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Buying Herbs At Vitamin Shoppe Is Easy

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August 25, 2006

Posted by neillevine

About This Editor: I am a writer. Have been writing for other sites, but expect to do most of my future work HERE! My expertise extends from the esoteric such as burning hydrogen to the unpredictability of the stock market and my writing makes me a jack of all trades and exasperated master of none. I have had some influence over national wildfire and water policy and there are hints of a change in energy policy, BUT as Samuel Goldwyn once said, "A verbal promise is not worth the paper it is written on."

         

If you remember fen phen or ephedra, or even if you do not, you should know that they were banned for being dangerous for human consumption, on the one hand proving that over the counter human botanicals can work, on the other hand reaffirming the controversy over their effectiveness, which may be hard to prove given that FDA approved clinical trials of standardized medicine often shows that five percent of participants often suffer dry mouth when given sugar pills.

Nevertheless, controversy aside, the internet has made buying herbs and other natural or health related products pretty simple.

Real world stores housed in brick buildings often run out of stock, a phenomenon less likely to be endured on the web.

A Yahoo search for Vitamin Shoppe, one of the leading health supplement sellers that competes with the likes of GNC and Vitamin World, had the company’s web site at the top of the list.

Clicking opened a new window that had the familiar circular, medium blue Vitamin Shoppe logo in the upper left corner.

The first product looked for was for eye health. A capsule a day can relax tired human orbs. Clicking brought up sixty-three items. After finding the best item to buy, guiding the mouse to the Add To Cart button eventually put the item in this shopper’s purchase cart.

Next on the shopping list was oat bran, a cereal product that in real world terms significantly lowers blood cholesterol levels as measured by the numbers in the local labs test results. Twenty-one matching products appeared. Two were added to the shopping cart.

Beta sitosterol, widely known as a cardiac supplement, was also easy to purchase.

Finally, after picking cats claw, to boost immunity to bacteria, we proceeded to checkout. This Dell Dimension 2400 remembered this owner’s email address and password and allowed us to complete the order with one click, promising an email confirmation that arrived promptly.