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SmallTownRoots2 wrote:I thought that Andrew would have a new liquid formula today. I went to his website to read his previous blogs, but the oldest ones have rolled off. He was asking for feedback on what other liquid supplement to add to it, such as Omega-3 or Vitamin E. I also thought that the liquid formula was going to be a lot less expensive. I hope that he reads this thread today and addresses the difference so that we can decide whether or not we want to buy Today's Special or wait for the new formula. Listen to his explanation from last night. Andrew said that CoQ10 in its natural form is a powder, NOT a liquid. For a manufacturer to make a liquid CoQ10, they would have to add chemicals, and sorts of stuff. Not in my body!!
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SmallTownRoots2 wrote:I thought that Andrew would have a new liquid formula today. I went to his website to read his previous blogs, but the oldest ones have rolled off. He was asking for feedback on what other liquid supplement to add to it, such as Omega-3 or Vitamin E. I also thought that the liquid formula was going to be a lot less expensive. I hope that he reads this thread today and addresses the difference so that we can decide whether or not we want to buy Today's Special or wait for the new formula. You can send any question you have for Andrew for him to answer online. I sent a question last night and it was the first thing he addressed. Go to the homepage and click on Question about the item on air now? Ask HSN at the bottom of the page.I wish you could post links. It will ask for your name, if you want your name used on air, I said no, Item number and what is your question for him?
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My parents had me order the 120pill version. But I still question what he is claiming about how much better his is. Because everything I have read states that the Softgel version is more likely to be absorbed better than the powder is. Because it has oil in it, which causes better absorbtion (Vitamin E also counts as oil, along with other natural ingredients).
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You can send any question you have for Andrew for him to answer online. I sent a question last night and it was the first thing he addressed. Go to the homepage and click on Question about the item on air now? Ask HSN at the bottom of the page.I wish you could post links. It will ask for your name, if you want your name used on air, I said no, Item number and what is your question for him? [/quote]
How do you send the questions to Andrew?
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There's CoQ-10 in his Women's Ultimate I'm taking...will be more than satisfied with that!
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malaimster wrote:SmallTownRoots2 wrote:I thought that Andrew would have a new liquid formula today. I went to his website to read his previous blogs, but the oldest ones have rolled off. He was asking for feedback on what other liquid supplement to add to it, such as Omega-3 or Vitamin E. I also thought that the liquid formula was going to be a lot less expensive. I hope that he reads this thread today and addresses the difference so that we can decide whether or not we want to buy Today's Special or wait for the new formula. Listen to his explanation from last night. Andrew said that CoQ10 in its natural form is a powder, NOT a liquid. For a manufacturer to make a liquid CoQ10, they would have to add chemicals, and sorts of stuff. Not in my body!! I found the post on ProCaps about the new CoQ10 Andrew was supposed to develop where he was asking for our recommendations for the type of oil to use. I've copied a part of it (if you scroll through his posts you'll find the entire article). Yes, he did comment last night on producing CoQ10 in powder form only, however in his own words and article he stated that he found a way to encapsulate the beadlet in oil therefore making it cheaper. He didn't do this as of yet, I too would like to know why. My last purchase of Andrews CoQ10 was in April (360 of the 120, same price he's selling the 360 count today. I just got done paying them off in August because of the 5 flex pays). Malaimster, Andrew is in fact planning to create CoQ10 in a liquid capsule form, what he was talking about was what his competitors are putting out. Here's a portion from Andrews article, I added the lead in paragraph: ://andrew.procapslabs/post/2009/04/16/TruQ10-and-Ubiquinol-Price-Dispute.aspx I know the link won't work, try putting the normal url letters etc at the priot to whats posted to get to the full article or just go to his website and scroll through his articles. It's entitled TruQ10 And Ubiquinol Price Dispute. Anyhow, back to Ubiquinol. I have always taken pride in our very competitive pricing notwithstanding the fact that we make our products without the use of manufacturing additives of any kind and that we also do so entirely using solar energy. In most cases we are lower in price than lesser quality products and the more you learn about our products and their unique and/or extra ingredients and their technology – the better you can understand the exceptional pricing. There is no better example than our TruQ10 (Ubiquinol). On the surface it is much more expensive than other Ubiquinol supplements and many of you have pointedly compared it to a discounter’s Ubiquinol at a fraction of the price, but the products could not be any more different. First of all, it is important to remember that unlike CoQ10, Ubiquinol is extremely unstable and it is that instability that gives Ubiquinol its higher bioavailability and bioactivity in our bodies. While CoQ10 is perfectly stable in virtually any environment, if Ubiquinol was left sitting out in the air, it will lose virtually all its potency in a matter of moments. My TruQ10 product and the discounter’s Ubiquinol product are simply two very different approaches to solve that same problem of instability. Their approach was to simply dissolve Ubiquinol powder in some very inexpensive oils with some specific reducing agent, such as Ascorbyl Palmitate to preserve Ubiquinol’s potency. My approach was a bit more complicated and it involved our developing a patented micro-beadlet that allows the Ubiquinol to remain in its natural, dry powder state, since the micro-beadlet protects the Ubiquinol. We can then use this beadlet in a powdered formula or even in foods for that matter, since it is not dissolved in oil and does not need to be sealed in a softgel capsule. It is remarkable technology that we borrowed from the pharmaceutical industry, but needless to say, the cost of this micro-beadlet is very high and it more than doubles the cost of our TruQ10 versus Ubiquinol. Given the rapid rise in the popularity of Ubiquinol the cost of our making our beadlet will go down slightly, but it will still remain more than double the price of Ubiquinol in a softgel, so thanks to you, we are now developing an affordable Ubiquinol softgel. As with all our products, it will be of the finest quality and at an incredible value price, since our new 50 mgs Ubiquinol softgel will likely sell for about half the price of our 30 mgs TruQ10 beadlets. As always, I will do my very best to offer the most exceptional quality at the most reasonable price.
