There is a lot of evidence that says NO they are NOT!
The CAPPS Test was created by Lyle MacWilliam, BSc, MSc. Mr. MacWilliam was the former member of the Canadian Parliament who was commissioned by the Canadian Minster of Health to determine a way to ensure the safety and efficacy of Canadian supplements. (You may know that Canada is very much more strict than the USA.)
He recently published his Comparative Guide to Nutritional Supplements (4th ed.) in which he compared over 1500 brands of Multi-vitamins. He arrived at a total of 4 different brands that earned a gold medal based on a rigorous set of criteria, including independent lab testing.
In case you were wondering, CAPPS is an acronym for
Completeness
Absorbability
Purity
Potency
Safety
I’ll discuss each one in future posts.
How does your supplement stack up? We’ll start the test and find out!
