# Cheap Online Supplements?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheap-online-supplements/519022>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [November 26, 2009, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheap-online-supplements/519022 "2009-11-26T11:19:22Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Meatros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Meatros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meatros)\
**Post date:** [November 26, 2009, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheap-online-supplements/519022/1 "2009-11-26T11:19:22Z")

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I’m wondering if anyone knows of a good place to get good quality health supplements online?

Amazon is okay, but they don’t seem to sell stuff of sufficient bulk (except protein). I’m looking for a place where I can get a good bucket of ALCAR (powder), Taurine, and maybe a form of Creatine. That sort of thing.

Any suggestions?

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**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\
**Post date:** [November 26, 2009, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheap-online-supplements/519022/2 "2009-11-26T11:26:03Z")

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[Puritan’s Pride](http://www.puritan.com/). Especially when they’re having their buy-two-get-three-free sale. I’ve been buying from them since the 70s.

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**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\
**Post date:** [November 26, 2009, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheap-online-supplements/519022/3 "2009-11-26T16:18:33Z")

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In an area where regulation is so poor and ingredients often come from even less-regulated places like China and the Third World, my emphasis would be on quality way more than cost.

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**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2009, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheap-online-supplements/519022/4 "2009-11-27T00:25:48Z")

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> [@Jackmannii](#):
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> In an area where regulation is so poor and ingredients often come from even less-regulated places like China and the Third World, my emphasis would be on quality way more than cost.

The problem with most supplements is that their benefits are long-term, and you really don’t know whether they’re working. But there are some products for which the results can be noticed, and I’ve never had a problem with Puritan’s Pride brand.