Now, here is where you can provide me some great suggestions. Rather than simply placing the Ubiquinol in a tiny softgel with some inexpensive oils, which are of no benefit to you, I thought I would develop Ubiquinol that delivers some of the oil-based ingredients you already seek, such as Essential Omega 3s from Fish and Flax or Gamma Vitamin E or Phosphatidyl Choline, etc. In other words, every time you take your Ubiquinol, you would also get beneficial bonus ingredients. In our development process, I am leaning toward Omega 3s, but I welcome your feedback. One other thing to the poster who brought up Natures Code. Please read your labels, there is no comparison.
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I buy Andrew's products from both ProC and HSN,I know the quality of Andrew's items are irreprehensible. I read and post on his blogs, and I appreciate his taking time to post. Andrew was very nice to share his plans with his customers. I look forward to when it is a reality (AND IT WILL BE) The fact that has not been marketed yet is not surprising.Having a concept to change a product is the easy part.Developing the change,doing the needed research, covering every detail as to its safety and that it is up to par with what he already has on the market,takes time. It may take years before it can be done, but I have confidence if anyone can, Andrew will. In real time R&D is not instant.....that only happens on television.
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Thank you for finding Andrew's blog, swan108. I obviously wasn't diligient enough this morning when I tried to locate it.
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shortdiva wrote:I buy Andrew's products from both ProC and HSN,I know the quality of Andrew's items are reprehensible I read and post on his blogs, and I appreciate his taking time to post. Andrew was very nice to share his plans with his customers. I look forward to when it is a reality (AND IT WILL BE) The fact that has not been marketed yet is not surprising.Having a concept to change a product is the easy part.Developing the change,doing the needed research, covering every detail as to its safety and that it is up to par with he already has on the market,takes time. It may take years before it can be done, but I have confidence if anyone can, Andrew will. In real time R&D is not instant.....that only happens on television. Hi Shortdiva, Yes, I too am a customer of Procaps. I pretty much only buy from HSN when Andrew's there and thats because of the flexpays. As you know, when he's not there the prices at Procaps on auto delivery are the same as the discounted prices on HSN when he's there plus a one price s&h charge. It was wishful thinking on my part that this CoQ10 might be the new one, as I mentioned I just got done paying for the bottle I bought in April, so with all the other purchases this visit, this was not do-able for me. He posted that article on April 16th, maybe by next years TSV of CoQ10 the new formulation will be available. Now i'm going to run out of CoQ10 by April, hopefully they'll be a decent value when Andrew returns for his January or April visit to HSN. I'm kinda bummed about that I can't take advantage of this 150 CoQ. I certainly wasn't bashing Andrew in any way shape or form as i've been a customer of his since he was on QVC. My intent was to inform the poster who doubted that Andrew had written an article on the subject. SMALLTOWNROOTS2, you're welcome. All his past articles are still there. If you go to the bottom of the page you'll see previous posts where you can find all, well lol previous posts. BTW there are new posts up dated the 9th and 10th regarding Friday and todays TS's.
