I received the Active Seniors. It has no instruction on time of day to take: Empty stomach? With meals?

The Vitamins Professor Responds:

Hi Rose,

Thanks for choosing ALL ONE Active Seniors.

Because ALL ONE contains protein, unlike vitamin tablets, you can take it without a meal.  However, if you prefer you can also have it with a meal as well.

ALL ONE can be taken at anytime of the day though most folks have it in the morning before beginning their daily activity.

Once again thanks for choosing ALL ONE for Active Seniors.

All the best,

Doug Ingoldsby
aka ‘The Vitamin Professor’

Isn’t it better to take 500 mg of calcium 3 times a day than taking the 1,125 mg all at once that is in the Active Senior powdered multi vitamin?

Also, is D3 1,000 IU too much to take daily and is that absorbable in such a high quantity?

The Vitamin Professor Responds

Dear Ellen,

If you were taking your supplements in a compressed tablet then spacing the calcium out throughout the day would make sense. This does not apply to a powder in a base of protein. The protein digestion, because it replicates food, suspends the calcium absorption unlike a hard compressed tablet.

There has been tons of research in the past ten years indicating that most Americans are vitamin D deficient.  I believe this is primarily due to spending most of our day inside and smearing sun block on our skin for the few minutes a day we are outside. Vitamin D is created when the sun hits the derma (Skin).  That, and the fact it greatly improves ones mood, is why vitamin D is been often referred to as “the sunshine vitamin.”

It was a result of this current research on vitamin D that we increased the amount of vitamin D in our formulas.

All the best,

Doug Ingoldsby
Founder – ALL ON

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I have been reading about the value of alpha lipoic acid. Is there a reason that your Senior powder does not contain it? Also, new research seems to show that we need more Vitamin D – 4-5,000IU/day. Do you agree with this? Why is there not a higher % of Vitamin D in your Senior formula?

The Vitamin Professor Responds:

Dear Dan,

Thank you for your questions and your interest in ALL ONE.

Alpha Lipoic Acid (ALA) is plentiful in foods and also produces by the human body. Therefore, we do not feel it is nessesary for a supplement like ALL ONE which is designed to be taken on a daily basis. While additional ALA supplementation is sometimes warranted it is usually when during acute situations like treating liver damage.

There are no toxic aspects to ALA to speak of, so if you wish to add it to your daily regime there is certainly not a problem there.

Vitamin D is fast becoming the most popular Vitamin out there … in fact I believe this year it overtook Vitamin C for the # 1 position … ;o)

Vitamin D is produced naturally by the body when your skin (derma) is exposed to natural sunlight. Vitamin D deficiencies have increased of late because of a number of factors and lifestyle changes. Children (and adults) are spending much more time indoors these days. Kids come home from school and head for the computer or gaming console in the darkened room instead of outdoors into the sunshine to play with their bike etc. Also, the fear of skin cancer has motivated folks to cover their skin with sun blocks before going outside. Sunblocks while protecting from skin cancer interfere dramatically with the natural production of Vitamin D.

For many years we, as a supplement manufacturer, were warned to keep the levels of Vitamin D low because it is a fat soluble vitamin that is stored by the body and amounts more than 500 IU can be toxic.

As more and more research comes out supporting the need for increased Vitamin D supplementation, and higher levels have been deemed safe we here at ALL ONE are responding accordingly. In the next few months you will notice that we are increasing the Vitamin D in our multiple powders to 800 International Units from the current 500 IU and to 1,000 IU in our ALL ONE for Active Seniors.

Tweaking our formulas is something we do from time to time as research warrants a change.

In the meantime make sure to spend time outdoors each day in shirtsleeves. The natural Vitamin D your body makes when the skin is exposed to the sun is the BEST form of Vitamin D available!

I am interested in several all one products.  I know I can alternate, however, I am concerned that I am not getting the extra supplements that are in the Senior formula.  For instance, I am looking at the green the fruit and the fiber.  Could I alternate between four different products and still get all the vitamins I should?  Thank you for your help.

The Vitamin Professor Responds:

Dear Linda,

Thank you for your question and interest in ALL ONE.

A number of our customers alternate between our various multiple formulas.  That way they get the benefit of the ‘certified organic’ green foods in our ALL ONE Green Phyto Base, the antioxidant rich fruit pigments in our ALL ONE Fruit Antioxidant base as well as the CoQ10, Gingko and FOS found in our ALL ONE for Active Seniors.

It works fine because each multiple, while varying slightly in certain potencies,  are essentially the same high potency vitamin, mineral, amino acid supplement in different bases.

When it comes to fiber and the vitamins I recommend that you take the ALL ONE Multiple in the morning and the Totally Fiber in the evening before retiring.

I wrote about that here.

I hope this addresses your question.

Been on All One Active Seniors for years. Good stuff but considering Phyto base.
Question about Iron in that I’m 71. Many thanks.- Ed

The Vitamin Professor Responds

Both ALL ONE Active Seniors and ALL ONE Green Phyto Base are great multiples. The green formula does contain 9 mg of Iron. However, this is the Iron that is naturally occurring in the green foods. The Senior formula is Iron free.

You may wish to alternate Green one day Senior the next.

Many of our long time customers do just that.

I’m interested in all-one but wonder how much Vit C is in the all-one senior. I have Crohn’s disease and too much vit C causes diarrhea. Iron is also a problem for me due to the fact that I carry hemochromatosis genes.

The Vitamin Professor Responds:

ALL ONE Active Senior has 1,000 mg per dose (15 grams).

This should not be a problem because it is found in combination with a whole host of other vitamins, minerals, amino acids (protein) and other various food factors.

However, if you find, with your special condition, that that dose does cause diarrhea then simply reduce the amount of powder you use per serving. You can take a half dose (7.5 grams) and it is still a complete high potency balanced formula.

I am 63 years old, I need vitamins or another supplements, I been in phase 1 diet, from Doug Kaufman, because of yeast, I lost weight and I do not want to lose weight anymore, what do you recommended to take, I need vitamin b12, and all other vitamins, please what do you advise? – Amparo

The Vitamin Professor Responds:

I would recommend that you take our ALL ONE for Active Seniors.

It is formulated for your age group and contains more B12 than our other multiples.

I am 64 yrs old,female; in good health; I have many supplement bottles in cupboard; I want to have minimize & have less; which All One would you recommend?

The Vitamin Professor Responds:

I would recommend ALL ONE For Active Seniors.

Also, a scoop of our ALL ONE Calcium Complex in water at night before retiring …