellness supplements. Great selection and sale prices always

Thanks Ill check these out next!

 

[argmax]

Aniracetam.eu for nootropics and some supplements
Otherwise iherb

 

[Thecarrier]

India

 

[AlexDavis43]

Go to Supplement Hunt and sign up for their email list

They have a lot of discounted stuff that sells out fast; check the emails daily to see if they have any of the stuff you want

For examples: 10 pounds of whey protein isolate for $50 (typically costs over $100); bags of AG1 for $10 (that's like an 80% discount)

Might not have any of the shit you want; can't hurt to check them out (could save a lot of money)

 

[THATGUYTHISGUY]

Not sure if they are the best quality or the best prices for what you are looking for but nutricost.com has 30% off right now and has a lot of options. I went to bulksupplements.com and they have 10% off. The prices between those two were cheaper than most of sources. Tudca was the only thing I ordered from somewhere else. I bought everything I needed for a year for about $2,000. That included all the whey protein, pea protein, collagen, creatine, vitamins and supplements that I use. Besides injectables.

 

[THATGUYTHISGUY]

Go to Supplement Hunt and sign up for their email list

They have a lot of discounted stuff that sells out fast; check the emails daily to see if they have any of the stuff you want

For examples: 10 pounds of whey protein isolate for $50 (typically costs over $100); bags of AG1 for $10 (that's like an 80% discount)

Might not have any of the shit you want; can't hurt to check them out (could save a lot of money)

They do look they have good deals but some of the products that they actually have in stock have best by dates that are close. Most of their stuff is out of stock. But if you can find something you want it does look to be one of the cheapest options.

 

[AlexDavis43]

They do look they have good deals but some of the products that they actually have in stock have best by dates that are close. Most of their stuff is out of stock. But if you can find something you want it does look to be one of the cheapest options.

Yeah the AG1 was expired and if they typically have stuff you like, have your credit card ready as soon as you get the email

Shit sells out fast

 

[osqe]

Nutricost on Amazon for all supplements besides protein.

 

[osqe]

nutricost.com has 30% off right now

Thank you!
I was about to order Nutricost on Amazon today to restock, and you just saved me a good amount.

 

[Anabolic_Cheese]

In Europe I like HSN

 

[PrairieSteel]

I'm in Canada.

I am a pretty even split between iHerb, Amazon and Canadian Protien.

 

[Chicken Joe]

Thank you!
I was about to order Nutricost on Amazon today to restock, and you just saved me a good amount.

You should definitely buy Nutricost from their website instead of Amazon. They run pretty massive sales for about 1/3 of the year. The only downside is that you won't get the 1 or 2 day shipping like you do from Amazon.

 

[THATGUYTHISGUY]

Nutricost.com now it is 35% off "BIG35"

 

[lessthanhalf]

I have a vastly higher level of trust in little vials of peptides from Chinese drug dealers that you buy over the internet than supplements from Amazon. As far as I know I have not been ripped off by them yet, unlike Amazon.
After buying 3 different brands of P.E.A. palmitoylethanolamide on amazon US and in all 3 the pills weighed less than the advertised contents ( one weighed 300mg , was meant to have 1400mg of stuff in it ) I did a fair bit of research on what supplements actually had what they advertised inside. Most are just selling you half or so of what they claim to bulk up their profits, some none at all, but some , especially products directed at "mens' issues" are contaminated with PDE5 inhibitors deliberately. No problem with the drug but taking a random amount of any drug unintentionally is a bad idea.
As far as I can tell at least half of all the supplements sold on Amazon US are dodgy, a lot tell you the pill size and you can work out that what they say is in them will not fit in a pill that size. There is no way this is anything other than deliberate intentional fraud. There are few regulations on supplements in the US, Amazon claims their sellers have to provide proof of their contents but there is no evidence of this actually happening, and almost none of the sellers have websites with genuine test results let alone independent third party testing.
iherb is probably a better source, they do not sell most of the brands I am sure are dodgy or think are probably dodgy. Their california gold brand does have test results but despite their claims they are not independently tested, but they get a lot of points for even bothering with the issue and showing any kind of test results.
NOW is a reasonably priced brand that publishes a lot of tests on their products and a lot of other brands, and most fail to have anywhere near the advertised contents. Obviously they have no motive to publish bad results on their own products but the fact that they bother to test anything to me suggests it actually matters to them and they dislike having to compete with companies defrauding their customers.
The biggest giveaway is if the well known brand charges 3 or 5 x the amount that the cheap brand does, then the cheap one is probably dodgy. I have looked up the cost of buying the ingredients in small bulk quantities from china and often they are selling the supplements for less than the cost of the ingredients, definitely applies to urolithin a, astaxanthin and anything fashionable or new.
A good percentage of the expensive ones are fine , the absolute cheapest ones are usually dodgy, finding reasonably priced ones that are probably good is the best you can get usually. Getting a batch COA is never going to happen.
Brands that are ok as in all or most tests are fine or at least reasonably close are NOW, vitacost, henry blooms, nutricost, neurogan, bulk supplements, best naturals, horbaach, vitamatic, source naturals, swanson, solgar, nutragold,
sonora, kirkland, nootrpic depot, natrol, Jarrow Formulas, Thorne, Pure Encapsulations
This is not meant to be an exhaustive list, and a few of them had results of 70% or so in one test, but were mostly ok.
Trying to list all the bad brands is nearly impossible, if they are new and from the US and don't have a website then it is very likely they are dodgy. If the company has been around for years they are much less likely to be ripping you off. If it has a pile of different compounds or herbs mixed in , say more than 3 or 4 then almost all are massively underdosed at best. If they advertise capsule contents over a gram most are dodgy with exceptions for fish oil etc.