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baremgirl wrote:You can send any question you have for Andrew for him to answer online. I sent a question last night and it was the first thing he addressed. Go to the homepage and click on Question about the item on air now? Ask HSN at the bottom of the page.I wish you could post links. It will ask for your name, if you want your name used on air, I said no, Item number and what is your question for him? How do you send the questions to Andrew?[/quote] You are sending it to HSN and they relay them to him. I sent a specific question about the CoQ10 and he did answer it.
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swan108 wrote:I certainly wasn't bashing Andrew in any way shape or form as i've been a customer of his since he was on QVC. My intent was to inform the poster who doubted that Andrew had written an article on the subject. [quote=shortdiva] Swan,I have been a customer since the Q also. Andrew is the reason I started buying here. I have always said the Q losing Andrew Lessman and Randolph Duke has put lots of my money in HSN's pocket. Good to "meet" another long time customer.
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Thanks StarrBright3 Sorry I didn't read you other post as carefully as I should have. Guess I need some mental effort.
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shortdiva wrote:I buy Andrew's products from both ProC and HSN,I know the quality of Andrew's items are reprehensible I read and post on his blogs, and I appreciate his taking time to post. Andrew was very nice to share his plans with his customers. I look forward to when it is a reality (AND IT WILL BE) The fact that has not been marketed yet is not surprising.Having a concept to change a product is the easy part.Developing the change,doing the needed research, covering every detail as to its safety and that it is up to par with what he already has on the market,takes time. It may take years before it can be done, but I have confidence if anyone can, Andrew will. In real time R&D is not instant.....that only happens on television. Am I misunderstanding the word 'reprehensible'?
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Haha I meant irreprehensible
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His vitamins may be good but they are priced too high for me. I don't take any vitamins at all, I'm 56, I take 10 mg of Lipitor a day, have been for 4 years, and my blood work recently came back perfect. My total cholesterol is 147, and the LDL/HDL numbers are in the correct ratio.
Why is someone supposed to take this while taking a statin?
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WOW, why are you taking Lipitor with a reading of 147 total cholesterol? 147 is great.
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Debby46227 wrote: Why is someone supposed to take this while taking a statin?
He said that statins destroy the COQ10 in your body and needs to be replaced.
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Quote:I take 10 mg of Lipitor a day, have been for 4 years, and my blood work recently came back perfect. My total cholesterol is 147, and the LDL/HDL numbers are in the correct ratio. Debby46227, I hope you have a good doctor! I was right where you are back in April, and due to unmonitored use of Lipitor, ended up with liver problems. My enzymes are still elevated, and now I am trying Andrew's Liver Anti-Oxidants, Pomegranate and Liver and Brain Benefits (all of which is costing me a bundle, as you can well imagine) in the hope of getting them down without the use of pharmaceuticals. Since my cholesterol continues to be a problem (I have metabolic syndrome, but my blood sugar and blood pressure are totally controlled), I will have to go back on some kind of statin eventually. Not looking forward to that, in fact I am dreading it. Before going on Lipitor, which I took for a year and a half with immediate and fabulous results, I tried CholestaCare for about a year. At the end of the year, my LDL was actually a few points higher. I was very disappointed that I didn't get better results. It is clear that my cholesterol problem is hereditary. Any positive feedback for CholestaCare? Did I not take enough of it? Does that matter? I am terrified of playing statin roulette. I noticed someone in this forum mentioned that CoQ10 brought down her cholesterol. How so? First I have heard of this. Yes, I do take that, too, along with Andrew's Maximum Complete, Max. Joint Effort and Max. Eye Support. I take green tea and cinnamon capsules, too. I should be in perfect shape, shouldn't I? LOL
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Catwoman,
I take the Cholestacare and I take the Fibermucil with it before each meal every day.I usually take one Cholestecare and one or two Fibermucil.Always take it with food, before, during or after you eat. I also use Digest Assure , as needed. So 3-4 Cholestacare a day with meals. I take a statin and I am hoping someday I won't have to. Your right about the family history being part of it. We just have to try harder than the lucky ones with no family history of heart and stroke problems. Both sides for me, Mom & Dad.
Oh and I forgot, if you are taking Fibermucil , plenty of fluid with that. It helps & works together with the Cholestacare.
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ITA Starr, in addition to that I take the Aloe Vera...ordered the big bottle of the Aloe this visit (3 flex pays). I hadn't thought about taking 2 caps of CoQ a day, probably because I was trying to make the bottle I have last a year. This is driving me nuts with this CoQ10, I really want this 150 CoQ. Trying to figure out a way to justify getting it now, the 360 count is gone. Uggh what to do. Shortdiva, nice meeting you too. I tried to take store brand vitamins after Andrew left qvc, uggh horrible Could never take them more than a few days. Eventually I tracked him down again LOL.
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