Animal Pak

YoungBlood · Post by **YoungBlood** » Thu Jan 18, 2007 9:10 pm

So i've heard alot about Animal Pak, i was wondering if it is something that would be good just to take daily as a multivitamin to get everything u need, even if your not a competitive body builder? And is it ok to use if u are under 18

swanso5 · Post by **swanso5** » Fri Jan 19, 2007 12:30 am

don't know what it is but if you don't stay on it you'll probably lose whatever you gain from it

Boss Man · Post by **Boss Man** » Fri Jan 19, 2007 9:56 am

Animal Pak is a Multivitamin. If you take it, go for one a day, probably with Breakfast. Remember some of those things, could help take your daily levels of certain Vitamins, beyond the necessary point, and with something like Vitamin K, too much can be negative.

YoungBlood · Post by **YoungBlood** » Fri Jan 19, 2007 6:14 pm

So your saying Animal Pak may give you too much of certain things if taken more than once daily...or that it may give you too much of certain things anyway, only if taken once a day.

Boss Man · Post by **Boss Man** » Fri Jan 19, 2007 7:07 pm

Yes, I'm saying stick to one a day, so your daily consumption of certain Vitamins, Minerals and other things, that are in the Multivit, don't get too high.

Some people take Vitamins, when they don't need too, and some can help, but not in large amounts.

A Multivit, should only be needed once a day, to boost any low intake of beneficial Vitamins and Minerals.

YoungBlood · Post by **YoungBlood** » Fri Jan 19, 2007 7:11 pm

Alright thanks man

SarahPT · Post by **SarahPT** » Sat Jan 20, 2007 7:54 am

Animal Pak contains more than vitamins. It has amino acids, enzymes to aid in digestion, Essential fatty acids, and performance optimizers such as ginseng. I take Animal Pak, but I take half the recommended dose. I am on a very strenuous muscle building program right now. I take half the dose because the vitamin amounts are over board, in opinion.

Sarah

YoungBlood · Post by **YoungBlood** » Sun Jan 21, 2007 4:34 pm

So does anyone believe that there is a potential risk of getting too much of what you need if you only take ONE pack per day, and if that were possible, could it possibly be dangerous or cause problems?

Boss Man · Post by **Boss Man** » Sun Jan 21, 2007 7:46 pm

Can't tell you that. Some Vitamins / Minerals have possible side effects, Vitamin K being one when overconsumed.

The possible risk from any such Vitamins / Minerals, in connection to overconsupmtion, would depend on your dietry intake.

Some could take one Animal Pak and be fine, others may only need to take half.

There may be other possible things to consider, like some of the content in Animal Pak, competing with certain nutrients in your Food intake, e.g things like Magensium / Calcium, which I believe but might be wrong, need about 30-60 minutes space between each, to avoid competing.

That said, try a half like Sarah does. I think you'll only need that at the minute, and take the half first thing, to help boost your Metabolic wake up, and so you're more likely to have consistant daily consumption of it, instead of say having it with a Lunch or Dinner.

You'll more than likely better train your memory, to have the half first thing, than trying to remember at 12PM or 6PM say.

YoungBlood · Post by **YoungBlood** » Sun Jan 21, 2007 8:19 pm

When you say half like sarah does do you mean taking half of one pak?

Boss Man · Post by **Boss Man** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 10:35 am

HangingTree · Post by **HangingTree** » Wed May 06, 2009 6:14 pm

How would someone split a single pak of Animal Pak?

Boss Man · Post by **Boss Man** » Wed May 06, 2009 6:26 pm

Well perhaps just slice the Vitamin in half perhaps, I'm not entirely sure. If it comes in a tablet type form, no problemo. I'm not 100% familiar with it, so I don't exactly know.

bigboy5491 · Post by **bigboy5491** » Wed May 06, 2009 8:34 pm

Universal's Animal Pak is a pack of assorted vitamins...11 pills to be exact. The recommended dosage is 2 of these packs...not necessary. It would be hard to take half a pack since all the pills are different. You could break all the pills in half

but that would be a hassle.

opinion on the product...You say you are looking for a multivitamin to help any deficiencies in your diet. If so, this product is not for you. This product is geared towards serious weight lifters as it has a ton of essential vitamins in addition to energy boosting vitamins, amino acids, and "performance enhancers." You do not need all of these things if you are the average person or if you just lift to stay in shape.

Taking a product like this the wrong way could cause possibly cause health issues. Like Bossman said, some vitamins build up in your system and can become toxic at high levels. You need to drink tons of water to cleanse your system from excess vitamins and minerals in your body.

For a regular daily vitamin, take something like GNC's Megamen (only half dose needed), or something like One a Day's vitamins.

Boss Man · Post by **Boss Man** » Thu May 07, 2009 3:22 pm

Some things compete as well like Zinc and Copper, if you have too much.

Thanks for clarifying the thing about the packs of A P, as I'm not sure if they're sold in Britain and I wasn't 100% certain about the way they're sold / packaged.

It should be clarified though, a lot of excessive Micronutrient disorders like Wilsons Disease, (Copper), and Selenosis, (Selenium), do require about 8-10 times the RDA anyway, so it's not easy to over do it.